Aaron Rodgers Gets Long-Term Deal
October 31, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Green Bay Packers
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The Green Bay Packers locked up quarterback Aaron Rodgers through the 2014 season today. Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations (wow, that’s a long title) Ted Thompson made the announcement this afternoon:
“As we talked about in the past, we try to be proactive in our discussions with our current players and we felt like this was an appropriate time to try to come to an agreement with Aaron. We feel like this is good for the organization and the players, and we will continue this approach as we move forward.”
Terms of the contract were not immediately disclosed, but it didn’t take much digging to find out the details. Aaron will have $20 million guaranteed on the six-year, $65 million deal. He’s supposed to make $28 million over the first three years of this contract. That would put him in the top five of all NFL players. Now, considering what he has faced in terms of following in the footsteps of future Hall-of-Famer Brett Favre (heck, even not considering that), his 2008 numbers are very impressive — 1,668 yards passing, 12 touchdowns, and a 98.8 passer rating. But top five money for someone with only seven career starts and four wins is pretty risky. Aaron will take it, though. It’s finally one less thing for him to have to think about.
Source: Packers.com, Photo: Newscom
