The world is on watch to see if the Green Bay Packers will finally move on from longtime quarterback Aaron Rodgers, and on Friday, we might have heard the surest indication things will change for the Packers.
According to Dave Schroeder of WBAY in Green Bay (via Twitter), team president Mark Murphy was asked if he could see any scenario where Aaron Rodgers would be the starter come Week 1 of next season, and his answer was, well, you can be the judge.
Q: Is there a scenario where Aaron is still the starting QB of the Packers next season?
MURPHY: Yeah, I mean unless, if things don't work out the way we want them, yeah, we would. He is obviously a great player.”
It would be logical to think upon hearing this, Murphy doesn't sound like a president who would be pleased with Rodgers returning. Of course, NFL Twitter was quick to interpret these words, and based off of these responses, it's close to being the time for Jordan Love to take over the reins.
Sure sounds like the Packers want to move forward with Jordan Love and not Aaron Rodgers.
Does Rodgers get traded to the Jets? Or retires? https://t.co/J42fgVecKX
— Doug Rush (@TheDougRush) March 10, 2023
read: "we really don't want him here" https://t.co/nLSCSoXttH
— Warren Sharp (@SharpFootball) March 10, 2023
Incidentally, “if things don't work out the way we want them” is the title of the next CHTV mixtape
— Aaron Nagler (@AaronNagler) March 10, 2023
#Packers Mark Murphy says "if things don't work out the way we want them then yeah" Aaron Rodgers would be starting at QB for #Packers in 2023.
WORST KEPT SECRET: it's Jordan Love time. #Jets are the logical destination, always have been. https://t.co/ycIu9hPGhi
— Paul Andrew Esden Jr (@BoyGreen25) March 10, 2023
When it comes to the Rodgers soap opera, there are many who are tired of the episodes. It's one thing if he's going out there and performing well, and the two regular season MVPs in 2020 and 2021 speak for themselves. It's another thing when the Packers gave him a gargantuan contract afterwards, only to see him not perform well, leading to Green Bay miss the playoffs.
The latter looks like the breaking point, and if Murphy's comments is any indication, it looks to be Jordan Love time come next season.