Rodgers said, “It’s a different regime and every regime wants to have their guys in there.” This is true in some sense. McAfee pulled it out to say that this is clearly an issue with the Green Bay office. He added that, “although the Packers were going to say the right thing publicly, they were ready to move on.” Specifically, Rodgers felt the need to bring up Mark Murphy’s words to show this was all on Green Bay and then said “honestly, I wasn’t offended by it at all”. Rodgers further claims he was 90% set on retiring when he entered “the darkness,” but had to reconsider this new situation. I’m not exactly sure what that was, but something changed.” He claims that he had checked his phone after five days in the darkness (which he also previously admitted was “parts of three days.”) and found players mentioning there were trade talks. “When I came out of the darkness, something changed. Then he said that the team told him to take as long as he needed and they wanted him to retire a Packer. Rodgers also gave a litany of front office people who drafted him and how the “front office now is completely different.” He gave huge praise to Bob Harlan and how much he loves him. Further along, Rodgers also felt it necessary to say how the Packers had essentially asked, “are you okay if we don’t bring back any of your guys?” He knows the memes and the jokes on line and he is trying to put them all down. ![]() Jumping in to say how much he is not holding things up is an immediate attack. He is a very connected person through social media and has always been keenly aware of the way people are talking about him. The very first thing he wanted to make sure everyone believed was that he was not making demands. Um, and, because I still have that fire and I want to play and I would like to play in New York, it’s just a matter of getting that done at this point.” They’ve let other people know that in direct words. ![]() They’ve let me know that in so many words. Love, so much love and gratitude and just heart open for the Packer fans and what it meant to be their quarterback. You know my side, appreciation, love and gratitude for everything that Green Bay has done for me. So I would just think it is kind of interesting to step back and look at the whole picture. It’s been compensation that the Packers are trying to get for me. “I haven’t been holding anything up at this point. Rodgers made it clear that he wanted people to know he is not directing negotiations. Aaron Rodgers Damages Trade Leverage On Way Out of Green Bay Propaganda and Negotiating
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