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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sschind" data-source="post: 781056" data-attributes="member: 10247">I love all this speculation and hand wringing over Rodgers' new contract, and by love it I mean hate it and by hate it I mean I find it very amusing.  Rodgers has claimed he has made no specific demands and yet the media continues to claim Rodgers has made several unique demands.  Rodgers claiming interest in something is translated into "Rodgers wants"Fans are on pins and needles waiting for it to happen.  Some are worried that when it does happen we won't be able to afford anyone else of quality so the team will suffer.  Some are worried that the longer it drags on the more upset Rodgers will become thus making him want out of Green Bay.  I have even seen the ridiculous suggestion that he will sabotage the team buy intentionally playing poorly if the deal isn't done soon.  Then you have the other side of the argument that claim Rodgers is in no hurry to get the deal done because he gains more and more leverage with each passing day.  If you want my opinion, if Rodgers really is a team first kind of guy like so many say he is,  he really isn't too concerned about any of it.  He knows he will be taken care of eventually and unless he is totally in the dark on how things work in the NFL (or he wants to change it) He understands why the Packers are not rushing into thisI know its the off season and there is nothing else to talk about but I cant wait until tomorrow.  When camp starts and the bodies put on pads and start to actually hit each other we can possibly look for a bit of relief from the Rodgers contract saga.  At least it might get diluted a bit with all the articles about how the last undrafted rookie is looking like the second coming of whomever and the most recent has been/never quite was is looking like an all pro once again/finally.  Contract talks will be put on the back burner (to an extent)  and attention will be refocused on how this team looks better than it ever has at whatever position has been a train wreck for too long now.  It's that time of year when all 90 some players are potential pro bowlers and at some point some reporter or another is going to mention each and every one of them by name as "looking like it"  Players who have barely been a blip on the radar will emerge as budding stars.  Fading stars will benefit from a rejuvenation of sorts and shine brightly once again.  All this will continue for the next month or so until reality sets in and we will all be left hoping that at least a small percentage of the wonderfulness that is training camp turns out to be true.</blockquote>

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