Assessing Packers’ options with Aaron Rodgers’ contract

The Packers have several options for dealing with Aaron Rodgers’ contract. Let’s break them down.

It’s a beautiful mystery. That’s how quarterback Aaron Rodgers described his long-term future with the Green Bay Packers.

A big part of solving that mystery is understanding his contract, and what action or inaction on the contract would mean for now and the future. The Packers, as of Wednesday, March 24, still haven’t touched Rodgers’ deal, so the mystery lingers on.

We can’t solve the mystery now, but we can understand the situation. Here are the options: