Aaron Rodgers open to retiring as a member of the Packers, but only under one condition

Aaron Rodgers hasn’t retired from the NFL simply but, however when that point ultimately comes, there is a sturdy likelihood that the four-time NFL MVP will find yourself retiring as a member of the Inexperienced Bay Packers. Nevertheless, it isn’t set in stone simply but. 

Throughout an interview on the YNK podcast with Mike Stud, Rodgers was really requested if he was planning on retiring as a Packers participant as soon as his profession is over and he gave an fascinating reply. 

“I’ve thought about that, but I don’t understand what the reason for that is,” Rodgers stated. “At the same time, I grew up a [49ers] fan and most of my favorite players retired as a Niner. Jerry Rice, who went to three other teams, came back and retired as a Niner, so I understand the cool thing about it, but if I didn’t do it, would that make a difference in how I’m viewed in the Packers’ eyes?”

Signing a one-day contract to retire with a workforce is usually only a symbolic gesture, which could clarify why Rodgers does not sound overly captivated with presumably going via a ceremonial signing in Inexperienced Bay. Nevertheless, it might make sense in Rodgers’ case as a approach to mend issues. 

Rodgers and the Packers famously went via a bitter divorce that formally led to April 2023 when he was shipped off to the New York Jets in a deal that ended his 18-year run in Inexperienced Bay. In 2022, Rodgers had stated that he would “definitely” retire as a Packers participant so long as the workforce didn’t trade him, however then he acquired traded. Regardless of that, he nonetheless appears open to retiring as a Packers participant. The quarterback stated he’d be prepared to do it below one situation: If the workforce “approached” him, he’d be all for it. 

“There’s a lot of love for me and how I feel about the team,” Rodgers stated. “If I do or I don’t [retire as a Packer], I don’t think it should make a difference, I’m not sure yet. If they approached me about it, I probably would.”

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There’s positively an opportunity the Packers would method Rodgers. Just a few months after the previous Super Bowl MVP was traded in 2023, Packers president Mark Murphy stated the workforce can be carry him back to retire his number at some point, so it would not be shocking in the event that they requested him retire as a member of the workforce. 

Even when Rodgers does not signal a at some point contract and “retire” as a member of the Packers, he can nonetheless be voted into the workforce’s Corridor of Fame and that may virtually actually occur as quickly as he turns into eligible. As a matter of truth, Rodgers is 100% positive he’ll be getting in as quickly because the bylaws enable him to be inducted. A participant needs to be out of soccer for 4 years earlier than being eligible for the Packers HOF, which implies Rodgers might be inducted as quickly because the summer time of 2029, but when he performs in 2025, that may push his eligibility again to 2030. 

“When I retire, in four years, I’m going to go in the Packers Hall of Fame — may or may not get my number retired, whether they do or not that’s fine — but in four years, I’ll be in the Packers Hall of Fame,” Rodgers stated. 

Like Rodgers, Brett Favre additionally had a bitter ending to his Packers profession, however the two sides ultimately mended issues and the Gunslinger was ultimately inducted into the workforce’s Corridor of Fame in July 2015 and that now appears to be the identical path that Rodgers is headed on.