Recent report says Packers are 'disgusted' by Aaron Rodgers, team will gravitate towards Jordan Love

Rodgers has been linked to various AFC teams via trade in the offseason. Neither the Packers nor Rodgers have squashed rumors about trading him this offseason. However, Rodgers has expressed he’s under contract with the Packers and would like to stay in Green Bay if they can keep the players around him that he feels comfortable.

Rodgers has stated the Packers were having trade talks without him, which he found surprising. According to a new report, there might be more details about why. Mike Florio with NBC Sports put out quotes from Bob McGinn, who covers the Packers. McGinn claims to have Packers’ sources that have stated Rodgers will not come back for the 2023 season:

“They are done with Rodgers,” McGinn said, citing his own instincts, his knowledge of the league, and “discussions with someone who [has] first-hand knowledge” of the Packers. “He’s not coming back. I mean, they’re disgusted with him, and they’re done with him. And they’re moving on.”

McGinn added that he’s “totally convinced” Rodgers won’t be back as the starter.

Boosting the belief that Rodgers will be gone, as McGinn explained it, is that the team fully believes in Jordan Love, and that the team is ready to turn the page after trading up and making Love a first-round pick in 2020.

McGinn predicts that, if Rodgers does insist on returning, he’ll be the backup to Love.

I’m pretty skeptical about that report. The Packers might very well believe Love could start if Rodgers retires or is traded, but the idea Rodgers would sit behind Love is highly doubtful. If the Packers thought Love was good enough to replace Rodgers in 2023, they would not have offered an expensive contract extension to Rodgers last offseason.

Even if Love impressed the Packers this season, watching $50 million ride the bench next season would make the Packers brass look like morons. That won’t happen in 2023. If anything, the Packers might look to pawn off a declining Rodgers in favor of a progressing Love. But disgust? The Packers wouldn’t have given Rodgers a $150 million deal if they felt that way about him.