The Green Bay Packers are once again the talk of the offseason concerning Aaron Rodgers. As the era of the quarterback dies down, fans have taken to Twitter to vent their hot takes about the team. With the franchise potentially at a tipping point after decades of dominance, fans have no shortage of places to go with their opinions.
As such, brace for some truly wild takes. Here's a look:
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After a decade and a half as the starting quarterback of the team, the No. 12 has announced intentions to play for the New York Jets via The Pat McAfee Show. Heading into the offseason, fans and pundits were once again braced for a drawn-out decision-making process for the quarterback.
In previous years, he had already floated the idea of retirement or jumping ship. However, with retirement off the table for another year, the quarterback has intentions of following in Brett Favre's footsteps. Many have speculated that the quarterback's motivation to continue playing isn't money.
Rather, speculation has run rampant that Rodgers is attempting to show up his former mentor Brett Favre. Favre's first stop after leaving the Green Bay Packers was also the New York Jets. Favre set a decent bar but not an impossible one. In his lone season with the team, he went 8-3 before sliding to 9-7, throwing for 22 touchdowns and 22 interceptions.
If Rodgers can get more than one game over .500 and throw one more touchdown than the number of interceptions, he will have a concrete argument. Failing that, even if he plays two seasons for the team, many would argue he will have eclipsed the quarterback.
Otherwise, there could be an opportunity to follow in Favre's footsteps once again. After leaving the Jets, Favre landed in Minnesota with the Vikings, where he played for two seasons. With speculation on the rise about Kirk Cousins' long-term future with the team, a small chance of the team needing a quarterback in 2024 could materialize.
However, with that being quite a way from now, the first step for the quarterback is to get to New York. A deal has not quite been finalized with the Packers. Some are looking at the situation and placing the NFL Draft as the next likely deadline for the deal, so the Packers can immediately turn around and get an instant return on losing their quarterback.
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