Ever since Ron Wolf flipped a first-round pick for a guy with a last name nobody could pronounce, the Packers have been defined by their quarterbacks. Every evaluation of their roster centered on the interplay between the quarterback and the rest of the team.
In that light, it’s easy to see why every member of the media approaches everything the Packers do from the perspective of what Aaron Rodgers thinks about it. He is, after all, their best and most important player, and he spent a good portion of the 2021 calendar year suggesting he should have more input on the roster.