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$28M-$30M a year for a WR is great for a team that has a QB on his rookie deal. Or doesn't have half the cap invested in 3 players.

Were I Gutey, I'd tell 12 he can't have a max contract and 17 back at the same time. Balls is doing his best to re-work deals, get the cap number down. Packers are doing everything they can to make it happen...moving mountains...but there is a limit to what they can do.

If that kills the deal for him coming back, so be it.

Um no

This is the dilemma of paying Rodgers and Adams as the highest paid at their positions.   You still have to manage the cap.  The Packers are still almost 30M over the cap.   The only it’s going to work is if Rodgers takes a reasonable deal and Adams signs an extension and you backload a lot of the money for both of them.

I personally feel that both Rodgers and the Packers are running interference and building up their pre programmed excuses to justify their actions for an amicable split.  The Packers can always use the excuse that they will willing to pay him and Rodgers can say he doesn’t want to be part of a rebuild that will almost certainly happen if he’s paid top dollar.  

Need a Brandtslation.

^^^^ really shitty reporting by Tom Silverstein and others to tweet out that comment of Gute's without adding that it was DRIPPING with sarcasm/laughter.

Once you actually heard the comment, you knew Gute was completely tongue in cheek with it.

Then other idiot "reporters" ran with it not realizing it's context.

Completely embarrassing to pass that off as Journalism.   

@packerboi posted:

^^^^ really shitty reporting by Tom Silverstein and others to tweet out that comment of Gute's without adding that it was DRIPPING with sarcasm/laughter.

Once you actually heard the comment, you knew Gute was completely tongue in cheek with it.

Then other idiot "reporters" ran with it not realizing it's context.

Completely embarrassing to pass that off as Journalism.   

What's called journalism now is completey embarassing. 

Of course teams have probably inquired about Rodgers.  Even teams that may have an established QB.  I mean, it is Aaron Rodgers that may be available, not some scrub.

This reminds me of and feels a lot like NFL draft talk.  Of course no one lies or misleads or plants a story.  

But I agree- the context matters.  Gute chuckling tells you all you need to know.

Andrew Brandt thinks he is gone.  He’s one guy I tend to listen to and his comment yesterday on Rich Eisen’s show made a lot of sense.  Basically, if he’s returning why is he waiting to announce it?   That’s my feeling as well.

@Tschmack posted:

Of course teams have probably inquired about Rodgers.  Even teams that may have an established QB.  I mean, it is Aaron Rodgers that may be available, not some scrub.

This reminds me of and feels a lot like NFL draft talk.  Of course no one lies or misleads or plants a story.  

But I agree- the context matters.  Gute chuckling tells you all you need to know.

Andrew Brandt thinks he is gone.  He’s one guy I tend to listen to and his comment yesterday on Rich Eisen’s show made a lot of sense.  Basically, if he’s returning why is he waiting to announce it?   That’s my feeling as well.

Is it possible that when dealing with two contracts (12,17) that this may take awhile?

I suppose we'll know soon why AR is waiting until the 11th hour to make an announcement.  I mean, he can't be a complete jackass, can he?

Oh yes, that's totally his MO.

I am thinking more and more the issue is that the Packers are not willing to pay Adams to the tune of making him the highest paid WR in the NFL and Rodgers is insisting this is a "package" deal. No Adams=no Rodgers.

This team just does not hand out 3rd contracts to WR's. That goes back to Ted. Jennings didn't get one. They moved on from Nelson, James Jones, and even with Driver, it was known that they regretted that extension. And Gute is very much a disciple of Ted.

Do they value Adams? Sure. But not at 30-35 mil a year.

That money is way better spent on re-signing Campbell, Douglas, Lowry, one of the Smiths, and probably MVS.

And I think Rodgers is having a hard time accepting that.   

@Tschmack posted:

Of course teams have probably inquired about Rodgers.  Even teams that may have an established QB.  I mean, it is Aaron Rodgers that may be available, not some scrub.

This reminds me of and feels a lot like NFL draft talk.  Of course no one lies or misleads or plants a story.  

But I agree- the context matters.  Gute chuckling tells you all you need to know.

Andrew Brandt thinks he is gone.  He’s one guy I tend to listen to and his comment yesterday on Rich Eisen’s show made a lot of sense.  Basically, if he’s returning why is he waiting to announce it?   That’s my feeling as well.

Other than teams QB'd by Justin Herbert, Joe Burrow, Pat Mahomes, Josh Allen and possibly, Matt Stafford, it is malpractice for a GM to stay out of the Rodgers sweepstakes.

I feel bad for those wasting their energy worrying about what they have no control over. Personally, I don’t care if he retires, gets traded to the Bears or announces that he will be Trumps running mate in ‘24.

All I care about is having Satori’s admiration and respect.

And ignoring Fedya.

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