Aaron Rodgers says retirement decision to come after four-day ‘darkness retreat;’ QB makes Super Bowl pick

Following his victory at the Pebble Peach Pro-Am over the weekend, Aaron Rodgers revealed even more insight into his retire-or-play decision during his latest appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show,” on Tuesday with the four-time NFL MVP saying a four-day “darkness retreat” after the Super Bowl will allow him to come to a “final, final decision.”

“It’s an opportunity to do a little self-reflection in some isolation and after that, I feel like I’ll be a lot closer to that final, final decision,” Rodgers said Tuesday. “I’ve had a number of friends who’ve done it and they had profound experiences.”  

Rodgers detailed he will be in pitch black all day and night for four days and nights, describing the experience as “sensory deprivation isolation” and that it will simulate the drug DMT with the potential for hallucinations.      

“I’m gonna have hallucinations where I am Nic Cage,” the 39-year-old, 18-season NFL veteran said. 

The retreat will not be out in nature, but rather at a house, according to Rodgers.

“They’ll drop food and drink through a slot and there is a bathroom,” he said. “In there for four days and nights and come out after the fourth night.”

However, Rodgers did admit Tuesday that he’s “for sure contemplating playing football” despite the golf success over the weekend, and that he has had the “darkness retreat on the calendar for a number of months.” One thing the Super Bowl XLV MVP said won’t affect his thought process is the retirements of Tom Brady and J.J. Watt, two no-doubt, first ballot Hall of Famers like Rodgers. It’s likely those two will be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the 2028 offseason, five years after their retirements. Rodgers…