Rodgers Wants Out

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There is some feeling of inevitability in all this and I'm not sure Packer management could have made it any better though they could have been smarter and put a better look/spin on the whole thing. (and not been dumb enough to waste a pick moving up for Love)

Was listening to a radio show yesterday and one person brought up the question of "When has an perennial pro-bowl type quarterback ever gone out smoothly when the team has acquired a legit type replacement." Things seem to always end somewhat badly in those cases. The best you can do is have it be "less bad".

Not sure there are a ton of examples, but I can't actually think of a smooth transition from a highly talented veteran to a younger replacement that went smoothly for everyone.
 
Whatever Rodgers wants to change about his relationship with the FO, it's coming 5-8 years too late right? The primary conflict here is that the team only really wants him for one more year regardless. From the team's standpoint, "You're under contract for 3 more years, we built this team around you at great sacrifice in terms of cap management and cash out the door, we structured your last deal to make you tradeable after the 2021 season and you knew that full well, so we expect you to play out this year." And for him, "You guys treated me like a JAG for years even after all I've done to keep the team good and relevant and your pockets full, why should I bend over and let you stick to your little plans?"

It's all just too late isn't it? If the FO wants to be more progressive and player friendly and less rigid, that's a process and a culture change that takes time to develop and enact, and they'd do it for its own sake, it's not something you pledge over the phone to Rodgers and his agent to get him back for one more year.
 
rpiotr01 said:
Whatever Rodgers wants to change about his relationship with the FO, it's coming 5-8 years too late right? The primary conflict here is that the team only really wants him for one more year regardless. From the team's standpoint, "You're under contract for 3 more years, we built this team around you at great sacrifice in terms of cap management and cash out the door, we structured your last deal to make you tradeable after the 2021 season and you knew that full well, so we expect you to play out this year." And for him, "You guys treated me like a JAG for years even after all I've done to keep the team good and relevant and your pockets full, why should I bend over and let you stick to your little plans?"

It's all just too late isn't it? If the FO wants to be more progressive and player friendly and less rigid, that's a process and a culture change that takes time to develop and enact, and they'd do it for its own sake, it's not something you pledge over the phone to Rodgers and his agent to get him back for one more year.
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Packers have been and likely always will be a team that says you are the player we are the front office. We are seperate and plan to keep it that way. Will it piss players off and mean less players want to come to GB? Yeah probably.
 
GBP4EVER said:
Packers have been and likely always will be a team that says you are the player we are the front office. We are seperate and plan to keep it that way. Will it piss players off and mean less players want to come to GB? Yeah probably.
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I disagree with that. In 2019, when Gute signed Z and Preston and Amos, all those guys basically said the same thing. They said they put their agents in charge of the process, the agent called them and told them where they were going. Why? Because GB paid the most. Rodgers may be a draw for some, but most of these guys will go to the highest bidder and don't fret about the corporate culture because they know they're likely going to be there for 2-5 years tops.
 
GBP4EVER said:
either way I can't see him walking away from millions can you?
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if he's satisfied with what he has, and if he has really lost his love for playing the game, and if he really truly wants to settle down and have a family in hawaii, then yes.

edit: and wow, he would be doing the packers a huge favor.
 
rpiotr01 said:
Whatever Rodgers wants to change about his relationship with the FO, it's coming 5-8 years too late right? The primary conflict here is that the team only really wants him for one more year regardless. From the team's standpoint, "You're under contract for 3 more years, we built this team around you at great sacrifice in terms of cap management and cash out the door, we structured your last deal to make you tradeable after the 2021 season and you knew that full well, so we expect you to play out this year." And for him, "You guys treated me like a JAG for years even after all I've done to keep the team good and relevant and your pockets full, why should I bend over and let you stick to your little plans?"

It's all just too late isn't it? If the FO wants to be more progressive and player friendly and less rigid, that's a process and a culture change that takes time to develop and enact, and they'd do it for its own sake, it's not something you pledge over the phone to Rodgers and his agent to get him back for one more year.
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Well put. Let me add that in the last maybe 4-5 elite players in all professional sports have become more empowered to dictate terms and their future. They have come to terms that sports is a business, and they are the product and brand that drives the engine. And to help that, agents have become more empowered to push that narrative. Just look at Anthony Davis is NOLA, Hardin in Houston, Ramsey in Jax. They were able to dictate their future to some extent. And that’s not going to get better it will get worse. The NFL as a league has more leverage with the franchise tag but it’s still relevant
 
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