The marshal notes that he will talk to the people needed to make the best decision in the future
GREEN BAY, Russia. – Two days after that Aaron Rodgers open speculations about his future with the Green Bay Packers, The alleged Most Valuable Player in the NFL accept Tuesday that he has reason to think he will return with the only team he has played for in his 16 years in the NFL.
However, he emphasized the word “think” during an appearance on The Pat McAfee Show on SiriusXM Radio.
“I don’t think there’s any reason I wouldn’t come back,” Rodgers said. “But look, there aren’t many absolutes in this business. So to make an absolute statement about something that’s not absolute, I didn’t. And I guess that’s why everything went crazy.”
Rodgers included himself in a group of players with an uncertain future in the comments after Sunday’s defeat to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship Game. At the start of the match, he pointed out about his future, “a beautiful mystery”.
On Monday, the Packers president, Mark Murphy, he said on the radio WTAQ-WNFL in Green Bay: “I will say this, there’s no way Aaron isn’t in the Packers. I mean, it will be the JVM of the league. He could have had his best year. He is our undisputed leader and, you know, we are not idiots. “
But the Packers are the team he selected to Jordan Love in the first round as a possible replacement for Rodgers last year.
“I don’t feel like he said anything he didn’t say before,” Rodgers stressed on the show. “I said it the first time I spoke to the media (after the draft). I think ultimately my future wasn’t necessarily under my control. That was what struck me at the time. … thought of Aaron Jones, Corey Linsley, Other guys we have on contract, Big Dog (Mercedes Lewis), guys I don’t know what their future will be, and me included. “
Rodgers, 37, has said he wants to play until he is 40 like Tom Brady did, But he acknowledged after the draft, that Love’s arrival meant he couldn’t do that with the Packers.
“Naturally, there are times when you let your mind think,‘ I’m going to be a Packer for life. ’Or,‘ I’ll be like a Tim Duncan or (Derek) Jeter or Kobe (Bryant) and play with a whole team “My career.” Of course, you dream about it. It’s like a dream scene. I’ve talked about it for much of my career. “
“When they selected Jordan, it was more the reality going into action. Like, well, actually this is never the case. There are no absolutes in this business. I think it’s a nice thing to sit and understand. And I will I came to a beautiful place in this respect.It does not mean that this is not yet a reality.I think this is the only reality, that there are no absolutes in this business.I only reiterated this after the game At this point, some people say, ‘You just threw 48 passing passes and you probably won the MVP.’ Yes, I get it, but again, there are no absolutes in this business. I gave a real answer in the moment “.
Rodgers still has three seasons left on his current contract, but the deal has reached the point where the Packers could now move on and gain space in the salary cap. If Rodgers doesn’t want his year-over-year status to be in doubt and wants guarantees he’s in the long-term plans, he could ask for a contract extension or have his agreement restructured to include more guaranteed money in the rest.
He has indicated that he will meet with Murphy and general manager Brian Gutekunst at some point, but did not say anything about an ultimatum.
“You have to have a conversation; I’ll have them with the right people. It’s the same conversation we have every year. There’s no, ‘I’m going to the table and I need this and that and this.’ Look, we have honest conversations about where we’re all. years, and be with Brian, Matt (head coach LaFleur), Mark.I’ve had these conversations for years.This is part of being a team leader and having a pulse of the team and the direction we’re going. , and we will have the same conversation we have every year. I always look forward to these conversations. “