Comments on: I wanted to extend Rodgers, just not sure about the contract http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/i-wanted-to-extend-rodgers-just-not-sure-about-the-contract/ All Things Green Bay Packers Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:57:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: DaveK http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/i-wanted-to-extend-rodgers-just-not-sure-about-the-contract/#comment-4639 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:37:04 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=2184#comment-4639 Rodgers contract details:

2008: $13.9 million (guaranteed)
2009: $8.1 million ($7.42 guaranteed roster bonus + $680K base salary)
The rest is not guaranteed money:
2010: $6 million
2011: $7.25 million
2012: $8 million
2013: $9.25 million
2014: $10.5 million

I think this is structured very nicely. The Packers, flush with cap space, have frontload this contract making the subsequent years both cap friendly and non-guaranteed. They have also largely taken the injury risk and loaded it into this year alone. After this season, the cap consequences of an injury to Rodgers (or him sucking) are very manageable. The ‘dead money’ so to speak would only be $7.42 million in 2009 and zero thereafter.

]]> By: Scott W http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/i-wanted-to-extend-rodgers-just-not-sure-about-the-contract/#comment-4629 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:27:13 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=2184#comment-4629 Dude!! Did you really write “poop” in this take?

]]> By: DaveK http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/i-wanted-to-extend-rodgers-just-not-sure-about-the-contract/#comment-4621 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:30:41 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=2184#comment-4621 Yeah – he has only started 7-8 games so far. But, the guy has been on the team for three years prior to that. They know what they are getting and he knows your system inside and out. They have found an incredibly accurate QB with a strong arm who shows composure and good judgement in the pocket and has great mobility. I’m not saying he is going to be the next Favre, Young, or Manning but it is clear to me that Rodgers has the stuff to lead a team to a championship with a good team around him. Couple all that with his character and the way he has handled sitting on the bench for three years and the way he handled the entire Favre debacle and you have a keeper. When you find a guy like that who just happens to play the most important position then you lock him up even if you have to overpay a bit to get it done.

]]> By: 56Coop http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/2008/11/02/i-wanted-to-extend-rodgers-just-not-sure-about-the-contract/#comment-4619 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:03:38 +0000 http://packergeeks.wordpress.com/?p=2184#comment-4619 New contract–1 interception & 1 fumble–so far!!!

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