game. But
like,
you know, I'm going to take some time and
have conversations with the folks around here and then take
some time away. Make a decision.
Obviously before Braden see anything kind of gets going on
that front.
But you know, it's
it's fresh right now. It's
a little shocking for sure. You know, so many guys contracts
here are
up. We're on the brink or
salary cap stuff. So
a lot of decisions to be made. I don't want to be a part of a,
we build.
If you know, if I'm
Gonna Keep playing snow.
A lot of decisions in the next couple months.
Coming tomorrow at noon Eastern on the pad McAfee show. Aaron
Rodgers will join the program to say he didn't say all
the things that he said, on Saturday night, after
the Packers lost to the 49ers. I, it's Clockwork. He oh, why?
Why do you all
look maybe at this point? He'll just, he'll just own it. It's
been his, his theme all year long. This could be his last
year with the Green Bay Packers. He made it clear that
he's going to think about it. He doesn't want to be part of
a rebuild
and even though he's under contract through 2022, remember?
When he made his big move
his power play, his leverage exercise.
He didn't get a contract that frees him
after this season, his contract, freeze him
after next season.
So the Packers could still decide
to be obstinate, like they were last year and say we're not
going to trade him. Although, I'd like to think at this
point, if he truly genuinely wants out though. They'll find
a way of granite. Yeah, I would think so too. Right? I mean,
why deal with it? Why do they want to
go through that?
That at this point, I mean one more offseason have to deal
with all that conversation. Again.
I mean, I'm sure he's heard of course that was, you know,
a bloated Aaron Rodgers Legacy. Once again,
just again, he's gonna be looked at is it at home? Rogers
number one seed,
couldn't get it done.
Well, that's going to be part of the conversation with him.
Always his people are going to look at it this way.
It's interesting, Mike. It really is. I mean, when you
talk about, you know, what's ahead
Offseason for Green Bay,
you know, Rogers,
you know, I think if he does play, is he gonna want
commitment? Is he gonna want more money? He certainly can
ask for more of that as far as asking for a commitment beyond
the 2022 season,
you know, we know that was part of like the the annoyance last
year from him and his camp and then one of the Packers going
to do yes, as a team. I mean,
yeah, you got Davante. Adams is a free agent. You going to have
to pay him like a top two or three receiver in football.
And I can imagine. Yeah, if they have to make a lot of
drastic moves to their roster to where Rogers looks at it and
goes, wait. This isn't going to be the same team.
I do think it changes the Dynamics of this situation. A
little bit to where I would go. Wait. I think Rogers is going
to be back in Green Bay everything Stills in a really
good spot and set up the way you'd want is your quarterback
to think. Hey, we're not far off
to maybe getting where we want to get to in the Super Bowl.
But again with the salary cap, what do they play? 30 million
over the cab and some of those situations you look at it and
go
how much of this team will actually be back and how
comfortable will he be if they lose 5 10 players in free
agency. I think it's certainly something to think about and
evaluate here is the season ends
and I don't know how you reach a point of comfort and certainty
before we see how things play out. Like he could say, I'm
happy to play. If we keep this guy, this guy, this guy, this
guy,
and we have a plan for that. Yes, we do. We're very
confident. Okay, I'll keep playing and Every agency comes
and they start to scatter
and Chase the money elsewhere.
And the Packers say, well we tried sorry. We tried didn't
work, only have one franchise tag to use. Sorry then, what
does he do? Does he change his mind later? I I think this is
all pointing toward
him spending the next few weeks.
Assessing the question of whether or not the grass really
can be greener, right? Is it Greener somewhere else? Maybe
not. Can it be greener? It can be Peter
he's projecting how green the grass is going to be at Lambeau
versus how green it could be somewhere else. But,
you know, you don't, you don't spend all that time posturing
toward a move without finally doing it. Some point. You got
to fire the gun at some point. You gotta just do it
and
we'll see, we'll see, you know, I think he's desperate to not
be hated by, Packers fans. The way. Brett Favre was,
but we've seen him care less about what people think of him.
We've seen him.
Care less about people
hating him. He's very polarizing and
I think he's morphing away from the guy
who doesn't want to be criticized, ever
to the guy who understands.
Some people are going to criticize me, no matter what
stupid, right? Just call them stupid and I'll rally around
the people who think I'm great. Yeah II. Don't I did. There is
a little bit more of an effort. I'm coming from him and I think
this
year where it's like, he just yes.
All right, you don't like me. Screw it. There's nothing I can
do and he just he's doubling down. Siren what some of
the things he did this year, you know, last year when he lost to
the Brady and the Bucks. I feel like most of the football world
was like, I feel bad for Aaron Rodgers.
I feel like this year
because some of the people didn't like his Antics on
the McAfee show and whatever else people are like, ah,
he got what he deserved. He's a jerk. There's a little bit. Its
he is. It's very polarizing. And I think the point Mike that
you bring up with the grass is greener on the other side and
all of that type of stuff is
just, I'd said that deliberately. Alright, that was
not intended. That was intentional. Damn it,
but like I'll give you a get out of free jail card. Thank
you so much. Thank you.
