As Aaron Rodgers nonetheless ponders a choice on his enjoying future, he says he doesn’t wish to do what Brett Favre did again in 2008.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a choice to make, and that’s in regard to the place he desires to play for the 2023 season, if in any respect. On Wednesday, Rodgers made an look on the Aubrey Marcus podcast, and followers who had been hoping for an announcement, they didn’t get that. Rodgers spoke about his darkness retreat, however did say that he is making a football decision “soon enough.”
Speaking of the choice, Rodgers mentioned that he doesn’t wish to make the same mistake as former Packers quarterback Brett Favre did again in 2008 when he retired that March, solely to declare in June that he really wished to play.
Aaron Rodgers trying to keep away from Brett Favre’s decision-making blunder
“It’s best for anybody who has an interest in this to make a decision sooner rather than later,” mentioned Rodgers. “I remember before Favre retired, there were times in April and May, we weren’t sure if he was going to come back because he didn’t come to any of the offseason program. Then in 2008, he actually did retire in March and then said, ‘No, no, no,’ in June after OTA’s, ‘I actually want to come back and play.’ That’s when he was traded to the Jets. There was obviously a lot of tension that summer. For everybody involved directly and indirectly, it’s best for a decision earlier.”
As Rodgers brings up, Favre introduced his retirement from the NFL after the 2007 season, through which they misplaced to the New York Giants within the NFC Championship Game. But that July, Favre determined that he wished to return to play. But, the Packers had been able to pivot to Rodgers, whom they chose within the first spherical of the 2005 NFL Draft. That is when the commerce occurred, the place Favre went from longtime Packers quarterback to beginning sign caller for the New York Jets.
Rodgers did say that whereas he doesn’t wish to take as lengthy to make a choice, he’s going to suppose it over, as he did throughout his darkness retreat, earlier than making a remaining selection.
“I feel really good about the conversations that are going to be had, that have been had with important people in my life,” mentioned Rodgers. “Yourself included. But I’m not looking for somebody to tell me what the answer is. All the answers are right inside me. I touch many of the feeling on both sides in the darkness. I’m thankful for that time. There’s a finality to the decision. I don’t make it lightly. I don’t want to drag anybody around. I’m answering questions about it because I got asked about it. I’m talking about it because it’s important to me. If you don’t like it and you think it’s drama, and you think I’m being a diva or whatever, then just tune it out. That’s fine. But this is my life. It’s important to me. I’ll make a decision soon enough and we’ll go down that road. I’ll be really excited about it.”
The NFL league 12 months formally begins on March 15, and the free company negotiation window opens on March 13. For groups which can be in want of a quarterback, they are going to be ready on Rodgers’ resolution, since he would be the greatest domino to fall. If he’s made out there through a commerce, he could be the highest title on the quarterback market.
As for the Packers, they do have Jordan Love on the roster. They chosen him out of Utah State within the first spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft. With this transfer, it signaled that the group was able to have a succession plan in place in case Rodgers had been to maneuver on. Not to say, the Packers now need to resolve by May 1 in the event that they wish to choose up his fifth-year possibility, as he’s set to enter his fourth NFL season.
While it might seem to be an extended look forward to Rodgers, he did say that he wouldn’t do what Favre did again in 2008.
