Let's touch on a few or your comments, first off anyone believes Rodgers is thinking of retiring I have some FTX Crypto to sell you lol. Rodgers has to big of an ego to play opening act to the GOAT and secondly we know how much money means to him as all but the 1st 2 contracts made him the highest paid player in the NFL. If the Packers were smart they would start accepting offers now and make it known. They traded the better QB in Brett Favre in my opinion who was better for football than Rodgers ego. And Rodgers has no power in this situation, that's why I have to laugh when I hear the media say he controls everything. Either way the Packers get what they want and that's moving on from Rodgers. He can threaten to retire if the trade was to a team he didn't want and the Packers call his bluff and trade his ass.
Now about him being a coach, in my OPINION i think that will never happen, look at how he treats the rookies. He isn't there to help them in OTAs or training camp. He belittles them to the media to cover his mistakes. So what kind of coach would he actually be. I actually think the he doesn't put in the work anymore because he is so confused by the defenses that he misses wide open guys. He probably wastes the most timeouts out of any qb in the league because he isn't sure what the defense is doing.
Originally Posted by: dhazer
I don't think he'll retire either, but to completely dismiss the possibility is a mistake as well.
Also, in the discussion of weather you as a player are going to retire or keep playing, what other people (such as Tom Brady) do is completely irrelevant. It's what you're body and mind want to do, f others.
As for money, don't you want to be paid what you are worth? So why are you bitching about other people doing the exact same thing?
If you don't think players with a huge salary doesn't have some controll in a cap based system, then you simply don't know what you are talking about.
If a team wants Rodgers, they have to set aside the space to take on his contract under the cap. Also, you don't want a player taking up a huge part of the cap to be unhappy.... which is why some are suggesting the Jets would probably be a horrible fit for Rodgers as to they don't think he'd enjoy the NY market and all the people everywhere with a lot less places to get away and a lot more paparazzi following you everywhere.
A team is going to want to talk with Rodgers before making a trade... unless they're getting a major discount.
Also, note, the Packers are saying they would only trade Rodgers with Rodgers permission... which I assume is a PR move because they don't want the backlash.
So yeah, if you want, you could be that dick owner.... but you're going to get screwed and backlash in the process.
Just look at dick owner Dan Snyder ... I believe they used to have a top 3 long season ticket holder waiting list when he took over... now there is no waiting list because they can't even sell them all....
Players with huge salary amount absolutely do have a say. The say is smaller than the teams (unless there is a no trade clause) but to say they have no control is just stupid.