Aaron Rodgers has three years left on his contract. He’s undecided if he’ll play that lengthy, however he mentioned he’ll "positively" retire with the Packers.
His future has been a sticking level for the previous two years amid contract disputes and Inexperienced Bay drafting Jordan Love within the first spherical in 2020. Rodgers’ standing was seemingly resolved in March when he and the membership agreed to a brand new deal that may take him into his forties. The one query now could be how for much longer the 38-year-old QB needs to play.
He’s already put in 17 years with the Packers, 14 because the starter. His tenure is corresponding to that of Brett Favre, who performed 16 seasons for Inexperienced Bay and 20 seasons complete.
In mild of Rodgers’ doable retirement after the 2022 marketing campaign, Colin Cowherd projected the reigning MVP’s output this fall and pitted his résumé in opposition to his legendary predecessor’s. After taking one other look, Cowherd sided with Favre.
"I’ve been, in my thoughts, extra of an Aaron man than a Favre man," Cowherd mentioned Wednesday on "The Herd." "He’s extra environment friendly. However let’s be trustworthy about this league: It’s about successful."
Aaron Rodgers says he's 'positively' ending profession with Packers
Colin Cowherd appears forward at how Aaron Rodgers will fare with out Davante Adams and predicts the QB's season-long stats, then compares his profession play to Brett Favre's.
The 2 QBs are shut.
Every received a Tremendous Bowl, however Favre led the Packers to a second look. He went 13-11 within the postseason and 186-112 within the common season. Cowherd is forecasting a 12-5 marketing campaign for Inexperienced Bay this yr with a wild-card loss, which might convey Rodgers’ profession marks to 11-11 within the playoffs and 151-71 within the common season. Whereas he received at a markedly larger clip within the common season, Favre made much more begins and skilled a bit extra postseason success.
"Favre’s received all of the stuff I care about: extra Tremendous Bowls, extra playoff wins, extra landing passes and extra obtainable," Cowherd asserted.
Each are multi-time MVPs, although Rodgers holds a 4-3 edge there. Cowherd is predicting his numbers to drop off 10% from final yr given his age, the lack of Davante Adams and an improved NFC North. That might generate the next stat line: 62%, 33 touchdowns, 5 interceptions, 230 passing yards per sport, 99.9 passer score.
Right here’s how Rodgers’ profession numbers would shake out subsequent to Favre’s:
- Rodgers: 63.7%, 482 TDs, 98 INTs, 228.7 go YPG, 97.8 score
- Favre: 62.4%, 508 TDs, 336 INTs, 237.9 go YPG, 86.0 score
"Aaron performed in a extra quarterback-friendly NFL than Favre, and a extra offensive-friendly sport than Favre," Cowherd opined. "My thought was all the time, Aaron’s the higher of the 2. However I’d have a look at these numbers and say, I take the Favre man. I’d take what he did."
There’s nonetheless time, in fact, for Rodgers so as to add much more to his totals and information the Packers on one other deep playoff run. If he doesn’t, his profession may really feel a bit unfulfilled in relation to his expertise and alternative.
"Aaron’s been in a division that’s largely been terrible for many of his profession. He’s had two offensive coaches. He’s had quite a few Professional Bowl offensive linemen," Cowherd famous. "I believe Aaron left extra on the desk, if he have been to retire after subsequent yr. I all the time thought the hole was far more Aaron favorable, but when that is the tip of it, as a result of I additionally thought 5 years in the past he’d win one other Tremendous Bowl."
