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Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was sending a message to the team with his comments after the game after Sunday’s loss to the Buccaneers in the NFC Championship. The message probably had several tentacles.
Here’s one. According to a league source, Rodgers wants a new contract.
Rodgers we must wants a new contract. He earns $ 33.5 million a year. He will win the 2020 NFL MVP award. And he is entering the last years of his last business, which will pay him a lot less compared to other defenders.
He is expected to earn $ 22.35 million in 2021, $ 25.5 million in 2022 and $ 25.5 million in 2023.
Rodgers currently ranks fifth in average new money, behind Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ($ 45 million), Texas quarterback Deshaun Watson ($ 39 million), Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (US $ 35 million) and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ($ 34 million).
Rodgers wins the same amount as Rams quarterback Jared Goff. Which means that Rodgers receives very badly, Goff receives much more, or both. (Both.)
Rodgers has an upper limit of $ 37 million for 2021, but a new contract could easily reduce it. A new deal would also reflect the team’s commitment to Rodgers over the next few years, based on guaranteed payments and the consequences of the ceiling resulting from cutting or exchanging it.
If Rodgers officially asks for a new contract, he will definitely achieve one thing: clarity about his position. A new agreement means renewed votes. No new deal means that time is still ticking toward a potential, if not inevitable, divorce.
Although Rodgers wants more (especially when it comes to efforts to improve the team), one thing he wants – and deserves – is a new contract.