Heavy’s NFL front office insider Randy Mueller shares why Tom Brady’s decision to return in 2022 really puts heat on Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.
Getty NFL quarterbacks Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. With the return of seven-time Super Bowl-winning QB Tom Brady — if he’s truly going to accept the approximately $25 million contract figure already on the books for 2022 — the focus, for my money, is now on the Green Bay Packers. Again. It has been widely reported, first by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport on March 8, that Aaron Rodgers’ new deal with Green Bay will be for $50 million annually. There is a big difference here in the path that these two quarterbacks have chosen to travel. Optics are important, especially when you have clearly enjoyed telling the football world that you are looking out for the best interest of your team every week while shining the spotlight on yourself all season long. Read More From Heavy How You Can Help Ukraine: Verified Charities, GoFundMe & Ways to Support Ukrainians Now you’re going to sign a new contract that will pay you twice as much as Brady? This makes it unquestionably harder on Rodgers’ team to put together a winner around him, and the fate of several teammates in the Green Bay locker room are still in peril because of the amount the Packers will be paying. ALL the latest Packers news straight to your inbox! Join the Heavy on Packers newsletter here! Join Heavy on Packers! It’s not the size of the splash made by these two iconic quarterbacks, but the ripple effects caused by such as they both try to run it back in their cities for 2022. My point is, the contracts will help determine the direction or relevance and how their prospective teams participate in free agency.
