Packers close to agreement that lets Rodgers leave after 2021?

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Packers, Aaron Rodgers close to agreement that lets QB leave after 2021 season?

By Zac Wassink | Last updated Jul 26, 2021 4:32 PM ET

NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reported on Monday that reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Aaron Rodgers indicated to people close to him that he will ultimately return to the Green Bay Packers for the 2021 season rather than try to force a trade this summer.

It appears Rodgers is planning his own version of "The Last Dance."

ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that the Packers are willing to help "set up Rodgers’ departure from Green Bay" following the upcoming season.

The new agreement, once finalized, would help set up Aaron Rodgers’ departure from Green Bay after this season, per sources. https://t.co/NojVojcHjy
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 26, 2021

*The Packers would agree to review Aaron Rodgers' situation at the end of this season, per sources. https://t.co/Ku9X9k9lXP
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 26, 2021

*Aaron Rodgers’ contract would be adjusted with no loss of income this year to give the Packers more cap room now.

•Mechanisms will be put in place to address Rodgers’ issues with the team. https://t.co/Ku9X9k9lXP
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) July 26, 2021

Ultimately, this is an agreement that benefits both parties. A Packers team that was one win away from facing the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV gets one of the best quarterbacks in the business back for at least one more season, and Rodgers could get a desired move to a team of his choice when the new NFL year opens next March.

2020 rookie Jordan Love will be on track to replace Rodgers as Green Bay's QB1 for the 2022 campaign unless Rodgers and the Packers mend their relationship before next winter.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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