Brett Favre spent most of his career with the Green Bay Packers, before heading to the Minnesota Vikings in his final seasons.
It was hard to imagine Favre in purple and gold until he jogged out onto the Metrodome turf in the home team’s uniform.
For Aaron Rodgers, it’s the same thing. It’s difficult to imagine him playing for anyone besides Green Bay, let alone the Vikings.
But the Packers drafted Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft and Rodgers is 36.
Is there a possibility he could come to the Vikings in the twilight of his career? Crazier things have happened, according to Star Tribune sports columnist Jim Souhan.
Souhan points to Favre coming to Minnesota, in addition to this current news cycle, as events that are just as strange as Rodgers playing for the Vikings.
“Remember, there was never any way Favre could ever play for the Vikings, and then Brad Childress was picking him up at the airport. ‘Impossible’ is just a word we use for stuff we haven’t figured out yet. So let’s figure this out.”
Not only that, but Souhan makes a case from a logistical standpoint as well. If the Packers want Love to become the starter in 2022 or beyond, it wouldn’t break the bank for Green Bay to let Rodgers go. If Rodgers wanted to come to the Vikings, it wouldn’t be too bad letting Cousins walk.
“Rodgers carries a $51 million dead cap hit in 2020. That number falls to $31.5 million in 2021, $17.2 million in 2022 and $2.852 million in 2023.”
“Cousins is signed for three more seasons, including 2020. He carries a $62 million dead cap hit in 2020. It falls to $41 million in 2021 and $10 million in 2022.”
For the Packers, 17.2 million is a lot of dead money, but the team also saves $22 million in cap space, via Over The Cap, so it ends up not being too bad, especially if Green Bay had Love on a cheap contract.
So, who knows? We’ll have to see how this all plays out.