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There was a rumor the 49ers offered Jimmy G, the #3 pick, "other players", and "other picks" for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers turned it down. Stupid on both ends...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/29/report-49ers-offered-no-3-overall-pick-plus-more-for-aaron-rodgers/

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Hoooo-boy.

You want a juicy rumor? You’re getting one.

It’s believed that the 49ers offered the No. 3 overall pick, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, other players, plus draft picks to the Green Bay Packers for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Bill Michaels started the fire, attributing the report to Paul Allen of KFAN, with confirmation from others.

As we hear it, the offer was made — and rejected — last night.

A source with knowledge of the situation, however, calls the report absolutely untrue, adding that not a single call has been received on Rodgers. (It previously was reported that the Rams made a run at trading for Rodgers before trading for Matthew Stafford; the Packers denied that, too.) At least one other person in position to have knowledge regarding the situation also has denied that the 49ers tried to get Rodgers, but without going on the record.

As Josh Alper of PFT noted on an intra-company text chain, it’s surprising that the 49ers would try to trade for someone who could be dead by Sunday.

The rumor of a Rodgers trade may not die so quickly. As one source who has heard the rumor explained it, the Packers haven’t restructured Rodgers contract to maximize cap space this year due in part to the possibility that they’ll get an offer for him that they can’t refuse. As another source who hadn’t heard the rumor but found it plausible remarked, it would be interesting to know whether any of this is being instigated by Rodgers — given his frustration with his year-to-year contract status and his potential desire to get to the West Coast, a preference that could soon be enhanced by a possible offer to become the permanent host of L.A.-based Jeopardy!

One clear impediment to the offer as articulated would be the Garoppolo contract, since the Packers (nor anyone else) will pay him $25 million this year. Still, it’s food for thought in the event a team like, say, the Raiders decides to package the current starting quarterback plus a boatload of players and picks for an eleventh-hour Hail Mary aimed at bringing the master of the Hail Mary to town.

 

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I read that Green Bay has reached out to inquire what they could get for him in a trade before the draft. So as usual, he gets his feelings hurt like he has his whole career going back to Cal. I think he was upset that they drafted a QB in the first round last year and not offensive weapons to help him out. 

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1 minute ago, dieucla98 said:

There was a rumor the 49ers offered Jimmy G, the #3 pick, "other players", and "other picks" for Aaron Rodgers and the Packers turned it down. Stupid on both ends...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/04/29/report-49ers-offered-no-3-overall-pick-plus-more-for-aaron-rodgers/

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Hoooo-boy.

You want a juicy rumor? You’re getting one.

It’s believed that the 49ers offered the No. 3 overall pick, quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, other players, plus draft picks to the Green Bay Packers for quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Bill Michaels started the fire, attributing the report to Paul Allen of KFAN, with confirmation from others.

As we hear it, the offer was made — and rejected — last night.

A source with knowledge of the situation, however, calls the report absolutely untrue, adding that not a single call has been received on Rodgers. (It previously was reported that the Rams made a run at trading for Rodgers before trading for Matthew Stafford; the Packers denied that, too.) At least one other person in position to have knowledge regarding the situation also has denied that the 49ers tried to get Rodgers, but without going on the record.

As Josh Alper of PFT noted on an intra-company text chain, it’s surprising that the 49ers would try to trade for someone who could be dead by Sunday.

The rumor of a Rodgers trade may not die so quickly. As one source who has heard the rumor explained it, the Packers haven’t restructured Rodgers contract to maximize cap space this year due in part to the possibility that they’ll get an offer for him that they can’t refuse. As another source who hadn’t heard the rumor but found it plausible remarked, it would be interesting to know whether any of this is being instigated by Rodgers — given his frustration with his year-to-year contract status and his potential desire to get to the West Coast, a preference that could soon be enhanced by a possible offer to become the permanent host of L.A.-based Jeopardy!

One clear impediment to the offer as articulated would be the Garoppolo contract, since the Packers (nor anyone else) will pay him $25 million this year. Still, it’s food for thought in the event a team like, say, the Raiders decides to package the current starting quarterback plus a boatload of players and picks for an eleventh-hour Hail Mary aimed at bringing the master of the Hail Mary to town.

