Aaron Rodgers is flying into Pittsburgh to signal his one-year contract at the moment. How a lot that deal will likely be price isn’t fully clear however echoing what the PPG’s Gerry Dulac tweeted final night time, NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport believes the cash received’t be big in comparison with what most beginning quarterbacks make.
“I truly would anticipate the bottom to be someplace round [$10 million] with some incentives to get slightly larger,” Rapoport instructed Good Morning Soccer Friday morning. “It’s not going to be a big-money deal. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about ending Rodgers’ profession proper, for the Pittsburgh Steelers to go deeper into the playoffs.”
In his lone offseason interview devoted to his soccer future, Rodgers instructed The Pat McAfee Present he could be keen to play for “10 ms,” citing cash wasn’t the difficulty in his months-long choice delay. That appears to be truthful, and Rodgers will play for a comparatively small wage in comparison with different veteran starters. Ought to his base wage even are available at, say, $15 million, it might make him the Twenty first-highest paid quarterback in soccer.
His common yearly worth could be even much less of Justin Fields, who signed a two-year, $40 million deal to play for Rodgers’ former workforce, the New York Jets. Rodgers’ contract could be similar to the one-year deal Russell Wilson signed with the New York Giants, a contract crammed to the hilt with incentives.
Usually, the Steelers agrees to contracts with out incentives. However they’ve made exceptions for quarterbacks earlier than. In 2022, Mitch Trubisky signed a two-year deal that contained varied incentives. For a 41-year-old quarterback like Rodgers coming off a five-win season, it’s a scenario the place including incentives is sensible.
These incentives may very well be tied to particular person and workforce play and relying on their construction, may very well be “prone to be earned’ and depend in opposition to the cap in 2025 or “not prone to be earned” and depend in opposition to the cap in 2026. The NFL considers targets that had been achieved final season within the former camp and ones that weren’t within the latter. Which means, if Rodgers has an incentive for throwing for 3,000 yards, it will likely be “prone to be earned” as a result of he did so final season. If the motivation is make the playoffs, it’s “not prone to be earned” as a result of he didn’t final 12 months with the Jets.
Full contract particulars needs to be revealed throughout the coming days. Regardless of the construction, it’s a one-year deal that isn’t price large cash, which means Rodgers was true to his phrase when he dismissed the thought of taking part in for the best bidder.
