Belief is Aaron Rodgers won’t win 2nd title if he stays in Green Bay

For the first time in his career, Aaron Rodgers did something he’s never done. He lost a game that mattered for his team against the Chicago Bears.

Prior to Sunday afternoon, the future Hall of Famer had owned that team. He was 16-4 against them prior to kickoff and hadn’t lost at Soldier Field since 2010. All the history markers said he’d find a way to do it again. Then a funny thing happened. After tying the game in the 3rd quarter, the Bears seemed to kick it into another gear, scored 10-straight points, intercepted Rodgers in the red zone, and put the game away 24-17.

It was a strange and surreal feeling for Rodgers and indeed many Packer fans in attendance. They may have had the better quarterback, but they clearly no longer had the better team. It was sobering if nothing else. This led to an interesting question. With Rodgers being 35-years old and looking at the state of the NFC North and the rest of the NFC in general. Should people expect him to win another Super Bowl before he retires.

According to Deion Sanders who was posed that question on NFL Network, the answer is simple.

"“No. Not in Green Bay. If he gets traded to another team? Yes, but not in Green Bay.”"

Aaron Rodgers is stuck on a mediocre roster based on his assessment

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LaDainian Tomlinson tried to argue, stating that the team had a promising young secondary in place and could get the next head coach right. Somebody that can get Rodgers back to his usual peak level of play. Sanders wasn’t having it, calling the Packers the 3rd or even 4th best team in the division. One that’s been slowly on the decline for years due in large part to poor drafting from 2015 through 2017, leading to the dismissal of GM Ted Thompson.

No question the team is scrambling to find a way to rebuild the roster around Rodgers before his window closes for good. They don’t want to be the team saddled with the reputation for having Brett Favre and Rodgers for a period of 30 years and getting just two Lombardi trophies out of it. That’s not exactly the best reputation to have considering the Baltimore Ravens won two in 2000 and 2012 with Trent Dilfer and Joe Flacco respectively.

Rodgers has said he’d like to remain in Green Bay for the rest of his career. The team paid him a lucrative extension towards that end but things can change. If over the next couple of years no progress is made towards regaining control of the division, a separation like Sanders suggests may be inevitable.