Aaron Rodgers new contract

The bad thing to me that this shows is that Rodgers is more concerned with being a top paid QB every year and having his contract readjusted to match contracts that come after this then wanting to put the best team the Packers can on the field. If he wants a bump in pay for every QB that gets a bigger contract then him that means less the Packers can spend on the rest of the team to make sure it can compete better.
 
If there is any traction with all this "conjecture", I wonder if it's true that Rodgers wants this opt out clause simply to keep him at/near the top in QB compensation, would he be willing to tie it to performance to make the clause kick in? Sort of like an escalator clause.

For example, the clause kicks in if another QB contract exceeds Rodgers current deal AND IF he meets any two of the following criteria:
a) Rodgers leads the Packers to a Super Bowl berth (doesn't have to win, but gets us there)
b) Leads the league in TD passes
c) Leads the league in passing yardage


FWIW........sh))
 
dannobanano said:
If there is any traction with all this "conjecture", I wonder if it's true that Rodgers wants this opt out clause simply to keep him at/near the top in QB compensation, would he be willing to tie it to performance to make the clause kick in? Sort of like an escalator clause.

For example, the clause kicks in if another QB contract exceeds Rodgers current deal AND IF he meets any two of the following criteria:
a) Rodgers leads the Packers to a Super Bowl berth (doesn't have to win, but gets us there)
b) Leads the league in TD passes
c) Leads the league in passing yardage


FWIW........sh))
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I doubt it, My personal opinion is he wants an out so he can finish on the West coast if he so desires, He loves LA and lives there offseason, his GF lives in Arizona as well so other then $ why stay in the midwest???
 
Mark87 said:
I doubt it, My personal opinion is he wants an out so he can finish on the West coast if he so desires, He loves LA and lives there offseason, his GF lives in Arizona as well so other then $ why stay in the midwest???
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That's all well and good, but GB has zero incentive to give in to any of that. If he truly wants the option to end his career on the west coast then come to an agreement with GB now that he'll play out the rest of his contract and live with the two years playing under the tag and then go on his merry way. But if he so chooses that option then he's not going to get a big fat bonus check dropped on him any time soon and he'll be accepting a lot of risk that he gets seriously injured again, and possibly in a way that won't be easy for him to bounce back from.

I swear I've had to stop reading or listening to GB media on this. There seems to be a line of thought out there that the org somehow needs to be nice to Aaron Rodgers and give him this stuff. It's BS. You play with the cards you're dealt. This is where the team is, and this is where Rodgers is. They're not going to agree to start the whole thing over just because one side doesn't like how the game has gone.
 
Also willing to be other NFL owners has heard this opt out talk and have called Murphy saying don't do it you do it then every top player will demand it in their next contract and it's not a precident we want set.
 
GBP4EVER said:
The bad thing to me that this shows is that Rodgers is more concerned with being a top paid QB every year and having his contract readjusted to match contracts that come after this then wanting to put the best team the Packers can on the field. If he wants a bump in pay for every QB that gets a bigger contract then him that means less the Packers can spend on the rest of the team to make sure it can compete better.
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This tells me he doesn't believe GB will be a serious SB contender so he's going for all the money he can. Can't say I blame him. He gave the Packers a friendly contract last time and they wasted it.
 
Cheesedog said:
This tells me he doesn't believe GB will be a serious SB contender so he's going for all the money he can. Can't say I blame him. He gave the Packers a friendly contract last time and they wasted it.
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Not really last contract he got had him paid as the top paid player in the NFL. Should the Packers have done more to put a better roster together is another can of worms. This next contract he gets will likely mean his last two contracts have made him the highest paid player in the NFL for a time.
 
rpiotr01 said:
That's all well and good, but GB has zero incentive to give in to any of that. If he truly wants the option to end his career on the west coast then come to an agreement with GB now that he'll play out the rest of his contract and live with the two years playing under the tag and then go on his merry way. But if he so chooses that option then he's not going to get a big fat bonus check dropped on him any time soon and he'll be accepting a lot of risk that he gets seriously injured again, and possibly in a way that won't be easy for him to bounce back from.

I swear I've had to stop reading or listening to GB media on this. There seems to be a line of thought out there that the org somehow needs to be nice to Aaron Rodgers and give him this stuff. It's BS. You play with the cards you're dealt. This is where the team is, and this is where Rodgers is. They're not going to agree to start the whole thing over just because one side doesn't like how the game has gone.
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This one pretty much states what a lot of people here have been saying. I swear, Mark should have some of you guys writing articles. Seems like this place discusses it and before you know it, one of these other sites are writing about it.

https://packerswire.usatoday.com/20...opt-out-clause-is-unlikely-for-aaron-rodgers/
 
Mark87 said:
90 % of those guys follow me on twitter... they see what gets posted here.
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I remember over at PC some writer must have followed that site because I remember he quoted me from PC on a post I made about Drew Rosehaus. Makes you wonder if any players or coaches or writers are on this site as lurkers and read posts but don't post themselves.
 
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