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On Monday morning, Jerry Rice told 95.7 listeners of the game that he cannot imagine Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers looking to play for the San Francisco 49ers.
“Aaron won’t want to come here,” said Rice. “He doesn’t want to come here because the 49ers didn’t recruit him. He still has that grudge. He still has that on his shoulders.”
NFL Media’s Mike Silver wrote an intriguing article for NFL.com, analyzing the discontent that may be brewing in Green Bay between Rodgers and the Packers. After his second consecutive loss in the NFC Championship Game, the dismal quarterback seemed unsure about his future in the NFL, and whether that included a return to the Packers.
“[There are] many guys’ futures that are uncertain, “said Rodgers via Silver,” me included. That’s the saddest thing … to get this far. Obviously, there will be an end to this at some point, regardless of whether we go through this or not. Only the uncertainties, (that) is difficult, and the purpose of that. “
Silver felt that Rodgers’ words could be seen as a message to the Packers: Your way of doing business has to change, or maybe I should be on my way.
The NFL analyst, who also joined 95.7 the game on Monday, does not necessarily agree with Rice’s perception of Rodgers’ attitude towards the 49ers – the team he grew up rooting for and hoped would recruit him in 2005.
“I don’t think he’s going to play for Mike Nolan (anytime soon)”, joked Silver during the Steiny, Guru and Dibs show, “… You blame Jed York for the decision to take Alex Smith, who by the way, Aaron Rodgers would agree that he’s a great guy, and we all love him, right? No, I think if you’re Aaron Rodgers, if you don’t he can play for the Packers – I think he wants to play for the Packers, who are less passive.
“If you can’t play for the Packers because all that matters is to sit free and wait to see who falls on them in the draft – unless they can negotiate to take your successor, by the way – then I think you he wants to play for a killer who will make the most of his skill and load everything to try to win.
“Do you think Kyle Shanahan and that organization fit into this project? I think. It’s the same offense that he’s doing and that he’s about to win MVP, with Matt LaFleur. They’re sure to spend money and be aggressive, and Kyle will probably , with Aaron Rodgers, may be the scariest thing some of us have ever seen, in the opinion of many people.
“So yes, if I’m Aaron Rodgers and I decide that I don’t want to play for the Packers, I want to play for a killer whose owner wants to be close to me. It looks like the Niners should be on that list.”
You can listen to the entire conversation with Silver below.
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