{"id":181425,"date":"2023-01-09T08:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/aaron-rodgers-to-contemplate-future-after-emotion-of-season-has-passed\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T08:35:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T08:35:01","slug":"aaron-rodgers-to-contemplate-future-after-emotion-of-season-has-passed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/aaron-rodgers-to-contemplate-future-after-emotion-of-season-has-passed\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Rodgers to contemplate future after ’emotion’ of season has passed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GREEN BAY, Wis. — The signs were everywhere that Sunday night was it for Aaron Rodgers: He walked off Lambeau Field with his arm around best buddy Randall Cobb, he didn’t want to give away his game-worn jersey and he fought back his emotions in the final moments of his postgame session with reporters.<\/p>\n

Before anyone drafts retirement papers or a trade agreement, consider the other indicators that came after the Green Bay Packers’ season-ending 20-16 loss to the Detroit Lions: He did and said some of the same things after the Packers’ exit from the playoffs last season. And the season before that.<\/p>\n

This time, however, there will be no playoffs. All the Packers needed to do was beat the Lions on Sunday night and they were in. Instead, they finished 8-9 and missed the postseason for the first time in coach Matt LaFleur’s four seasons.<\/p>\n

“At some point, the carousel comes to a stop and it’s time to get off, and I think you kind of know when that is,” Rodgers said Sunday. “And that’s what needs to be contemplated. Is it time? Also, what’s the organization doing? That’s part of it, as well. But the competitive fire is always going to be there. I don’t think that ever goes away. Sometimes it gets transferred, I think, to other things that might not ever fill that large void. But like I said, I feel good about what I’ve accomplished in this league and wouldn’t have any regrets walking away. But I got to see what it feels like once I get away from this.”<\/p>\n