The Green Bay Packers had a soon-to-be 40-year-old quarterback who finished 2022 with the worst passer rating of his career. The team all but announced it was moving on from him when the season came to a close despite $59 million in guaranteed salary coming his way in 2023. There was one public suitor for his services.
This all pointed to a situation where the Packers would have to settle for peanuts in any trade. But because the quarterback in question was Aaron Rodgers — and because three years ago, Tom Brady carried the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a Super Bowl win — Green Bay got solid value in return for a four-time MVP just 15 months removed from being named the NFL’s most valuable player.
