While many think it is a great idea for Aaron Rodgers to be traded elsewhere, one sports analyst thinks he should stay right where he is.
Fox Sports’ Jason Smith stated Rodgers should look at Russell Wilson’s situation and be convinced to stay in Green Bay. Smith pointed to Wilson not receiving much support and the countless articles that have come out against him since he was traded from Seattle to Denver.
Jason Smith: “We’ve talked about 3 choices for Aaron Rodgers: staying with the Packers, going to another team or retiring. There’s no way he’s retiring, and up until today, I would’ve said there’s no way he’s staying with the Packers. But after today, and the report on Russell Wilson, I’ve changed my mind a bit… What have we seen in the times since Wilson went from Seattle to Denver? You’ve seen no real support from former teammates saying how great of a teammate he was, you’ve actually seen quite the opposite… If I’m Aaron Rodgers watching this, I’m thinking, ‘Man, look at all of these stories that have gotten out about Russell Wilson that I wouldn’t want to get out.’ Rodgers sees this, and thinks, ‘is this going to happen to me?’ I don’t think Aaron Rodgers wants any of this stuff to follow him if he were to go to another team.”
Russell Wilson has been in the news a lot this past year following his trade to the Denver Broncos, which resulted in a lack of success when the expectations were high in the 2022 season. Meanwhile, the Seattle Seahawks made the playoffs with Geno Smith at quarterback.
Wilson has faced a ton of scrutiny, from having his own personal coach in the facility to his own office. Even one year after the trade went down, there was a report that he asked the Seahawks to fire head coach Pete Carroll and general manager John Schneider before he was ultimately traded to the Broncos last offseason.
The only person that has come out in defense of him has been Wilson’s former teammates in defensive linemen Cliff Avril, who took to Twitter to defend his former quarterback, saying that he is a “stand-up guy” and that he “never had any issues with how he’s moved.”
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With the many things we have already heard about Aaron Rodgers, it would likely be even worse if he decides to leave the Packers this offseason.
