“I know he’s thinking about that stuff when it comes to the next contract because he should have earned a voice by now,” the source continued. “In other places with [elite] quarterbacks, consideration is given to those guys. I think Aaron wants to be engaged in some decisions. But that’s just not the way it works [in Green Bay]. I think that’s obviously frustrating and it’s going to keep coming out.”

A few years ago it seemed impossible to envision a scenario where Aaron Rodgers would ever play for another team. It became a foregone conclusion when his current deal was up at the end of the next year he would already have an extension kicking in that would make him the highest paid player in football history. Since that point Rodgers has had some injuries and the Packers upper management has refused to compliment 12 with a competent defense or coaching staff. Every year the Packers enter the playoffs it’s always the same narrative: Can Rodgers single handedly carry the Packers by himself to the Super Bowl? He usually does it for a few super human games before running into an offense that literally scores every single time against that defense (Atlanta two years ago). What happened the year they won it all in 2010-2011? The Pack had a young, dominant Clay Matthews, a monster in B.J. Raji, and three ball hawks in the secondary in Tramon Williams, Charles Woodson, and Nick Collins. They complimented their all world QB with a real defense and it won them a Super Bowl, but since that moment they’ve refused to give that side of the ball any time of day.

Now the year is 2018 and Rodgers is THIRTY FOUR YEARS OLD??? Does anyone realize the Packers have completely wasted Rodgers entire career? He’s played in the league for 13 seasons and has one Super Bowl to show for it despite some of the best statistical numbers anyone has ever put up at the league’s most important position. Now it’s coming out that the shot-callers for this team simply don’t consult with Rodgers on anything and that just makes no fucking sense. He’s the most important player to your franchise, and maybe to any franchise. Without him you are nothing. Without him last year the team looked like it was going to be contending for the first overall pick. With him you’re a playoff team. And you aren’t going to him with every major decision you make in wake of convincing him to sign on for five more years? Rodgers should get LeBron James-type power over this team. You’ve fucked this guy over for a decade, why don’t you get some of his input on how to salvage this sinking ship? He should not only be consulted with every decision, he should be making the decisions.

In January you let his quarterbacks coach go, Alex Van Pelt, who had been with the team since 2012 and had become one of Rodgers most trusted men within the organization. It’s so hard to get into Rodgers’ circle, as many players have cycled in and out of the team not even getting 12’s cell phone number. So you let that guy go and don’t mention anything to Rodgers? Not the brightest of moves. Then just recently you cut Jordy Nelson. Yes, the move made sense in terms of saving money and improving the team elsewhere, but all I hoped was that Rodgers was consulted when you were cutting his favorite weapon on offense. They did not.

So yeah obviously Rodgers is frustrated now. How can you not be as you’re deep in negotiations with a team construct the final big contract of your career? If I’m going to sign away the final chapter of my NFL career I’m going to make sure this team has me in their ear 24/7 and I’m comfortable with the direction we’re going. When you make two questionable big decisions in a three month span, in the midst of negotiating this deal I mean that’s not going to help your bargaining standpoint.

So what will happen? Well, most likely Rodgers signs with the Pack for the biggest deal in NFL history, guaranteeing him a laughable amount of money. It’s possible he gets a fully guaranteed deal upwards of $150 million. If Kirk Cousins can get an $84 million deal fully guaranteed then what does Aaron Rodgers get? Well, what if all this has pissed him off and he’s tired of getting to the postseason with a shit supporting cast? Maybe he says fuck you to the negotiating and let’s this year play out? Maybe he says we can talk in the offseason and revisit this? Maybe he does the same for the 2019 season and takes a look at how things are shaping up in New England? It’s not something I want whatsoever and it would kill me, but I never thought Brett Favre would leave either. I got a phone call from my dad while I was at Philadelphia 76ers basketball camp in Pennsylvania as he broke the news to me that Favre was moving on. I proceeded to break down in tears in front of a bunch of people I’d known for like three days. It felt like a close family member of mine died. With Rodgers and this current situation? I wouldn’t blame him one bit if he played out the next two seasons, gave it all he had with this bunch and then went into some deep thought about where he wants to play his final five or so seasons of his career. It’s the same shit every year and he simply deserves better. Rodgers playing in one Super Bowl in his career while ELI MANNING has been in two just shouldn’t be a factual statement plain and simple.