When it was over Sunday night and the cameras turned to Aaron Rodgers walking off Lambeau Field in defeat against Detroit, it was difficult to keep from reading into his body language and where his eyes were traveling. It was easy to see that he seemed to walk a little slower, linger a little longer, stare a little deeper, like someone meticulously absorbing a moment that needed to last.
GREEN BAY, WI - JANUARY 08: Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers wide receiver Randall Cobb walk off the field after a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field on January 8, 2023 in Green Bay, WI. When it was over Sunday night and the cameras turned to Aaron Rodgers walking off, it was difficult to keep from reading into his body language and where his eyes were traveling.
Now Rodgers has a feel for how difficult life can be without Adams. He also knows there isn’t a guarantee that will change in 2023. This was the place that appeared to frustrate him at times this season: Trying to wean along younger pieces of the offense while watching the team fail stupendously at times when it came to playing complementary football. Few players want to finish like that, especially quarterbacks who are watching the sun set on their careers .
There should be no secret now that Rodgers prefers to be surrounded by his guys — veterans he knows, trusts and enjoys playing with. That’s not remotely unusual for quarterbacks who play into their mid-to-late 30s. As the locker room around them continually gets younger, their circle around them tends to get smaller. Soon enough, they almost become another tier of the coaching staff, expected to teach as much as play.
If those players are erased from the 2023 roster, Rodgers loses a significant number of the veterans he values. And that sounded like it mattered to him Sunday, when asked about what the makeup of the team would look like if he returned. If the Packers commit to that option, they’re essentially signaling to Rodgers that 2023 will be his final season in Green Bay. There’s virtually no chance the franchise will put itself on the hook for more than $60 million in quarterback pay in 2024, which is the dollar figure that Rodgers’ salary and Love’s fifth-year option would amount to. Most especially when Love’s salary would make it a necessity for him to play that season.
“It’s just a feeling,” he said. “I think to assume it’s a foregone conclusion [the team wants him to return] would be, probably slightly egotistical. So I’m going to be a realist here and understand that there’s a lot of different parts to this. Like I said, I was aware of the possibility of them going young if we had gotten to a point where we were out of it and I’m aware of that possibility as well [now].
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