The former Super Bowl MVP, 4-time NFL MVP and 10-time Pro Bowler just happens to be available.
Let me start this off by saying, I know a lot of you all are already angry and you haven’t made it past the headline. Felt like that should be acknowledged early on.
With the news that Derek Carr may miss the season, and the lack of a for sure number one QB option for the New Orleans Saints (although I do believe in you Spencer), some are looking around at what is available whether through the NFL Draft or free agency.
What if I told you that there is a former Super Bowl Champion, former Super Bowl MVP, 4-time NFL MVP and 10-time Pro Bowler that is sitting around on April 14 without a team for the 2025 season? My guess is you’d say, please stop this or you’d be looking for a time machine to go back and make me never write this blog at all.
Hear me out though, the Saints could do a lot worse if they’re looking at the veteran market for a QB. Although statistically the once dominant Aaron Rodgers has not SEEMED to be elite as he has been throughout his career, there’s a lot to like there. Even coming off of an Achilles injury his 2024 stats were not far off his career averages as seen below. I’ll even grade it on a curve in saying that the New York Jets aren’t necessarily the model of success or stability.
Pro Football Reference
Additionally, to circle back to the Achilles injury, usually athletes take a year to get back to normal after that, now he did get to sit out an entire year given the almost comical timing of the injury in 2023, but presumably he should be right this year from the injury. Not to brag, but I was able to recover from Achilles tendonitis in 4 months so a complete tear in two years, I think he’s got this.
I get it though; there’s a lot more that comes with Rodgers than what he does on the field. However, call it a character flaw in myself but I love an athlete that doesn’t give the canned answers, doesn’t do what you would expect, and keeps people second guessing. Do I disagree with a lot of what he says? For sure, but I also respect the fact that he is unabashedly himself. The big caveat to that is I think that the coaching staff and the locker room would need to be on board with it because bringing in a big personality like that can obviously have ripple effects.
I’m a big trust the process person and I have faith in the coaching staff to make the right call, so if they decide that this year’s QB isn’t on the roster right now, I think they could do a lot worse than Aaron Rodgers on a one-year deal that fits in the cap. Especially considering the alternatives for a veteran are Kirk Cousins, Carson Wentz, or Desmond Ridder.
Also, he got this sick tattoo that I do not understand and probably could never understand but those are some VERY fine lines.