Aaron Rodgers interested in a new unorthodox contract, but here's why he might not work

"It's only in my mind because … people have written a lot and talked a lot about it," Rodgers said. "There have been a lot of conversations about this, I think that there is some merit to consider where you enter into a non-traditional contractual agreement. If any one at this stage is going to be able to do anything something like that, I think there must be I've never said anything about [tying the contract to] the ceiling, I just think that there are ways to make contracts where you can still be competitive, so the team is happy, but has more freedom. "

: Rodgers is probably sick of the standard quarter-contract market. In this market, he signs an agreement, then the next quarterback – pretty much regardless of who he is – bypbades it in the next two years. Maybe it's Russell Wilson (the most likely candidate) or maybe he's a young quarterback coming out of a 2018 monster season (Jared Goff, Jameis Winston, Marcus Mariota , etc.).

But it happens. If Rodgers were to tie his contract to the cap, however, he would see an increase every year that the cap has spiked. There are two problems with that.

One, as Jason La Canfora pointed out to me on the Pick Pick Podcast (interview falling Wednesday, subscribe here to have it in your inbox), the percentage of the limit here go

"You ask me what it means, if this figure [percentage] begins with a 3, then it is not feasible," said La Canfora. "The way they want to run their business would not fly, I think $ 35 [million] a year is the absolute extreme that he could get." I do not think we're going from $ 30 to $ 35, but I think it does, and it will be $ 32 -ish and it becomes the springboard, for [whoever is next]. "

Do the math and even just twenty percent of the ceiling would be close to $ 35 million a year for Rodgers in 2018." That would be problematic for the Packers, in terms of how they want to build their list, even when it comes to They understand perfectly well that they have no choice but to keep Rodgers on the payroll.

The argument against Green Bay in this regard implies how many of them are there. The Packers' money pocketed in terms of profit, which was revealed on Monday when the team's financial statements emerged publicly – Rodgers could, as Mike Florio of Pro pointed out. Football Talk, trying to require a percentage of the Packers' gross income, which would be extremely fascinating. (Although it's hard to juxtapose a number of revenue with no ceiling to a contract related to a ceiling situation)

The biggest problem for the Packers and Rodgers at this is perhaps the next ABC negotiations. Neither the Packers nor Rodgers – nor any team, really – want to bind themselves to a contract that goes far beyond the current ABC window. We have no idea what the next ACA will look like, but teams and players may want to be careful to sign agreements over three years because of the ramifications they may have. once the new ACA comes into effect. lockout to start.

All this may mean that Rodgers simply decides to treat a fully guaranteed three-year contract and reverse what Cousins ​​got from Minnesota, while pushing Matt Ryan out of the Falcons on many standard ratings for those offers. .