The quarterback, a four-time N.F.L. most valuable player, had been locked in a conflict with the team over his influence in personnel decisions.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a four-time N.F.L. most valuable player, has agreed to remain with the team, concluding his yearlong back-and-forth with the club about his future. After multiple reports that Rodgers had agreed to a new contract, the quarterback posted a statement to Twitter that confirmed he had decided to stay with the only franchise he has played for in his 17-year N.F.L. career. “YES I will be playing with the @packers next year, however, reports about me signing a contract are inaccurate,” Rodgers wrote, adding that he was “very excited” to remain in Green Bay. Pat McAfee, a sports podcaster and close friend of Rodgers’s, was first to report Rodgers’s agreement with the team on Tuesday, which was quickly followed by an NFL Network report that he had reached a deal that would make him the league’s highest-paid player. Rodgers’s statement batted down that account. The agreement seemingly resolves a highly publicized rift between Rodgers,38, and General Manager Brian Gutekunst (and the Packers’ front office), which was rooted in the player’s desire to be more involved in management decisions. While Rodgers turned in a second consecutive M.V.P. season, the tension between the men amplified scrutiny of Rodgers’s off-field missteps last season, including his admission that he misled reporters about his vaccination status after testing positive for the coronavirus in November and his lashing out at “cancel culture” in an interview with McAfee in the same month.
