Zero2Cool
3 years ago

Based on everything Aaron Rodgers has said about his timeline for making a decision about what he’ll do in 2022, the decision already should be made by now. Free agency officially begins in nine days. The legal tampering period opens in just seven days. Even now, teams are talking to agents about players who may be available.

For those of you who don’t spend time checking out non-work websites when not working, you missed a few developments this weekend. Here’s what happened.

On Friday night, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reported that Rodgers is “truly torn” on where he’d like to play in 2022, going “back and forth” regarding what he wants. In writing up a blurb on the issue, we pointed out that to stay or not to stay in Green Bay isn’t a real decision. To choose the Packers or a specific alternative team is. As we wrote, “Get back to us, Ian or Schefty or whoever, when it’s Green Bay vs. Denver or Green Bay vs. Tennessee or Green Bay vs. Miami or Green Bay vs. Indianapolis or Green Bay vs. Pittsburgh or Green Bay vs. Tampa Bay or or Green Bay vs. San Francisco or Green Bay vs. Any Specific NFL City Other Than Not Green Bay.”

Then, things got interesting. After posting our item regarding the report that Rodgers is “truly torn” and pointing out that there’s nothing about which to be torn without knowing the places to which the Packers would trade him, someone who read our item — someone with actual, specific information — reached out to explain that the decision isn’t Green Bay vs. Not Green Bay. That potential destinations have been identified and tentative trade terms have been arranged.

This prompted push back from the Packers, telling reporters who cover the team and/or national reporters who hope to remain in the team’s good graces that the team has had no trade talks. In response, we’ve urged common sense. To make a decision, Rodgers needs to know the teams to which the Packers would trade him. 49ers? No way. Buccaneers? No way. AFC teams? Sure.

Next comes the question of what the Packers expect, and whether these teams will part with whatever that is. How many first-round picks? What else? Finally, how much will these teams pay Rodgers?

The longer Rodgers goes without making a decision, the more clear it becomes that he’s not deciding whether to enter the New Team restaurant. He’s sitting at the table, looking at a detailed menu. Picking a meal.

Some have suggested that, once Rodgers makes a decision, things will move quickly. Indeed it will, because Rodgers already knows the teams to which the Packers will be traded, those teams know what the Packers will want via trade, and those teams know what it will take to sign Rodgers. The decision, no matter how it’s leaked or announced, won’t be to be or not to be a Packer. It will to be the quarterback of one specific team.

In other words, and despite any efforts by the Packers or anyone else to dispute this, the potential deals are in place and ready to go, waiting for Rodgers to make up his mind and to act on it.

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Zero2Cool
3 years ago
If you want to know why the media bothers me so much, you can find out by reading this comment. "As a GB shareholder, I want AR and his drama GONE". The media is making an enemy out of someone who isn't even doing anything. It's the first damn week of MARCH and it's been every other day, if not every day, Rodgers this Rodgers that, as if the media is OWED some explanation or that fans are OWED anything.

So the media drums up rumors, and all this nonsense and then label Rodgers as a diva and dragging things out. And then fans get tired of hearing about Rodgers and then suddenly it's I'm sick of Rodgers and his drama.

I hate how black/white obviously horrific this is and how so many are obtuse to it.
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Pugger
3 years ago

If you want to know why the media bothers me so much, you can find out by reading this comment. "As a GB shareholder, I want Aaron Rodgers and his drama GONE". The media is making an enemy out of someone who isn't even doing anything. It's the first damn week of MARCH and it's been every other day, if not every day, Rodgers this Rodgers that, as if the media is OWED some explanation or that fans are OWED anything.

So the media drums up rumors, and all this nonsense and then label Rodgers as a diva and dragging things out. And then fans get tired of hearing about Rodgers and then suddenly it's I'm sick of Rodgers and his drama.

