Aaron Rodgers could be much happier than he is right now with the Green Bay Packers.
With a golden opportunity to reach Super Bowl 55, the Green Bay Packers let Aaron Rodgers down for the fourth time in a row on an NFC Championship stage.
What the 37-year-old signal-caller said during the postgame press conference should make Cheeseheads very worried. Him being non-committal to playing for the Packers next season is a tell-tale sign that he is not pleased with how the last few years have gone. He is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, but one who may never get back to the Super Bowl in his illustrious career.
While it may be more of a heat-of-the-moment sort of thing for Rodgers, we can tell what his heart meant. He has given his all for the last 16 years to help the Packers win Super Bowls. It is managerial malpractice that a player of his caliber has only been to one Super Bowl, and that came over a decade ago back in 2010. Could Rodgers really be shipped out of town before his 17th year?
How could you not be beyond frustrated if you were in Aaron Rodgers’ shoes?
By trading up and drafting a project quarterback in Jordan Love out of Utah State in the back-end of the first round, it proved costly in this championship-caliber team’s construction. Did it serve as a source for motivation for Rodgers? Definitely, as he will be named NFL MVP for a third time in 13 years as the Green Bay starter. However, he could have used a top rookie to help him win now.
Rodgers’ boyhood favorite team in the San Francisco 49ers could be looking to move on from Jimmy Garoppolo. Other playoff-caliber teams in the Indianapolis Colts and the Washington Football Team are seemingly a star quarterback away from contention. All the while, the Packers have a top-three passer in the sport and continue to blow it organizationally year after year.
So how much should we read into Rodgers’ alleged trade comments? Maybe not a ton, but you better believe he will tell Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst and the rest of the Packers brass that enough is enough. If they want to keep their best player happy and in Green Bay, then they need to stop with this offseason nonsense. Your time to win a Super Bowl is now, so go get it.
Rodgers is not likely to be traded, but you better believe he will hold his organization accountable.