INDIANAPOLIS—It’s time for our first daily quick-hitter notes from the combine column. Starting now, one a day until Friday. Let’s go …
• The ball remains in Aaron Rodgers’s court, with his looming decision likely to break the seal on big-box quarterback decisions across the league.
When’s it coming? That’s anyone’s guess. My understanding is he hasn’t even really communicated with the Packers of late, so the circle of people who know when the white smoke is going to show itself is very, very small. And in his availability with Green Bay reporters on Tuesday, Packers GM Brian Gutekunst flashed just a little discomfort with the situation in saying that, really, the team wanted a decision by the start of the league year.