Aaron Rodgers commerce rumors: Packers president says scenario with MVP has ‘divided our fan base’

Because the Inexperienced Bay Packers nonetheless wait on a decision to their standoff with Aaron Rodgers, group president Mark Murphy is anxious in regards to the impact the continued drama has had on the fan base. Packers followers are torn over what the group ought to do relating to the way forward for the MVP quarterback. 

“The scenario we face with Aaron Rodgers has divided our fan base,” Murphy wrote in his month-to-month column to the followers, through the Packers web site. “The emails and letters that I’ve acquired mirror this reality. 

“As I wrote right here final month, we stay dedicated to resolving issues with Aaron and wish him to be our quarterback in 2021 and past. We’re working to resolve the scenario and notice that the much less either side say publicly, the higher.”

The Packers are nonetheless attempting to verify Rodgers stays with the group for the 2021 season and past, in flip preserving their championship window alive. Rodgers advised some members inside the Packers group he doesn’t wish to return to the group and the group is anxious about his emotions and had a number of high-ranking group leaders attain out to him at numerous factors within the offseason. Rodgers has even contemplated retirement if the Packers don’t commerce him. 

Inexperienced Bay would save $22,850,000 in wage cap house for the 2021 season if the Packers had been to deal Rodgers, who’s owed three years and $105,406,000 remaining on his contract. Rodgers has been a no-show at voluntary minicamp, however obligatory minicamp begins Tuesday. If he decides to skip that interval of OTAs, he could be fined simply north of $93,000.

It’s straightforward to grasp why Packers followers nonetheless need Rodgers round, as he was the third quarterback in franchise historical past to guide the group to a Tremendous Bowl title. Rodgers had one of many best seasons for a quarterback in NFL historical past in 2020, finishing 70.7% of his passes for 4,299 yards with 48 touchdowns to only 5 interceptions on the age of 37. A primary-team All-Professional choice, Rodgers led the league in completion proportion, landing passes, landing proportion (9.1), interception proportion (1.0), and passer score (121.5). He set profession highs in each completion proportion and landing passes en path to profitable his third league MVP award. 

The Packers have reached the NFC Championship Recreation in every of the final two seasons behind the play of Rodgers, although a Tremendous Bowl look has remained out of attain. Packers followers additionally skilled the Brett Favre retired and unretired period, as some had been prepared to maneuver on from the legendary quarterback when he determined to come back again for the 2008 season the place he was finally traded — one 12 months after the group reached the NFC Championship Recreation. 

Inexperienced Bay faces a crossroads within the franchise, because the group desires to verify Rodgers is completely happy and stays with the group. What if Rodgers continues to carry out? Is Jordan Love prepared?

Eventually, the Packers must decide — even when it entails shifting on from one of many best gamers in franchise historical past.