UPDATED: Rodgers Planning to Play in 2021

GREEN BAY, WI (WSAU) — The Green Bay Packers and QB Aaron Rodgers are in the final stages of restructuring their agreement for the 2021 season that will lead to Rodgers reporting to training camp on time, according to multiple sources

Both NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport and ESPN’s Adam Schefter have confirmed that the details are nearing completion

The two sides are still tweaking one part of it. Rodgers has been seeking significant say over his future. https://t.co/EkQi7dZTXE

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 26, 2021

Schefter reports that the deal will give Green Bay more cap room, meaning WR Davante Adams would likely be willing to return to the negotiating table after breaking off talks with the club earlier according to Schefter.

Packers players are due to report for training camp on Tuesday, with the first day of practices scheduled for Wednesday. Should Rodgers not show, he would be subject to fines for each day he’s absent.

Former Packers executive Andrew Brandt, who was a part of the front office when the team drafted Rodgers in 2005 when Brett Favre was still on the roster, says he feels the current situation is likely the result of something that’s been weighing on Rodgers for some time. “I don’t think it’s about Jordan Love or cutting his friend Jake Kumerow. I think this is a deep-seated chasm between him and the organization. Maybe even a lack of trust or something where he feels there’s a breach. He doesn’t feel like there is a point person there that has his back in the front office.”

He adds that the best resolution to the situation may be the one scenario that neither side will like- having Rodgers play out the 2021 season in Green Bay, then releasing him in the off-season to sign with someone else. Under that scenario, Green Bay would receive no draft capital or players in return, and Rodgers, depending on how resolute he is about playing his whole career with the Packers, would be free to sign elsewhere.

“Sometimes the deals that both sides hate, are the only way out,” he added.