 

This is fucking idiotic on GB's end. SF thinks they have all the pieces in place to win it all (as they almost did in 2019) and just need that veteran QB to get it done. Even though Rodgers fails constantly when it matters. SF should know this as they have owned him in the playoffs the last decade. But GB drafted a QB last year in the draft they think is their guy. You are also getting back someone serviceable in Jimmy G and the most important part, the #3 pick. Rodgers is nearing the end of his career and GB at some point has to move on. This would be another great transition for him as they went from Favre to Rodgers and did not miss a beat. Hell, you can use the #3 pick on a QB if you feel the need. 

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6 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

I read that Green Bay has reached out to inquire what they could get for him in a trade before the draft. So as usual, he gets his feelings hurt like he has his whole career going back to Cal. I think he was upset that they drafted a QB in the first round last year and not offensive weapons to help him out. 

Isn't that the same way he came into the league?

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Just now, EvilCaseMcCoy said:

Isn't that the same way he came into the league?

Yep. He was pissed off at UT getting the nod in the Rose Bowl over Cal and then months later, he was embarrassed as he was in the green room and fell all the way to the 20s to green Bay. Sitting there all alone and embarrassed. I am not sure why he fell so far, though. He had all the talent. And he was in the green room because everyone expected him to be drafted high. But it worked out for him in the end. Went to a solid GB team. Learned from Favre and then took over a few years later.

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9 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Even though Rodgers fails constantly when it matters.

Rodgers is a thin skinned baby for the most part but I'm not sure I agree with this. They have collapsed in the playoffs lots of different ways over the years but non of them have really been because he choked and most of them were outside of his control. 

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22 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

I read that Green Bay has reached out to inquire what they could get for him in a trade before the draft. So as usual, he gets his feelings hurt like he has his whole career going back to Cal. I think he was upset that they drafted a QB in the first round last year and not offensive weapons to help him out. 

Their top 3 picks last year played a combined 5 snaps

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The fact that Aaron Rodgers was upset last year with the way the Packers handled the draft was pretty well documented and now it looks as if he is sending out feelers on getting moved in a trade.

These threats from players are often hollow because of the massive costs that can be associated with sitting out/retiring and for Rodgers this should also be the case. Rodgers signed a new contract in 2018 which paid him a $57.5 million signing bonus. There is still $23 million of that money outstanding in his contract and all subject to forfeiture if he were to walk away from the NFL. In addition his $6.8 million roster bonus that was paid this year would also be in jeopardy. Such forfeitures would not begin to trigger until training camp which is a good distance away but would have to be in the mind of Rodgers if he held out for any period of time. There are also now mandatory massive fines in the CBA. Rodgers would lose $50,000 a day if he did not report to camp and held out. There are also minor fines for missing other offseason activities.

These are reasons why the teams often hold all the cards in player disputes like this. They have tremendous financial leverage over the player and know that it is very difficult for the players to actually hold out when the time comes for the real football season to begin.

The Packers, who have all kinds of salary cap issues in 2021, notably did not restructure Rodgers contract for salary cap relief. This is something that they could have done without any renegotiation but the fact that they did not indicates that they want to keep the door open to a trade in the future. That future is in 2022 not 2021.

The cost to trade Rodgers on the cap would be $38.356 million, a loss of $1.1 million in cap room for the year. It would also mean that the team paid Rodgers $6.8 million in 2021 just to trade him. If they delayed a trade until June the cost would be more affordable with “just” $21.152 million dead this year and the balance deferred to next season. Given that everything the Packers have done this offseason would indicate that they want to give it one last shot with Rodgers a trade would pretty much throw their team into chaos.

Trading Rodgers in 2022 would cost $17.204 million on the cap. He has no offseason roster bonuses that year so they would have time to work out a trade and not be required to prepay anything prior to a trade which is what would occur this year if they traded him. Ever since they drafted Jordan Love all signs pointed to a 2022 divorce and even if Rodgers wants to hasten the divorce the Packers hold the leverage to not allow it until next year.

 

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18 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Rodgers is a thin skinned baby for the most part but I'm not sure I agree with this. They have collapsed in the playoffs lots of different ways over the years but non of them have really been because he choked and most of them were outside of his control. 

Yeah, Vic Mackey has no clue what he’s talking about. It’s usually Rodgers dragging a subpar supporting cast along until they run into a team that’s just way better than them. 

12 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

Their top 3 picks last year played a combined 5 snaps

This is not even close to correct. 

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48 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Rodgers is a thin skinned baby for the most part but I'm not sure I agree with this. They have collapsed in the playoffs lots of different ways over the years but non of them have really been because he choked and most of them were outside of his control. 

