Aaron Rogers and Green Bay Packers have reached an agreement on the terms and wording of a redesigned deal ahead of the 2021 season.
The Aaron Rogers saga, if you can call it that, appears to be on hold for now after he and the Green Bay Packers reached an agreement on a revised contract on Thursday.
The Packers canceled the 2023 season from the deal, which means Rogers cannot be tagged beyond 2022 and will become a free agent if he plays the next two years.
His revised contract stipulates that Packers will save $ 10 million in 2021 and pay Rogers $ 6.8 million in subscription bonus, $ 14.4 million in signing bonus and $ 1.1 million in base salary. Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network added that Rogers will receive a salary of $ 26,470,588 and a training bonus of $ 500,000 in 2022.
It was also reported that the Packers removed the forfeiture clauses that would prevent the team from returning some of Rogers’ signature bonus.
In a candid press conference on Wednesday, Rogers took the lid off his offseason standoff with the organization, citing his lack of influence on staffing decisions behind the scenes is the main reason for his frustration. He made direct reference to the treatment of the “great locker room guys” at Charles Woodson, Jordy Nelson, Julius Peppers, Clay Matthews, Randall Cobb, James Jones, John Kuhn, Brett Goode, T.J. Lang, Brian Bulaga, Casey Hayward, Mika Hyde. while making your point of view.
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Rogers, who informed the organization in April that he did not intend to return with the team, returned to training camp, missing the entire offseason. He noted that he even thought about retirement during his absence.
The Packers fulfilled Rogers’ wish this week by reacquiring one of quarterback Randall Cobb’s favorite targets in a deal with the Houston Texans.
“Obviously, without Aaron (Rogers), I don’t think we would have achieved this,” said Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst. “Randall is still a really good player. It was very important to Aaron and that’s why we did it. “
