Aaron Rodgers apparently refused to return any phone calls from the Packers general manager this offseason

At some point this offseason, the Packers made the decision to move on from Aaron Rodgers and one reason that happened is apparently because he wouldn’t return their calls. 

When Rodgers left town following the conclusion of the 2022 season, both sides seemed open to the idea of the quarterback possibly returning in 2023. Before that could happen though, Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst wanted to get Rodgers on the phone to talk about the future of the team. However, those conversations never happened because Rodgers was apparently ducking every phone call he got from the Packers. 

“You’d love to have those conversations about where our team’s going and how he might fit into that,” Gutekunst said Monday, via ESPN.com. “We were unable to have those, so it is what it is.”

According to Gutekunst, the Packers tried to reach out to Rodgers on multiple occasions. 

“A lot of attempts and went through that, but at the same time, again, we’re always looking out for what’s best for the Green Bay Packers,” Gutekunst said, via NFL.com. “As time went on, we kind of had to move.”

With Rodgers ghosting him, Gutekunst eventually made the decision that it was time to move on from the four-time NFL MVP. 

“Our inability to reach him or for him to respond in any way,” Gutekunst said, via ESPN.com. “I think at that point, I had to do my job and kind of reach out [to other teams] and understand that a trade could be possible and see who was interested.”

Rodgers and the Packers actually did have some amicable talks in the days after the the team’s regular-season finale, but as Gutekunst has already noted, they never talked after that because Rodgers wouldn’t pick up his phone. 

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