The deal is now finally done. After last Tuesday’s revelation that Aaron Rodgers was going to return to the Green Bay Packers in 2022, reports swirled about him signing a four-year contract worth $200 million — however, Rodgers himself refuted those initial reports. Instead, it took another week for him to sign his new deal, but it is now done and it gives the Packers some massive salary cap relief with Wednesday’s deadline looming.
According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network, Rodgers’ deal is a four-year extension running through 2026, but with two so-called “placeholder” years added on to the end of the contract for salary cap purposes.