Aaron Rodgers signed the dotted line and made his return to the Green Bay Packers official on Tuesday with a three-year, $150m contract that lowers his salary cap figure by about $18m. Rodgers reportedly took less money than the Packers offered in hopes of making it possible for Green Bay to retain more talent.
Rodgers can exit the deal at the end of each season, but the salary cap ramifications for the Packers would be dire. His dead cap hit for 2023, for example, would be $62m.
His new deal pays $41m in 2022, $59m in 2023 and $49m in the third and final year of the deal.