Report: Packers, Rodgers in final stages of reworked deal for 2021 season

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. (Jeffrey Phelps/AP)

Aaron Rodgers might not be on the move after all.

According to the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Rodgers and the Packers are in the final stages of putting together a reworked deal to bring back the quarterback for the 2021 season.

Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the agreement would help set up the 37-year-old's departure from Green Bay after the 2021 campaign and void the 2023 and final year of his current deal.

The development represents some much-needed optimism in Green Bay after an off-season filled with rumours about a potential trade or holdout.

News first broke back in April, via a draft-night report from Schefter, that Rodgers was so disgruntled with Packers management that he'd told some members of the organization that he did not want to return to the team.

That sparked a flurry of speculation about the future of the three-time MVP — speculation that has been continuously fuelled in the months since, with cryptic social media posts, reports of Rodgers turning down a lucrative extension and, mostly, overwhelming silence from Rodgers himself on the matter.

Rumours of Rodgers' discontent had been documented prior to that initial report, dating back to the 2020 draft when he watched Green Bay management trade up to select quarterback Jordan Love in the first round — essentially starting the clock ticking on Rodgers' career. Rodgers responded last season by putting up incredible stats all season en route to MVP honours, his performance driving the Packers all the way to another NFC North title and one win away from a Super Bowl berth.

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