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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thequick12" data-source="post: 948480" data-attributes="member: 9797">The Packers did not technically need Rodgers signature to do a simple restructure on his base salary and a roster bonus last off season...they chose not to because they didnt want to further alienate himThey did it to Zadarius Smith and a number of other high profile players...Smith was the only one to say publicly he was upset about it...because the Packers chose to pay the money auto restructed into signing bonus out weekly over the course of the season instead of in a lump sum ala a signing bonusSo you cant really blame Rodgers for burning 500k of salary cap space...thats certainly not the reason they didnt spring for OBJ...they had the room to add him easily...to me it seems they just took the stance that obj should be happy were offering him the opportunity to play hereIn which case theyre not reading the temperature of the employer  employee relationship culture in this  day and age.  It is no longer you better be happy to work here, there has been a clear shift to no mfer, you better be happy that i choose to work for you.  And i get the nfl is more immune to that shift than Mcdonalds, but theyre not entirely immune</blockquote>

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