Aaron Rodgers has not set a time for which he will announce his decision going forward. He is either going to come back and play for the Green Bay Packers, come back and play but demand a trade elsewhere, or he is going to hang up his cleats and retire.
ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter decided to eliminate one of those decisions.
During Friday’s edition of SportsCenter, Schefter stated that Rodgers will either demand a trade to the New York Jets, and if the team does not get it done, he will head off into retirement.
“My sense is there continues to be more and more signs about him leaving Green Bay,” Schefter said, via Bleacher Report. “And I think in the end, my sense is ultimately it will come down to whether he wants to play elsewhere, which would be really the New York Jets, or whether he wants to retire. To me, those are the two most logical options and the two most likely scenarios here. But again, we have not heard from Aaron Rodgers himself.
“We have heard the Packers talk about Jordan Love and how much belief they have in him and how much progress he’s made. And I think he’s their quarterback of the future here, clearly. And they continue to wait for the decision from Aaron Rodgers, who knows that at some point in time, he’s said the Packers have had conversations about him with other teams. And that’s why I believe that it’s going to either be the New York Jets or retirement in the end. And we’ll show how this shakes out, but there’s nothing yet from Aaron Rodgers. It has to come soon.
“We are basically under two weeks until the start of the league year. We await his word and at some point, something’s going to have to happen here because Derek Carr’s waiting to see where’s Aaron Rodgers wants to go. These teams need decisions from the quarterbacks and everything right now is being hung up while we wait to hear from No. 12.”
For what seems like the hundredth time, Aaron Rodgers has the Packers organization in a difficult spot where they have no idea what he is going to do, and they are left waiting on his decision before they can move forward. As great as he is as a QB, this same song every year gets tiring.
Although the franchise would miss him if he moves on or retires, you’d have to think they would feel some type of relief not having to go through this every offseason.
