Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rogers admitted he was considering retirement and noted his desire to have more influence over organizational decisions as he began his offseason.
The outspoken Aaron Rogers discussed retirement, the return of Randall Cobb, his desire to have more influence in organizational decisions, and his future with the Green Bay Packers when he opened his offseason at a lengthy press conference on Wednesday.
On the opening day of the NFL draft, it was reported that Rogers informed people in the organization that he did not intend to return with the team in 2021, before the 37-year-old player later skipped the entire Packers offseason program due to lack of confidence in his abilities. future.
He admitted that the pension was indeed taken into account during his long break.
“Yes, I definitely thought about it,” he told reporters. “I talked about how important it is to be full-time for a long time. This was the first time I spent an off-season off-season without a COVID year or lockout year, and I loved it. I actually did it.
“I’ve spent time working on myself and trying to improve myself in a number of areas where I could improve based on my own models and conditions. And that was a big growth in the process. In the process, I continued to find joy and happiness in things outside the field.
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“However, there is still a big competitive hole in my body that I need to fill, and when I got back to my training, I just realized that I know that I can still play and I want to keep playing, and for now I feel I can give the team 100%, then I still have to play. “
Speculation around Rogers ‘unrest has tended towards the Packers’ decision to pick quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft and, in the process, once again hand over to his Hall of Fame quarterback a first-round receiver.
The bottom line was Rogers’ desire to have more influence in staffing decisions behind the scenes, especially when it came to breaking the franchise with key cultural players he was close with during his time at Lambeau Field.
“It wasn’t just a rough draft,” he explained. “It all started with a conversation in February, after the season ended. I just expressed my desire to be more actively involved in conversations that directly affect my work.
