Former Packers fullback John Kuhn went through nine years as a colleague of quarterback Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay. He knows Rodgers well and those inside the Packers front office whom Rodgers is current beefing with.
In a meeting with Zach Gelb of CBS Sports Radio, Kuhn said that he’s expressed with Rodgers as of late and that he doesn’t accept the connection among Rodgers and the Packers is unrecoverable.
“I have talked to Aaron Rodgers,” Kuhn said. “I won’t say exactly what we talked about. I will say he’s conflicted because this man loves to play the game of football. This man loves to be a Green Bay Packer and this man truly sees careers. He’s watched friends leave. He watched Brett Favre’s career towards the end. He’s watched all these things play out in front of his eyes. He’s taken notes throughout his entire career. He’s seen some situations that didn’t feel were done or finished the way that they could or should have. And he’s just trying to take his own destiny within his own hands. To that effect I actually admire him because not many players in the NFL have that opportunity. I sure as heck didn’t. I played until everybody told me you can’t play anymore and it’s a humbling feeling and Aaron Rodgers has an opportunity to try and take a little bit of that power back.”
Rodgers is fighting with Packers G.M. Brian Gutekunst about the moves and course of the list under his authority as of late. What’s more, with Rodgers entering the most recent year of his agreement before it gets practical for the Packers to proceed onward with a first-round quarterback in holding up in Jordan Love laying on pause, Rodgers is apparently attempting to attest his status and noticeable quality to get what he needs. Kuhn, presently a large group of a games public broadcast on 97.3 The Fan in Milwaukee, accepts that generally stays a craving to play for the Packers as long as possible and an agreement that will guarantee that result for him pushing ahead.
“He has a little bit of leverage here in this situation and I think that’s going to put the Green Bay Packers in a tough spot,” Kuhn said. “Ultimately, at the end of the day, I truly believe Aaron wants to come back to Green Bay, but he doesn’t want to do it on a lame-duck contract which, even though there’s three years on his contract if you really look at the terms of it, it pretty much sets up for a clean break at the end of the 2021 season for the Packers himself considering that Jordan Love is on a rookie salary. So I think that he wants more insurance that he’s going to be a long-term starting quarterback option for the Green Bay Packers and that I believe is something that would intrigue him to make amends with the team and come back to this season.
“He said multiple times on several different outlets that he plans to play into his 40s and he really wants to do it in Green Bay. I don’t see that feeling from him having changed, and I believe that’s still the main goal of him and sometimes it takes some drastic measures to get to the spots.”
Notwithstanding all the stir around Rodgers that started off just before the NFL Draft, Kuhn said he didn’t think the relationship is unsalvageable, however it will take some give-and-take to get back in total agreement.
“Absolutely not. Absolutely not,” Kuhn said. “I still believe there’s an opportunity for a resolution here. It’s going to take two men that are dug in right now trying to meet in the middle somewhere where they’re both happy.”
