Packers CEO On Aaron Rodgers' Future: 'We're Not Idiots'

Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy asked the media to stop with the nonsense already. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers isn't going anywhere.

“We’re not idiots,” Murphy said on Green Bay's WNFL radio, via ProFootballTalk. “Aaron Rodgers will be back. He’s our leader.”

Murphy likely felt the need to address this topic after some comments from Rodgers seemed to leave his future in Green Bay in question. Rodgers made the comments following the Packers' loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Sunday's NFC Championship game.

“A lot of guys' futures that are, you know, uncertain, myself included,” Rodgers said. “That’s what’s sad about it most. ... Just the uncertainties are tough and the finality of it all.”

When asked how the Packers would proceed, Rodgers was vague.

“I don’t know, I really don’t,” he said. “There’s a lot of unknowns going into this offseason now. And I’m going to have to take some time away for sure and clear my head and just kind of see what’s going on with everything. But it’s pretty tough right now, especially thinking about the guys that may or may not be here next year. There’s always change. That’s the only constant in this business.”

Rodgers, 37, is under contract through the 2023 season. It's hard to envision him playing anywhere else -- but we also once said the same about Tom Brady. Still, the Packers are thisclose to contending for a Super Bowl. This is no time to panic or move on from the greatest hope they have. And the Packers' CEO made it pretty clear that they don't plan to.