GREEN BAY, Wis. -- There's one thing that will make Aaron Rodgers' decision about whether to return to the Green Bay Packers next season much easier.
"I don't want to be part of a rebuild if I'm going to keep playing," Rodgers said.
Absent that, the 38-year-old year believes he has a difficult decision to make about his football future.
He just didn't think he would have to start contemplating it so soon. But when the San Francisco 49ers upset the top-seeded Packers in Saturday's NFC divisional playoff round, it meant the hourglass flipped for Rodgers, who took his share of the blame for the offensive ineptitude in the 13-10 loss at Lambeau Field.