If, for some odd reason, you were under the assumption that Aaron Rodgers' (presumed) final chapter in the NFL couldn't get more depressing, I have the least surprising news you'll read today: it's getting worse.
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As it turns out, when you're unemployed, spending weeks off the grid (which is to say, playing golf in Tahoe) isn't conducive to landing an NFL gig. Rodgers is reportedly taking his time to make sure that whichever team he chooses to spend his victory lap with is the perfect destination, which historically is how the last wave of free agency works. Anytime you have the opportunity to approach your job hunt with overwhelming apathy, you should.
And at this point, there aren't really any great options left. I'd argue there aren't even any good options left.
The latest Aaron Rodgers report will make Packers fans so smug
According to a new report from Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, Rodgers may kinda feel the same way. In a new article titled, 'Aaron Rodgers Longs for Nostalgia In His Next Team,' Breer details how – to steal a phrase from Kids These Days – down bad Rodgers may, in fact, be right now.
"I've heard Rodgers is looking for a culture such as the one in Green Bay. I get it if that sounds a little strange after the drama of the four-time MVP's final years as a Packer," writes Breer.
"But over the past few months, Rodgers has been open with people around him on his renewed appreciation for what he had for 18 seasons in Wisconsin. Call it a grass-is-greener dynamic if you want, but it definitely has felt, to some of those around him, like spending a couple years as a New York Jet made Rodgers view the situation he had more favorably."
Well, well, WELL. That sure is interesting. The Packers stuff is obviously the headliner – and rightfully so – but my biggest takeaway from this is just how awful it sounds to play for the New York Jets.
The Packers have earned their right to brag about their workplace reputation, but man, it's almost impressive how introspective just two years on the Jets can make a man. It's almost like forcing your way out of a place where you won a Super Bowl and four MVPs wasn't maybe the most thought-out idea?
We all learn something new every day, even Aaron Rodgers.