Expectations for Aaron Rodgers entering his 16th NFL season seem to be lower than they ever have been in recent memory, as the Packers’ brain trust has seemingly fast tracked his eventual departure by trading up to draft the 36-year-old’s heir apparent in Jordan Love.
But are No. 12’s waning stats and the team’s apparent willingness to move on from him before his current contract expires reason enough to doubt a 2020 resurgence on the part of the signal caller in Year 2 of Matt LaFleur’s reign as head coach?
Rodgers and LaFleur have never publicly alluded to any friction between them, but watching the two operate in the young coach’s first year in Titletown indicated that the two weren’t always on the same page.