Aaron Rodgers is staying with the Inexperienced Bay Packers, taking one potential different to Trey Lance off the desk for the 49ers.
In accordance with NFL Community, Rodgers and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $200 million contract that features a league-record $153 million assured. His present ’22 cap variety of greater than $46 million is anticipated to go down, offering the Packers with room to maintain receiver Davante Adams.
Rodgers, the two-time reigning league MVP, took greater than a month to determine on his choices of staying with Inexperienced Bay, asking for a commerce or retiring.
The 49ers had been often tied to Rodgers, a Chico native and Cal graduate, during the last two offseasons after he made clear on draft day final yr that he didn't need to stay in Inexperienced Bay. Ten and a half months later, the dedication from Inexperienced Bay — together with the crew’s regular-season success that resulted within the NFC’s high seed — has satisfied him to vary his thoughts.
It’s not clear whether or not the 49ers ever critically pursued Rodgers, who, together with the top-seeded Packers, they defeated within the NFC Divisional Spherical in January at Lambeau Area. The reigning back-to-back MVP has by no means crushed San Francisco within the playoffs, dropping all 4 video games (following the 2012, 2013, 2019 and 2021 seasons).
Rodgers has mentioned previously that he has been motivated by the 49ers (and loads of different groups) passing on him within the 2005 NFL Draft. San Francisco had the No. 1 choose and took Alex Smith, whereas Rodgers waited uncomfortably till Inexperienced Bay took him with the twenty fourth choice.
The opposite veteran star linked to the 49ers this offseason (even after his retirement) was 44-year-old San Mateo native Tom Brady, however the Bucs nonetheless have the rights to his contract and Tampa Bay head coach Bruce Arians poured chilly water final week on any Brady renaissance exterior of Tampa.
Jimmy Garoppolo is outwardly heading out the door by way of commerce, or presumably by way of launch, by mutual settlement with the 49ers, so San Francisco might be left with Lance as the one quarterback underneath contract for 2022 as Nate Sudfeld’s contract additionally comes off the 49ers’ books.
The subsequent steps for San Francisco are buying and selling Garoppolo (whose worth might have