Green Bay Packers Trading Aaron Rodgers Is 'Possiblem' Claims NFL Insider

The Green Bay Packers saw their season come to a crashing end at the hands of the Detroit Lions in Week 18 and Aaron Rodgers may no longer be a Packer after this offseason.

NFL insider Adam Schefter originally dropped the bomb during an episode of NFL Countdown and fellow insider Ian Rapoport backed his claims on the most recent episode of the "Pat McAfee Show",

"Because of the way his (Rodgers) contract is structured, a trade is possible. It's like, you can do it financially, you can come up with the compensation. I think Green Bay likes what they have in Jordan Love, so if they got the right package, they could do a deal," he noted.

"It would be $60M for one season, somebody would pay him. That is what he's on the books for, cash, next year."

Rodgers had signed a massive three-year, $150.8 million deal this offseason with $101.5 million of it being fully guaranteed.

While it may seem confusing as to how any team will be able to offer a decent-sized package to the Packers with Rodgers being owned $60 million, it is important to note that his cap hit will only be at $31.2 million according to Spotrac.

In essence, it simply means that only about half of what is owed to him in cash will count towards the cap space of who owns his contract.

The problem here is that Rodgers does have an early out option in his hands for the 2024 season with the team owning his deal having to eat $24.5 million of cap space for that season.

Rapoport used the New York Jets as an example of a team interested in dealing for Rodgers' services and serving as Zach Wilson's mentor.

"You're gonna be trading for a quarterback you're giving up a first-rounder for, I'm sure, probably more and pay $60M, which would be by far the highest-paid quarterback. So, you could do it, but that is an astronomical amount," he stated.

Postseason success has eluded Green Bay and Rodgers for the better part of his tenure with a multitude of problems hounding them across the board.

After their Super Bowl-winning run in the 2010 postseason, the Packers have only made it to the NFC Championship four times (2014, 2016, 2019, 2020) – a disappointing result for a franchise that has Rodgers still playing at his highest levels.

But with the possibility of Rodgers being traded this offseason, the Packers perhaps want to get a jumpstart on the future and have Jordan Love gain more experience moving forward.

No one knows for sure what the Packers and Rodgers will do this offseason, but fans will continue to speculate until a definitive outcome materializes.