Good NFL quarterbacks destined for new teams in 2021
By Dustin Baker
1. Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
In 2019, the Green Bay Packers found a compellingly good defense to pair with Aaron Rodgers’ offense. On the first night of the 2020 NFL Draft, they were supposed to have their pick of wide receivers in the wideout-laden draft class. Instead, Green Bay chose a quarterback to complement Rodgers, who they pay $33.5 million annually to play football.
Unless the Packers plan is to utilize a scheme that fancies two quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers’ days in Green Bay are numbered. He even admitted as such on July 28. When asked if the Packers will move on from him, Rodgers replied, “I think that’s probably what happens.”
No longer is the notion of Rodgers departing Green Bay a rumor. Love’s selection and Rodgers’ acknowledgment of his own future are colossal statements of impending action.
Rodgers would be welcomed with open arms by most fanbases in the NFL, but a few of them particularly make sense. The first is the Colts if the Philip Rivers experiment ends with a whimper. Indianapolis is scheduled to have gobs of cap space, per usual, in 2021.
If the Packers front office was loopy enough to send him eastward, the Patriots may be quarterback-shopping, especially if Belichick does not have the patience for a rookie signal-caller. Another is the Steelers. Should Roethlisberger not return to form–the Steelers gravitate toward winners. Of all things, Rodgers is that.
Finally, the team that would align perfectly with Rodgers’ westward affinity, desire for offensive weapons, and symbolism of a new beginning is the Las Vegas Raiders. Head coach Jon Gruden not-so-secretly loves Aaron Rodgers. The Raiders want to fill seats in the new Allegiant Stadium if we ever have fans in attendance again.
If the Packers usher in Jordan Love sooner than later, there is a serious possibility that Aaron Rodgers will be the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders in 2021.