06-16-2021, 07:41 PM
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#1688
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Abolish The Salary Cap!
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Spoiler!
Nothing has changed all offseason and everyone Go Long has spoken to insists we shouldn’t expect any changes on Rodgers’ end into July…August… September.
“There’s nothing new. He’s not going back there,” one former member of the Packers front office says. “Unless they make serious changes to the front office, I doubt he’s going back.”
This source is not sure what the Packers’ plan is and warns that they shouldn’t be holding their breath right now.
“That dude is not going back. I’m telling you.”
And when asked if he believes Rodgers is legitimately willing to retire, he adds, “I wouldn’t put it past him. He’s got enough money to.”
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One veteran that spoke to Go Long on the condition of anonymity was blunt. He also does not expect Rodgers to show up by training camp and knows he’s not alone in wanting to see some decisiveness out of the franchise.
“We need to say, ‘F--- it, let’s go’ or he’s here,” says this player. “We don’t have time to be waiting around. We’re six weeks from training camp. How much longer are we waiting?”
Right now, management is publicly daring Rodgers to retire.
Yet this teammate echoes other sources in believing Rodgers would do exactly that if the Packers do not trade him.
“I don’t think that’s his first choice,” this player says, “but I don’t see him just biting the bullet.”
This second impression of Jordan Love has been quite impressive, too. This player says he’s gaining some more believers on the roster. Of course, there’s a massive difference between a quarterback throwing the ball on a practice field in shorts and facing third and 8… on Sunday night… in front of 70,000 screaming fans… with a linebacker screaming off the edge. But players saw a young, ultra-athletic QB with promise through OTAs. One player cited a deep throw in which Love rolled right and, on the run, gunned a bullet deep that whistled inches past a defender’s earhole.
Right here was the kind of throw the Packers were gambling on when they traded up for Love.
Right here was why the GM rolled the dice.
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