Aaron Rodgers Open To Retiring A Packer

Aaron Rodgers‘ career is coming close to an end, but he is not retiring from the NFL yet. There is a strong chance, when he decides to retire, he will end up retiring as a member of the Green Bay Packers, but it is not set in stone.

During an interview on the YNK podcast with Mike Stud, the four-time NFL MVP was asked if he was planning to retire as a Packer once his career is over.

“I’ve thought about that, but I don’t understand what the reason for that is,” Rodgers said. “At the same time, I grew up a [49ers] fan and most of my favorite players retired as a Niner. Jerry Rice, who went to three other teams, came back and retired as a Niner, so I understand the cool thing about it, but if I didn’t do it, would that make a difference in how I’m viewed in the Packers’ eyes?”

Signing a one-day contract to retire with a team is mostly a symbolic gesture, which might be the reason why Rodgers doesn’t sound overly excited about possibly going through that in Green Bay. The reason why he could do it is to mend things with the Packers.

Rodgers and the Packers went through a bitter divorce that officially ended in April 2023 when he was traded to the New York Jets in a deal that ended Rodgers’ 18-year run in Green Bay that included a Super Bowl 45 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In 2022, Rodgers had said that he would “definitely” retire as a Packers player as long as the team didn’t trade him, but then he got traded. Rodgers said he would be willing to retire a Packer under one condition: If the team “approached” him, he’d be all for it.

“There’s a lot of love for me and how I feel about the team,” Rodgers said. “If I do or I don’t [retire as a Packer], I don’t think it should make a difference, I’m not sure yet. If they approached me about it, I probably would.”

Rodgers is still currently a free agent.