When former Packers full-back Aaron Rodgers lost after Sunday’s NFC Championship that his own future in Green Bay is “uncertain”, some have questioned whether he simply chose to separate from the organization that is his likely successor in early 2020. set up. That may still be true, but according to ProFootballTalk’s Mike Florio, Rodgers’ desire to stay with the Packers now … is on a new contract. With the absence of 2021 now underway in Green Bay, Florio reports that the presumed MVP is after a salary increase.
“Rodgers is sending a message to the team with his comments after the game,” Florio wrote Tuesday. “The message probably had several tentacles.” One of them, he added, is that the veteran is not happy with his current deal.
“If Rodgers officially asks for a new contract,” Florio explained, “he will definitely get one thing: clarity on where he stands. A new deal means renewed vows. No new deal means the watch is still to a potential will not type, if not inevitably, divorce … Although Rodgers may want more (especially in terms of efforts to improve the team), one thing he wants – and deserves – is a new contract. ‘
Rodgers, 37, has just signed a $ 134 million extension with Packers for four years in 2018 and is under contract with Green Bay until 2023. But his average of $ 33.5 million a year ranks fifth among all QBs , paired with the Rams’ Jared Goff and just ahead of inferior entrees like the Vikings’ Kirk Cousins ($ 33 million) and the Eagles’ Carson Wentz ($ 32 million). After one of the best seasons of his career and two live NFC championship offers, Rodgers could be looking for a salary closer to that of market-leading QBs, such as the Texans’ Deshaun Watson ($ 39 million) or Russell Wilson of the Seahawks ($ 35 million).
For what it’s worth, the Packers apparently do not look for the possibility that Rodgers will play elsewhere in 2021. (Green Bay could save $ 5.5 million in 2021 by trading perennial Pro Bowler if he moves.) Coach Matt LaFleur said after Sunday’s game that Rodgers ‘would be better back’ and remain ‘the team’ , and team president Mark Murphy reportedly said. said Monday there is no doubt Green Bay will retain its star QB.
“We are not idiots,” he said. “Aaron Rodgers will be back.”