We won’t officially know Aaron Rodgers’ plans for next season until he returns from the darkness retreat he has planned for the coming days. But we may already have an inkling of what the Green Bay Packers want. According to longtime Packers beat writer and insider Bob McGinn, the Packers are ready to move on.
“They’re done with Rodgers,” McGinn said on a podcast with GoLong’s Tyler Dunne. “He’s not coming back. I mean, they’re disgusted with him and they’re done with him.
Meanwhile, the Packers are extremely high on Jordan Love. “You think this is his second time,” McGinn said.
It’s worth noting that McGinn reported something similar in 2020, when the Packers were traded to Love in the draft despite Rodgers being on their list.
“Public niceties aside, my feeling is [Packers coach Matt] LaFleur, fresh off a terrific 13-3 christening season, was just fed up with Rodgers’ performance and wanted to change the narrative,” McGinn wrote on The Athletic. “With first-round talent in the roster, the Packers would gain leverage from their Imperial quarterback and his passive -aggressive style.”
Of course, Rodgers would remain in Green Bay and win back-to-back MVPs in 2020 and 2021 before he and the team took a step backwards last season following Davante Adams’ trade. But as Rodgers gets older and increasingly controversial off the field, it’s possible this time the Packers really decide to move on.
Should Green Bay put him on the market, the New York Jets and Las Vegas Raiders, among several other teams, seem interested in his services.