If Aaron Rodgers does indeed return to the Green Bay Packers, it appears that all four NFC North teams will run it back in 2022 with the same starting quarterbacks that they had in 2021. Justin Fields is the man in Chicago, where the Bears hired Luke Getsy away from Green Bay to be his mentor. Jared Goff will continue to play for the Lions, barring a surprising decision with the second overall draft pick.
And in Minnesota, Kirk Cousins’ contract has the Vikings with very little choice but to keep him around. That fully guaranteed deal will be a painful pill for Minnesota’s new regime to swallow this year, but they have no real choice — and they will have to either deal with his $45 million salary cap hit this year or give him a contract extension to tie them to him even longer.