Aaron Rodgers will not say whether or not he is enjoying for the Packers, or for anybody, in 2021. However one other all-time nice quarterback cannot envision a situation the place the reigning NFL MVP is not on the sector this fall. Showing on MLB Community forward of Monday night time’s Dwelling Run Derby, impending Corridor of Fame inductee Peyton Manning stated he “cannot fathom” Rodgers not enjoying this season, although he would not essentially foresee one in all his personal former groups, the Broncos, buying the Packers star.

“Clearly it is the query of the summer season right here in Denver,” Manning stated from Coors Area, through NFL Community. “Clearly, I hope he performs someplace this yr. The truth that Aaron Rodgers may not play this yr, I can not fathom it. He is too good of a participant, too enjoyable to look at for the followers. I personally hope it is in Inexperienced Bay. That is what I see him as (and) I hope they will kinda make amends and work (it) out. That’s workforce is so shut, if he have been to depart there it would be a significant change, clearly, for them.”

“My intestine,” Manning added, “is he is not coming to Denver. My intestine is Denver’s gonna have Drew Lock or Teddy Bridgewater be their quarterback. At this level, you gotta kinda know what your plan is. You’ll be able to’t be having a brand new quarterback three weeks earlier than the season.”

Current historical past has confirmed that groups are, in reality, prepared to welcome a brand new quarterback proper earlier than, and even throughout, the season underneath distinctive circumstances. Consider the Raiders, who in 2011 acquired Carson Palmer — then coming off a 3rd Professional Bowl — in October; or the Vikings, who in 2016 traded a first- and fourth-round decide for Sam Bradford lower than per week earlier than their opening sport. All it takes is the correct provide for the correct participant, and the Broncos — lengthy established as a reported suitor for Rodgers — assuredly would not balk at the potential of including No. 12 even when it means ready till August or September.

The larger holdup, in fact, stays Inexperienced Bay: Will the Packers ever take heed to affords for his or her star QB, and if not, will Rodgers really sit out (which Manning and loads of others “cannot fathom”)? For now, solely Rodgers is aware of what lies forward, and he appears to be having a merry previous time retaining everybody on pins and needles.