I hate how black/white obviously horrific this is and how so many are obtuse to it.
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Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



Most the "drama" surrounding Rodgers is being perpetuated by the media! Last offseason he hardly said a word but the media ran wild. Social media has made it all worse IMO. Now there is "news" about him almost daily either staying or going - all for clicks and TV ratings. I hope Aaron and the Packers make an announcement soon so the hyenas in the media can go make some other fan base crazy.
Cheesey
3 years ago
I check to see if a decision has been made, and ignore anything else that is on the web about it.
It's all guessing anyway. No one but Rodgers and the Packer brass really knows what's going on.
The "media" needs this to go on as long as possible, so they can post their garbage and have SOMETHING to write about.
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Zero2Cool
3 years ago
I decided to turn on sports radio for first time in long time. They were arguing over how dumb it is they are talking about Aaron Rodgers. It's as if they couldn't talk about the Badgers game or Bucks game from the weekend. Crazy.

So many players have said you NEVER make a decision on your future within a month or two after the season ended. We're coming into that time frame where it makes sense to make a decision.

I'd suspect a decision to be known to the Packers before St Patrick's Day.
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Zero2Cool
3 years ago

I check to see if a decision has been made, and ignore anything else that is on the web about it.
It's all guessing anyway. No one but Rodgers and the Packer brass really knows what's going on.
The "media" needs this to go on as long as possible, so they can post their garbage and have SOMETHING to write about.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 



And this is the problem. These radio shows and outlets claim people want to hear about it. Wrong. We turn to their website, their outlet, their TV station, their radio station because we expect them to provide NEWSWORTHY content, not for them to CREATE content. That's the issue. We don't need three hours of sports talk on the NFL during the off-season every single day. There simply is NOT enough newsworthy content to fill those blocks of time. Yet, we have countless stations and outlets that do this very thing.

Fans are being screwed over. And then manipulated.


Also, anyone saying HURRY UP AND MAKE A DECISION needs to chill the shit out. Whether he says he's retiring, or playing for Packers or wanting to be traded YOUR LIFE DOES NOT CHANGE ONE BIT. This is Aaron Rodgers decision to make. Let the damn man take the time he needs to make a decision. Remember when Brett Favre was PUSHED into making a decision? Yeah, he retired and then regretted that decision weeks/months later. Do we NOT learn from past mistakes?
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Cheesey
3 years ago
That's the problem with today's media. In the "old days", when I was a kid, you had to wait for the daily newspaper or evening TV news to find out what's going on. Now, with computers, people want to know about everything 15 MINUTES AGO!
So so called "news" outlets have to come up with something to post every minute, or lose viewers to another web site. The ones that guessed right will brag about how great they are, and the ones that guessed wrong will just ignore it and go onto the next big story.
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Zero2Cool
3 years ago

That's the problem with today's media. In the "old days", when I was a kid, you had to wait for the daily newspaper or evening TV news to find out what's going on. Now, with computers, people want to know about everything 15 MINUTES AGO!
So so called "news" outlets have to come up with something to post every minute, or lose viewers to another web site. The ones that guessed right will brag about how great they are, and the ones that guessed wrong will just ignore it and go onto the next big story.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 



When you were a kid, they used a chisel and stone tablets my friend!!! Buwahahaha
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yooperfan
3 years ago

That's the problem with today's media. In the "old days", when I was a kid, you had to wait for the daily newspaper or evening TV news to find out what's going on. Now, with computers, people want to know about everything 15 MINUTES AGO!
So so called "news" outlets have to come up with something to post every minute, or lose viewers to another web site. The ones that guessed right will brag about how great they are, and the ones that guessed wrong will just ignore it and go onto the next big story.

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 


Ahh, those were the good old days!
We used to all gather at the gas station in the morning to read the Milwaukee Sentinel sports section and talk Packers football.
I don’t even know if the Sentinel exists anymore.
In the 60’s and 70’s it was the most popular paper in the U. P. But I haven’t seen one in years.

Cheesey
3 years ago

Ahh, those were the good old days!
We used to all gather at the gas station in the morning to read the Milwaukee Sentinel sports section and talk Packers football.
I don’t even know if the Sentinel exists anymore.
In the 60’s and 70’s it was the most popular paper in the U. P. But I haven’t seen one in years.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan 


I worked as a district sales manager at the Milwaukee Sentinel back in the early 1980s! A lot of people didn't realize that the Milwaukee Sentinel and Milwaukee Journal were published in the same building. Several years ago they just combined it to one paper, and it's now the Journal/Sentinel.

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