Pat McAfee: Aaron Rodgers Returning to Packers
By Liam McKeone
The wait is over. Aaron Rodgers has made his decision. He has agreed to return to the Green Bay Packers and will not ask for a trade. Who else could have broken the news but the one and only Rodgers guru in sports media: Pat McAfee.
BREAKING: According to my sources.. @AaronRodgers12 will officially be returning to the Green Bay Packers.
— ?️at McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2022
There is no deal in place currently but there is said to be a Cap Friendly deal on the way.
Retirement was a real consideration & in the end
? HE IS BACK WITH THE PACK pic.twitter.com/1lpdcLxyPL
Aaron Rodgers Tuesdays has paid off big-time for McAfee, that's for sure.
The Packers, and really the entire NFL, was in a state of limbo waiting to hear what Rodgers was going to do. If he wanted a trade, it was going to shift the championship landscape across the league and force any one of the half-dozen QB-needy teams to give up a king's fortune for his services. Instead, they all must look elsewhere, and the MVP will stay in the NFC North to defend his division crown.
Shortly after McAfee's report, Ian Rapoport tweeted Rodgers agreed to a whopping four-year, $200 million extension with Green Bay.
The #Packers and MVP QB Aaron Rodgers have agreed to terms on a 4-year, $200M deal that makes him the highest paid player in NFL history, sources say. He gets a whopping $153M guaranteed and his cap number goes down. A monstrous commitment by GB for years to come. ? ? ?
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 8, 2022
However, McAfee refuted Rapoport's news in several different tweets.
News of a “4 year $200,000,000 Million deal” is not accurate… according to my sources ??♂️
— ?️at McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2022
This is false.
— ?️at McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 8, 2022
Regardless of what the fine details on the contract are, it's massive. Green Bay had the best record in the conference in 2021 but faltered yet again in the postseason and yet again at the hands of Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers. Their most important piece is coming back. It's now time to reload and figure out how, exactly, they can make it back to the mountaintop with Rodgers at the head.