Last year was 100% his fault. Home game in the NFC title game. When it mattered, he played bad. He had a lot of turnovers. 3 or 4 drives to make something happen in the 4th qtr and failed. Their offense played like utter shit the year before against SF. Blew a big lead against Seattle in the NFC title game and settled for a lot of FGs early on. Offense also played like shit against Atlanta in the NFC title game. That is all him. Sure, his defense gave up a lot of points in some of those games but his offense did nada to try and keep pace and make it a game.

If Dallas had any pulse of a defense, they would have knocked him out twice in 2014 and 2016. But they don't and he owns them in the playoffs.

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4 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Last year was 100% his fault. Home game in the NFC title game. When it mattered, he played bad. He had a lot of turnovers. 3 or 4 drives to make something happen in the 4th qtr and failed. Their offense played like utter shit the year before against SF. Blew a big lead against Seattle in the NFC title game and settled for a lot of FGs early on. Offense also played like shit against Atlanta in the NFC title game. That is all him. Sure, his defense gave up a lot of points in some of those games but his offense did nada to try and keep pace and make it a game.

If Dallas had any pulse of a defense, they would have knocked him out twice in 2014 and 2016. But they don't and he owns them in the playoffs.

He had 1 int to Bradys 3 and no reliable receivers outside of Adams who was being doubled so much he couldn't catch shit

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He had 1 int to Bradys 3 and no reliable receivers outside of Adams who was being doubled so much he couldn't catch shit

I thought he had more but guess not. I know he had a lost fumble on top of that pick. That that interception was huge. They were already down 11 and it put TB close to the endzone and boom, down 18. Rodgers got the ball 3 times down 5 points and did nothing with it at all. If he is some supposed goat (he isn't even close), you have to do something with those opportunities. Brady got real careless with the ball at the end and Rodgers kept getting the ball back. Don't blame his lack of weapons after he got MVP and his team was the #1 seed. Those weapons were just fine during the regular season.

He also passed up a clear path into the endzone to get the game tied and forced a ball and then had to settle for 3.

For whatever reason, this dude gets all the praise when they win but gets zero blame when they lose.

Care to go back to all the other NFC championship failures where his offense did not show up?

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17 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Last year was 100% his fault. Home game in the NFC title game. When it mattered, he played bad. He had a lot of turnovers. 3 or 4 drives to make something happen in the 4th qtr and failed. Their offense played like utter shit the year before against SF. Blew a big lead against Seattle in the NFC title game and settled for a lot of FGs early on. Offense also played like shit against Atlanta in the NFC title game. That is all him. Sure, his defense gave up a lot of points in some of those games but his offense did nada to try and keep pace and make it a game.

If Dallas had any pulse of a defense, they would have knocked him out twice in 2014 and 2016. But they don't and he owns them in the playoffs.

Lol wut. Rodgers played well considering his OL was getting dominated and they had no running game. 
 

 

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13 minutes ago, Michael Knight said:

 

I thought he had more but guess not. I know he had a lost fumble on top of that pick.

Do you though? You might want to double check that one. 

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29 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:

Last year was 100% his fault. Home game in the NFC title game. When it mattered, he played bad. He had a lot of turnovers. 3 or 4 drives to make something happen in the 4th qtr and failed. Their offense played like utter shit the year before against SF. Blew a big lead against Seattle in the NFC title game and settled for a lot of FGs early on. Offense also played like shit against Atlanta in the NFC title game. That is all him. Sure, his defense gave up a lot of points in some of those games but his offense did nada to try and keep pace and make it a game.

If Dallas had any pulse of a defense, they would have knocked him out twice in 2014 and 2016. But they don't and he owns them in the playoffs.

He didn't have "a lot" of turnovers last year, he had one. Maybe you are thinking of the winning qb in that game: Brady threw 3 picks. Rodgers' coach stupidly took the ball out of his hands with 2 minutes left to kick a fg and he never saw it again. 

Your current Cowboy coach was the one who decided to stupidly settle for several short fgs early against Seattle. A game they win if the Packers recover an onside kick that hit their guy right in the hands.

They ran up against better teams when they played Atlanta and SF. It happens, he played ok in those games but not well enough to make his team competitive against better teams with better coaching. Do you also think Mahomes choked in the Super Bowl last year when his team lost by 22 points? 

None of those are an example of him being a qb that "constantly fails when it matters".

 

 

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