Aaron Rodgers Repeats The Cycle
To quote George Lucas: “It’s like poetry. It Rhymes”.
Rodgers is mad at the Packers. He had a couple years of lesser play (to his standards, at least), and instead of addressing issues he wished for, they drafted a new QB. He got mad about that, went on an absolute tear with one of the best seasons in his career, lost in the NFC Championship, and now he’s feuding with management. Sound familiar? Sure does to me, baby.
It’s not a perfect 1-to1 parallel (I don’t see Rodgers using the retirement card to force the issue) but it looks pretty close, doesn’t it? Stick around long enough and eventually you reach an impasse. Rodgers won the last power struggle in the Packers but I’m not sure he’s got any real leverage this time.
So will Rodgers go anywhere? I don’t see it. The Packers have said they aren’t trading him and while every statement by both sides here should be taken with an entire Lot’s wife sized pillar of salt, I think they certainly mean it when they say they wish to keep him. You don’t casually jettison an MVP hall of famer who showed he still has it. You especially don’t unload him while he’s tied to your book with an absolute albatross of a contract.
That contract is probably the main reason he won’t go anywhere. It’s a doozy. Though there is reason to hope. Just a few states away lies Carson Wentz, a broken shell of a man also tied to an albatross, who still managed to blow everything up with his disaster of a season and force his way to Indianapolis against most people’s expectations. A massive contract was traded. The rest of the NFC North looks wistfully out the window, thinking of Wentz as they eagerly wait with baited breath to see what Rodgers pulls off. The chances are low, but you’re telling me there’s a chance.
I hope it happens and he goes to the Vikings. The chaos that would ensue would sustain me for years.
Also I don’t really have another place to put this but Brett Favre sucks, fuck that guy, especially since this is like the one story he wont comment on.
I feel like most people know the Sickos meme by now but in case you’ve never seen the origin of it
Great Kelly shout-out
On June 1st the contract albatross gets a lot lower, so if they ARE going to trade him it won’t be until after June 1st. I don’t see them trading him, you don’t trade a top 3 QB unless you’re absolutely insane. You figure out a way to make it work. I think it more likely that Rodgers retires than the Packers trade him, and I’d be shocked if he Sanders’ his way out of GB. Not saying he won’t, but man that would be a surprise. I mean, it’s not Detroit. Normally that only happens in Detroit (…cough…calvinjohnson…cough).
Rodgers is petty and vindictive, the exact kind of guy you’d rather hold out than show up if he isn’t happy. I didn’t buy the Texans trading Deshaun before we found out about his massage habits because he doesn’t seem like that kind of guy. A player holding out is nothing, especially not with the punitive measures for hold outs in the new CBA. Rodgers on the other hand IS that kind of guy and he will make himself such a pain that they will have no choice but to trade him
I think at this point, the Texans are hoping that the Watson situation is cleared up by June 1st so they can trade him quickly. The only teams I can see thinking about making that move are Philly & Carolina.
I don’t even want to speculate about Watson anymore but it sure doesn’t seem like it’ll be resolved within a month’s time
This is EXACTLY what I thought about when the news first broke about him wanting to leave. Actually, I saw this coming when they drafted Jordan Love (and probably everyone else except maybe the Packers themselves). I’m enjoying it. Rodgers might walk away all together then the front office will get exposed for crappy drafting and horrible efforts in Free Agency. Matt LaFleur will be forced to prove that he actually is a good coach and wasn’t just getting by because of Rodgers. To me, the Packers are fun to watch now.
Great comic! Two minor things you might want to fix:
* Typo in “personnel”
* Favre’s cane is transparent in the first panel in which he appears.
“Fuck Brett Favre, he won’t comment on this story.”
Yeah, about that… https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2021/05/05/brett-favre-aaron-rodgers-aint-budging/
You should credit other cartoonist’s work
Care to elaborate?
Dave is a Kelly denialist, much like Bin Laden https://www.theonion.com/june-20-2011-1819590335
Good. Time for the Packies to suck.
I think they will regress, but like it or not that front office is too smart
It’s 2036. Jordan Love is pissed off at packers management for drafting a Quarterback, despite him winning MVP and a Superbowl Years ago. Jordan Love then threatens to Leave after he doesn’t have a say in any decisions for the franchise, despite carrying them for years. as packers fans weep, somewhere Aaron Rodgers laughs. Such is the cycle for a Packers Quaterback
read in the voices of:
Rogers – Ryan Reynolds
Farve – Harrison Ford
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thank you for referencing grandpa Simpson here. I quote this scene constantly, especially the older I get.