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On Monday, Murphy threw his full support behind McCarthy. Murphy re-organized the front office this offseason and now has final say on McCarthy’s future. While McCarthy has led Green Bay to the playoffs in nine of his first 12 seasons, he’s also won just one Super Bowl despite coaching Favre and Rodgers. McCarthy’s status: Packers coach Mike McCarthy, set to begin his 13 th season, is considered by many to be on the hot seat.But my wife says it’s a good thing he’s the face of the franchise and not you. “Aaron has been great - obviously a great player. “You know, each player is different each situation is different,” Murphy said. I just think there’s ways to do contracts where you can still be competitive so the team is happy about it, but have some more freedom.”Īs for Murphy, he wants to make sure he’ll never have to go through anything like the summer of 2008 again. I never said anything about (tying the contract to) the cap. “If anybody at this point is gonna be able to do something like that, I think there needs to be a conversation about it. “I think that there’s some merit to looking into where you do a non-traditional contractual agreement,” Rodgers said. For now, though, the two sides haven’t found a happy medium. The Packers and Rodgers could concot a non-traditional contract in which his money is fully guaranteed, or one in which he receives a percentage of the salary cap. But with the salary cap expected to take dramatic jumps in future years, Rodgers wouldn’t stay No.

Rodgers and the Packers could agree to a contract that makes him the highest-paid player in the short term. In 2018, Atlanta’s Matt Ryan ($30 million), Minnesota’s Kirk Cousins ($28 million), San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo ($27.5 million), Detroit’s Matthew Stafford ($27 million), Oakland’s Derek Carr ($25 million), New Orleans’ Drew Brees ($25 million), Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck ($24.6 million) and Baltimore’s Joe Flacco ($22.13 million) will all be playing under contracts with a higher annual salary than Rodgers' ($22 million). When both sides have a common interest, you get deals done.” “He wants to be here, and we want him to be here. “Obviously, he’s an important player,” Murphy said. On Monday, Murphy stressed that locking Rodgers up for the long term is a top priority for both him and the organization. You have to be humble enough to realize that, and I do.” They can not re-sign a Charles Woodson or Julius Peppers. They make decisions that are in the best interest of the team. “They can trade Brett Favre, Jordy Nelson. “I think in my time there, I realize no one is above the team,” Rodgers said.
