Report: Aaron Rodgers, Packers Agree to 4-Year, $200M Contract; NFL Record for AAV

The Green Bay Packers got quarterback Rodgers to agree to a new deal in order to avoid a salary cap crunch.

According to Ian Rapoport, Rodgers new deal is worth $200 million over four years.

The contract figures reported by The Athletic are not accurate.

The average annual value of the contract is $50 million, making Rodgers the highest-paid quarterback in the league.

Green Bay lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs and there was a lot of speculation about the future of Rodgers.

Rodgers made some comments during the postgame press conference.

I did not think we would be talking about this after the game, Rodgers said.

Rodgers posted a thank-you note to several of his Packers teammates on the social media site.

Several key players, including Davante Adams, were poised to become unrestricted free agents and that was an issue for the Packers.

The Packers were over the cap before trying to re-sign players and make any roster changes in free agency.

This new contract ends a yearlong saga that began prior to the first round of the 2021 NFL draft.

The Packers reworked Rodgers' contract amid rumors that he might be traded before the start of last season.

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Aaron Rodgers’ reworked deal now is signed, per sources. Here are the “on paper” concessions in the new contract:🏈2023 year is voided.

🏈Forfeiture provisions were removed from the contract, preventing the Packers from pursuing prorated portions of Rodgers’ signing bonus.

When Rodgers arrived at Packers training camp in July, he had a long press conference in which he opened up about some of his issues with the organization.

"Also, I wanted to help the organization maybe learn from some of the mistakes in the past, in my opinion, about the way some of the outgoing veterans were treated and just the fact that we didn't retain a number of players that I feel like were core players to our foundation, our locker room. High character guys, I'm talking about Charles Woodson, Jordy Nelson, Julius Peppers, Clay Matthews, Randall Cobb, James Jones, John Kuhn, Brett Goode, TJ Lang, Bryan Bulaga, Casey Heyward, Micah Hyde. Guys who were exceptional players for us, great locker room guys, high character guys, many of them whom weren't offered a contract at all or were extremely low-balled or were maybe, in my opinion, not given the respect on the way out that guys of their status and stature and high character deserve. And, then it kind of progressed from there into a commitment for the 2021 season and beyond, that really wasn't given at any time."

Even with some potential cap issues, the Packers are still in a good position to compete for a championship. Their division is weak with the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears still rebuilding and the Minnesota Vikings needing to figure out a direction after finishing with a losing record.

The Packers were the top seed in the playoffs for the second year in a row. Rodgers won the Most Valuable Player award after throwing for 4,115 yards and 37 touchdown in 16 starts.

The Packers have won 13 games in a row. They have made the playoffs 10 times in 12 seasons with Rodgers as their quarterback.

The Packers will compete in a crowdedNFC as they pursue a fourth straight division title in 2022.