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Csl312 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:37 pm To clarify I don't hold it against any athlete for getting paid as much as they can. They just shouldn't also expect a championship caliber team to be built around them when they score that mega contract.

Jigga94 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:07 pm

Csl312 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:37 pm To clarify I don't hold it against any athlete for getting paid as much as they can. They just shouldn't also expect a championship caliber team to be built around them when they score that mega contract.

Yup this is where I share similar thoughts as a fan

moishetreats wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:24 am Thanks for your thoughts, Lumps. REALLY appreciate them. Overall, I'm with you about Favre -- my favorite football player of all time -- and the fan trajectory. And with Rodgers, too.

And here's the HUGE difference between the two at the end of their Packers careers: Rodgers has been true to his word that he would make decisions in a timely manner. You can love him, hate him, judge him, support him, whatever. But he has kept up his timeline. And, for all the mixed things he says on the McAfee show, he has -- this whole off-season -- also said that he gets it, he understand why the Packers want to move on, and that he is a big fan of Love. Honestly, when the Packers trade him, I won't have any hard feelings for him. It was different with Favre.

I, for one, would love to hear why you didn't root for the Packers this year. Feel free to DM me if you feel it would derail this thread.

Thanks for your posts, Lumps!

Kurt G.O.A.T. wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 3:29 pm

Jigga94 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:38 am

Csl312 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:58 am Part of the problem I have with Rodgers is that a QB like Brady was comfortable with a smaller and differently structured contract so he could get the weapons he needed. I knew that Rodgers wasn't going to win a super bowl when he signed this most recent contract - the team had too many holes to fill and taking up big chunks of cap for QB wasn't going to help. TB also was a leader for the team who played a role in developing that talent. I don't think either of those things really apply to Rodgers.

Having lived in Wisconsin for most of Rodgers tenure starting for the Packers I also heard plenty of stories of fairly negative fan interactions. I think if you want to be a star athlete you need to understand that part of that job is being nice to strangers who at the end of the day fund your paycheck. It's also finding a way to be at least cordial with reporters. And the truly great athletes make their whole team better instead of complaining that their teammates aren't good enough.

Brady was unique in that sense. I don't blame anyone for trying to get their money... within reason...

brady got his money. the cheats would send all their players to his facility to do whatever they do there. somehow this payment never made it to the player's official salary from the team.

Lumps wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:34 am Something else on the horizon. Packers have until May 1 to exercise Love's 5th year option.

Jigga94 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 12:10 pm

Lumps wrote: ↑Fri Mar 24, 2023 11:34 am Something else on the horizon. Packers have until May 1 to exercise Love's 5th year option.

I thought that already passed?

Lumps wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:25 pm Finally, it's not clickbait:

Trade compensation, per sources:

Jets get:
Aaron Rodgers, pick No. 15, a 2023 5th-rd pick (No. 170).

Packers get:
Pick No. 13, a 2023 2nd-rd pick (No. 42), a 6th-rd pick (No. 207), a conditional 2024 2nd-rd pick that becomes a 1st if Rodgers plays 65 percent of the plays.

FantasyFreak wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:45 pm

Lumps wrote: ↑Mon Apr 24, 2023 1:25 pm Finally, it's not clickbait:

Trade compensation, per sources:

Jets get:
Aaron Rodgers, pick No. 15, a 2023 5th-rd pick (No. 170).

Packers get:
Pick No. 13, a 2023 2nd-rd pick (No. 42), a 6th-rd pick (No. 207), a conditional 2024 2nd-rd pick that becomes a 1st if Rodgers plays 65 percent of the plays.

Well done by the Packers. A 1st and 2nd, at worst 2 seconds, and a move up in the first round this year.