There’s no chance Aaron Rodgers escapes Green Bay
By Josh Hill
Aaron Rodgers is apparently frustrated with not being a part of the Packers decision making, but he’d best get used to it.
Ego is nothing if not a driving force behind most of the problems humans have. Stripped down to our core, we’re nothing more than cells and molecules that happen to have conscious awareness. It’s that awareness of our consciousness that gives way to issues; every conscious being has an ego.
Aaron Rodgers passive aggressive ego is legendary, and it’s ballooning by the day. Part of what’s fueling that growth is his increasing frustration with the Green Bay Packers is the fact that he’s not being brought in on the decision making process.
Not retaining quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt was a thorn in Rodgers side, which was followed up by the team jettisoning Jordy Nelson. Rodgers was apparently not privy to either decision before it was made, something he feels is a birthright to him as the franchise quarterback.
This tension has made way for rumors that Rodgers is unhappy in Green Bay and could be looking to leave when his contract is up.
Simply put, that’s not happening. Not in a million years (well, at least four). The Packers own Rodgers, who has absolutely no leverage. Think about that: the greatest quarterback in the league has no negotiating power with his team.
Rodgers has two years left on his contract but he actually has at least four more years of service left in Green Bay. Beyond those two contractual years, the Packers will franchise tag Rodgers until the end of time if they can. Assuming they don’t extend him at some point over the next four years, Rodgers will hit free agency when he’s 38-years old; still young enough where someone will give him a mercenary contract but old enough to where he won’t be the same guy he is now.
Four years is a lot of time for the two sides to smooth things over. You’d better believe that if the Packers had any sense that they might lose Rodgers, there would be no tension. Green Bay, to its credit, knows that Rodgers is stuck in the frozen tundra for the next four years and is playing this from a vantage point few teams are lucky to have.
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This all comes down to how long Rodgers feels like holding a grudge and whether or not four years is a long enough time for bygones to be bygones.