Aaron Rodgers walked into the tunnel at Lambeau Box Sunday night time after the Packers misplaced their regular-season finale and have been eradicated from the playoffs.

Rodgers left the sphere in a sentimental model, wrapping his arm round longtime teammate Randall Cobb. 

“It may well be time to step away,” Rodgers stated after remaining week’s sport.

Closing offseason, Rodgers used to be noncommittal about returning to Inexperienced Bay or retiirng. However, after a summer time crammed buying and selling jabs with the entrance administrative center, the four-time NFL MVP agreed to a three-year, $150 million contract extension with the Packers.

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Packers common supervisor Brian Gutekunst discussed that vast contract when he used to be requested concerning the doable have an effect on Rodgers’ resolution could have at the workforce’s offseason.

“We made a in point of fact giant dedication to him remaining offseason,” Gutekunst informed journalists Friday. “As we did that, it wasn’t no doubt for simply this 12 months. He is gonna take his time. The verbal exchange will likely be lovely consistent as we transfer ahead.”

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Gutekunst did recognize that the 39-year-old quarterback wishes time to procedure issues.

“We have now had nice conversations like we all the time do,” he stated of Rodgers’ timeline. “I in point of fact appreciate the method he is going thru after the season. He is carried out this for a very long time. What he is going thru right through the offseason to get ready for a season is very important, and I perceive the verdict he has to make on whether or not he needs to move thru that. So I have all the time attempted to provide him that point.”

Inexperienced Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers waves to enthusiasts as he leaves the sphere following a sport in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams in Inexperienced Bay, Wis., Dec. 19, 2022. 
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This offseason gifts a unique set of instances for Rodgers and the Packers. 3rd-year quarterback Jordan Love won extra revel in, beginning rather than an injured Rodgers in Week 12.

Love threw for 113 yards and a landing in that sport in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles, who have been undefeated on the time. Gutekunst expressed his self assurance within the former first-round pick out’s growth.

“I indisputably suppose he is in a position to play,” Gutekunst stated of Love. “I believe he feels that manner. I believe he is chomping on the bit. However, on the identical time, we are going to do what is easiest for the Inexperienced Bay Packers and what offers us the most productive likelihood to win transferring ahead.”

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However Gutekunst tempered tips that Love would put the Packers in a greater place to win in 2023 than Rodgers.

“You might be speaking a few four-time MVP, proper?” stated Gutekunst. “We are very interested by Jordan and the place he is at — there is no doubt about that. However Jordan’s by no means performed a 16-, 17-game season, long gone thru all of the stuff. It is no other from once we moved from Brett to Aaron, proper? That is a troublesome factor to mention. On the identical time, the place Aaron’s at, the extent he is at, there is no longer many groups he would not give the most productive likelihood to win.”

Common supervisor Brian Gutekunst of the Inexperienced Bay Packers previous to a sport in opposition to the Miami Dolphins at Laborious Rock Stadium Dec. 25, 2022, in Miami Gardens, Fla.
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Packers head trainer Matt LaFleur has up to now expressed his hobby in Rodgers being beneath heart subsequent season. 

Because the Packers look forward to Rodgers’ resolution, the group will quickly must make a decision whether or not to select up Love’s fifth-year choice.

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Requested if he thinks Rodgers and Love can coexist subsequent season, Gutekunst spoke back, “Certain. However the ones guys paintings neatly in combination within the room.”