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Originally Posted by New World Order
So let me get this straight:
Rodgers would like to leave a team with a great offensive line, the best receiver in football, a very good running back who can catch, a great head coach and possibly the worst division in football to a team with none of those things and happens to be in the same division as a team who has the best qb in football and has hosted 4 straight conference championship games. He also has to play the Chargers and Raiders, both winning teams this year with good quarterbacks.
Looking at this objectively, Denver’s situation is very unappealing
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As much as I dislike Denver, they are in better position with a top 5 quarterback to win it all over the next 3 years then Green Bay.
Packers are in less than an ideal situation cap wise and Denver has more picks as well.
As long as the Broncos don't have to overpay in draft pick compensation, going to Denver makes a lot of sense for Rodgers. Lower expectations but still a shot to win it all if Rodgers plays at a top 5 QB level.
Brady is just about gone if not gone and he only stays for another year in Tampa if it looks like Tampa Bay will reload and arguably have a little more talent than Green Bay again... While it may be easier to get through the NFC than the AFC next year with even San Francisco probably transitioning to a new QB, beating Kyler Murray, Russell Wilson, Stafford, Dak don't matter enough.
What better way for Rodgers to improve his somewhat sullied reputation than to come out ahead in a conference with Mahomes, Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Herbert and Lamar Jackson.
Denver right now IMO is in better position than Tampa Bay was when Tampa signed Brady. One difference with Tampa was that Brady came for a reasonable price in terms of salary. Will Rodgers be willing to play for a discount or will he demand gigantic contract commensurate with the back to back MVPs. Gronk came for a fair price in terms of salary and low price in draft compensation. And Antonio Brown/Fournette came for cheap prices. Tampa hit on a couple of key draft picks as well.
But Tampa and Denver had talent but they had issues at quarterback and other positions. Tampa improved its offensive line via the draft and Denver can use the draft as well to address needs. They have 11 picks right now.