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<blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 876620" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>If the Packers traded Rodgers at the end of this season, they take the dead cap hit of $31.556 M and are done with his contract forever. The total cap hit if you keep him would be $36.352 M. So that money you spend next year is a sunk cost no matter what team #12 is playing for. Trading him gets you some draft picks and clears his contract off the books in 2022 and beyond. You would then have what you crave, a "starting QB on a rookie deal" for 2 years and a 5th year option.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This I agree on and I agreed on it at the time. Rodgers was coming of of 2 injury filled seasons and I would have preferred saving the money, while be 100% sure Rodgers was 100% back to form.</p><p></p><p>However, I think you are creating a straw man argument by saying "back in 2018 if trading him was Gutes intention all along......" I think its pretty obvious that the Packers had no intention of signing Rodgers and then changing their minds in less than 2 years on that. Things change though in 2 years time. You fire a head coach, maybe attitudes have changed, your new offense wants to depend less on the QB's arm, etc.</p><p></p><p>Gute still may have no intentions of trading Rodgers now, we could very well see 5+ more years of #12 in Green Bay. Much of that depends on Love. We are all just speculating on the decision. What is pretty clear to me though, Gute saw a QB available late in the first round, that he and the Packers were obviously very high on and felt that the value drafting Love exceeded the value of drafting anyone else available. Whether Love turns out to be the next starting QB in GB or not, he was viewed much like Rashan Gary was the year before, the best player available and a potential starter for years to come.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Aren't most draft picks, especially outside the top 10, pretty big "IF's", especially QB's?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokerbrat2000, post: 876620, member: 7261"] If the Packers traded Rodgers at the end of this season, they take the dead cap hit of $31.556 M and are done with his contract forever. The total cap hit if you keep him would be $36.352 M. So that money you spend next year is a sunk cost no matter what team #12 is playing for. Trading him gets you some draft picks and clears his contract off the books in 2022 and beyond. You would then have what you crave, a "starting QB on a rookie deal" for 2 years and a 5th year option. This I agree on and I agreed on it at the time. Rodgers was coming of of 2 injury filled seasons and I would have preferred saving the money, while be 100% sure Rodgers was 100% back to form. However, I think you are creating a straw man argument by saying "back in 2018 if trading him was Gutes intention all along......" I think its pretty obvious that the Packers had no intention of signing Rodgers and then changing their minds in less than 2 years on that. Things change though in 2 years time. You fire a head coach, maybe attitudes have changed, your new offense wants to depend less on the QB's arm, etc. Gute still may have no intentions of trading Rodgers now, we could very well see 5+ more years of #12 in Green Bay. Much of that depends on Love. We are all just speculating on the decision. What is pretty clear to me though, Gute saw a QB available late in the first round, that he and the Packers were obviously very high on and felt that the value drafting Love exceeded the value of drafting anyone else available. Whether Love turns out to be the next starting QB in GB or not, he was viewed much like Rashan Gary was the year before, the best player available and a potential starter for years to come. Aren't most draft picks, especially outside the top 10, pretty big "IF's", especially QB's? [/QUOTE]
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