As badly as Aaron Rodgers probably wanted to add a playmaker before Tuesday’s deadline, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said he understood the delicate balance for general manager Brain Gutekunst between aggressively targeting a player and not overpaying on a deal at the deadline.
“Obviously, the compensation for whatever players that we were going after, it just didn’t make sense,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “So I trust Brian, and we had some good conversations. I know we were in on some things and it obviously just didn’t pan out.”
