Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers doesn’t have any plans of retiring early from football. His intention is to keep on slinging pigskins beyond the age of 40, so following that outlook, the four-year contract extension he signed with the team on Wednesday does not guarantee that Lambeau Field will be his only home in the NFL until the day he hangs up his cleats.

During a conference call with reporters on Thursday, Rodgers implied that his shiny new deal with the Packers does not necessarily mean he’ll finish his career in Green Bay, per Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk.

“I don’t think this guarantees anything other than maybe the first three years of the deal,” Rodgers said. “To get to the end of the contract would be sustained, consistent play. That’s the most important thing. Realizing that Brian is a new G.M., he has decisions he wants to make in the interests of the team and bring in the type of players he wants to bring in. Thankfully I’m one of those players he sees building that immediate future around.”

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Aaron Rodgers also made it clear that while he’s garnered himself long-term financial security, he’s not someone who’ll just rest on his laurels, especially when considering his desire to play into his 40s.

“The financial commitment is such that I feel good about my place on the team for the next few years, but that’s not the type of player I am to just rely on something like that. I want to go out and prove that I’m still an elite player in this league and if I do that I feel good I’ll have the opportunity to finish my career in Green Bay. I definitely am not arrogant in the mindset to say that it would never happen to me. It happened to Favre, it could happen to any of us.”

Rodgers’ fresh extension has him under Green Bay’s payroll until 2023, By that time, Rodgers will be 40, so if he wants to extend his career beyond that, he’ll have to make sure that his high level of play doesn't suffer a significant drop-off over the course of the next several years.