Aaron rodgers press conference6/4/2023 ![]() It was about trying to be a resource for the organization that I care about and love so much. Obviously, I didn’t show up for the off season program or Minicamp. Post the draft, I think what basically happened was then they said we’ll give you some money now, “Let’s see if we can throw some money at you.” I said from the start it wasn’t about the money. There were conversations for a number of months leading up to that. Like I said, it wasn’t a draft day thing. As I felt like, if you can’t commit to me past 2021, and I’m not a part of recruiting process in free agency… If I’m not a part of the future, then instead of letting me be a lame the quarterback, if you want to make a change and move forward, then go ahead and do it. So we got into March and the conversation changed. I felt like based on my years, the way I can still play, that that should be a natural part of the conversation.Īs that progressed from that point, nothing really changed on that front. And the fact that I haven’t been used in those discussions was one I wanted to change moving forward. People are coming here to play with me, to play with our team and knowing that they could win a championship here. I think we can all understand, Green Bay isn’t a huge vacation destination. So I wanted to offer my services as a recruiter. I’ve tried to pass along information, hasn’t really been… Used, shall we say? Most of my career, in the off seasons, my agency Athletes First has had a number of high draft picks over the years. You know, I’ve trained with a number of NFL guys. And then the other part, in February, was wanting to be a part of conversations involving free agents, which has never happened in my career. So for me, I had to assess the situation, not necessarily wanting to be a lame duck quarterback, especially after an MVP season, which I think you can understand. Many of them who weren’t offered a contract at all or were extremely low balled or were, maybe in my opinion, not given the respect on the way out that guys of their status and stature and high character deserved.Īnd then it kind of progressed from there into a commitment for the 2021 season and beyond, that really wasn’t a given at any time. Guys who were exceptional players for us, but great locker room guys, high character guys. I’m talking about Charles Woodson, Jordy Nelson, Julius Peppers, Clay Matthews, Randall Cobb, James Jones, John Kuhn, Brett Goode, TJ Lang, Bryan Bulaga, Casey Hayward, Micah Hyde. And just the fact that we didn’t retain a number of players that I felt like were core players to our foundation, our locker room, high character guys. This started with a conversation in February at the season ending and I just expressed my desire to be more involved in conversations that directly affected my job.Īlso, I wanted to help the organization maybe learn from them some of the mistakes in the past, in my opinion, about the way that some of the outgoing veterans were treated. I think there was a lot of things that transpired, this wasn’t a draft day thing. ![]() I mean, that’s kind of a loaded question. ![]()
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