But the thing I look at to a point you brought up was, he's
got to figure out is the grass greener, somewhere else and
can. Can I get better from another team?
Or can Green Bay? Go a little bit all in here a little bit.
He's got to look again at these teams and go.
Come on. Well, what else do we need to look at Joe? Burrow?
Its Stars Galore. He's throwing to Matt, Stafford had Stars
Galore and they still
Mm, Odell Beckham jr.
You know, maybe he's going. Damn. Can I just get a van
Jefferson and my team? I mean literally Rogers is Joan. Just
can I have a van Jefferson let alone a Cooper competent Odell
Beckham jr.
And a Higby There's issues. They need more players around
him. That's where they have dropped the ball. And that's to
me going to be the million-dollar question for
Aaron Rodgers.
Does he want to go somewhere roll the dice somewhere new new
system,
but they have more Talent
or does he want to stay home and comfy
and appeal to the Green Bay home?
Fanbase like you're talking about and force them to get
another guy. That doesn't make. You just always about him and
one other receiver. And if they don't absolutely take over
a game,
the game is 50-50. That's where it's not fair to Rogers. I know
I'm a defender of them, but that's just my honest opinion
and evaluating their team and their situation.
I think it's fair for him at some point to look around and
say, you know what? It's always something. It's always
something and it's never me and he can say that truthfully, he
can't, I'm always showing up and getting it done. Exactly.
It's
Something. It's either. We don't have enough other players
around me or our special teams coordinator screws it up.
Right? Right. Exactly. And it's always something, it's always
something I have to be
on my A-game. Every single night. I can't slip it all. If
I slip it all, we're done, and even if I play my best game,
we're not always going to get it done. It's a
weird from the great quarterbacks there. Yeah.
Season. Right postseason and you know,
the Dynamics changed
So dramatically in the postseason. Yes, they do
some teams, some players
struggle, for whatever reason to rise to that occasion
and we see it to consistently for the Packers. Yes to not say
something's wrong there. Something that they failed to
either identify or even recognize is wrong in that
organization where they can't rise to the occasion
when it's time to play
win or go home football,
100% Mike. That's that's kind of what I always talk about.
You know, just it's
it's a good team with a Super Bowl quarterback that we think
is a Super Bowl team because of the quarterback, but the team
has not been great. He misleads us at times because of his
greatness. They are the ultimate regular season team.
Yes, he can take over against the middle class, the lower
class do all of that, right? They can out execute regular
season football for the most part,
but it gets the playoff football
coaches. Get more desperate. They're willing to try more
things on as far as As the opposing team, you're playing
if you're Green Bay. Oh, let's do this. If we don't stop this,
we're going home. So, we
got to take a chance this week and do that.
And then let alone, they play teams that have more studs.
There's more studs on the 49ers and the Packers.
So you just look at that and go. Yes, that's an issue with
them. That's why there are regular season football team.
And that's why we've seen them get in the playoffs
and Flounder against teams again, that there's no doubt
that are better than them.
And if C championship game against the 49ers, it's not
How's the 49ers in another class last year?
Epic Meltdown. By Tom Brady. In the third and fourth quarter.
There was still no doubt about who was the better team in
the football field and who had more Jimmy's in Joe's. And that's to
me where Green Bay has dropped the ball for Rogers. Throughout
his career.
We need to take a break and we're gonna have plenty of
chances to talk about this in the coming days. And yes,
I just want to take about 90 seconds. Yeah. If we can cool
to delve into one question because
this never would have been an issue
in any other offseason if Aaron
Rogers is potentially available to another team. However,
however,
here's the question. Will there be some coaches, general,
managers
and owners out there
who
don't like
the weekly appearances with Pat McAfee who don't like
the brashness
the effort attitude from Aaron Rodgers,
and will that be part of the balance?
Is that? Because I can see Parcells
Parcells would have said,
No, no Aaron, you don't need to be doing this Tuesday. Think
know this Tuesday, thinking good for anybody. It's
a distraction for the football team. I could see some
old-school mind sets out the exact 100% that. It's
a distraction that we don't need or at least we're going
to factor it into,
you know, what, amazing football skills here
and pain-in-the-ass Factor here
and maybe for some teams
it the balance goes toward now, we got enough to worry about.
I think it's something to think about sure.
I think there are going to be teams that are going to go
Rogers at this point of his career, all that comes with it.
You know, they're they're going to think about it. Certainly
I mean again, the the perception is the reality to
a degree here, Rogers has that perception throughout the NFL.
Some people think he's a pain in the butt. There's
definitely that but the play is still
at a high enough level
to where I think people are going to look at it and go. Well
he's a pain in the butt. Sure. But
man if he gets here
with the team we got and there's a few teams.
That this year where they need a quarterback and you go. Oh,
they're not that far off.
That's where he can be. Extremely enticing for your
football team. Going forward.