Aaron Rodgers Will Make A Ton Of Money… Even Though He’s Out For The Season After Four Plays

ByJoey Heldon September 18, 2023inArticles›Sports News

This season was supposed to be different for Jets fans. Aaron Rodgers , the four-time MVP and ten-time Pro Bowler, had come to the Big Apple. He was going to be the missing piece to an otherwise strong team with a fantastic defense and both the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year (Garrett Wilson) and Defensive Rookie of the Year ( Sauce Gardner ). Finally, the Jets were going to get out of the mediocrity they had been stuck in for so long and be prime contenders for a Super Bowl. It would be their first championship since 1968, and the chants of “J-E-T-S” would ring across the nation.

The hype was so great that the Jets kicked off the first week of the season on Monday Night Football, hosting their intrastate and divisional rivals, the Buffalo Bills. The Jets took the field for the first time on offense. Running back Breece Hall ripped off a 26-yard run on the first play from scrimmage. The atmosphere was electric. Rodgers’ first pass was incomplete, but no matter. He’d have plenty of other opportunities. After a defensive holding penalty, Rodgers again dropped back to pass. He held onto the ball for longer than the play normally called for. Suddenly, he had Bills linebacker Leonard Floyd bearing down on him.

And just like that, Rodgers’ season was done. He had torn his Achilles tendon.

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Now, as the Jets decide what to do at quarterback, they’ll still have to pay Rodgers’ entire salary. In 2022, when he was with the Green Bay Packers, he signed a three-year, $150.8 million contract. Upon being traded to the Jets, Rodgers restructured his deal to be more team-friendly, taking a pay cut in the process.

The new deal: three years, $112.5 million.

Rodgers has a modest salary of $1,838,888 this season. But he also has a $50,000 workout bonus and, most significantly, a $35 million signing bonus. That means he’ll make a cool $36,888,888 for playing four snaps and 94 seconds of regular-season football.

In an Instagram post , Rodgers said he “shall rise yet again.” Despite being the oldest player in the NFL — he’ll turn 40 in December — this likely isn’t the last we’ve seen of him on a football field.

After all, he’s still got more to prove — and more than $75 million left on his contract. Even with over $300 million in career earnings, that’s tough to walk away from.

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Aaron Rodgers’ New Contract Will Pay Him $400,000 Per Day For The Next 200 Days

ByJoey Heldon August 29, 2018inArticles›Sports News

Aaron Rodgers is arguably the top quarterback in the NFL. Over the past couple of years, he’s watched other quarterbacks – like Kirk Cousins , Matthew Stafford , and Matt Ryan – earn big bucks. The whole time, he had to be thinking he was worth more than any of his fellow signal callers.

Well, now he’s getting paid like the top quarterback in the league.

Rodgers and the Packers agreed to a four-year, $134 million extension. The deal includes a record $57.5 million signing bonus and Rodgers will earn $80 million by St. Patrick’s Day. That equals $400,000 PER DAY for the next 200 days.

The extension means Rodgers will make between $176 and $180 million over the lifetime of his deal. He previously signed a five-year, $110 million extension in 2013.

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By the time this deal ends in 2023, Rodgers will have made $315 million. His predecessor, Brett Favre , made $135 million during his entire career.

Rodgers will enter his 14th season in the NFL. He currently has the best passer rating (103.8) and TD-to-INT ratio (4.01:1) in league history.

Perhaps Rodgers’ biggest strength is how he makes the rest of the team better. Since 2008, the Packers are just 6-13-1 without Rodgers on the field, averaging a full 7.5 fewer points when Rodgers is sidelined.

Rodgers has already taken to social media to celebrate. His post is a reminder of how far he’s come, from backup QB who slid in the draft to one of the best to ever play.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnE72e3l2Hu/

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