GREEN BAY, Wis. — The beautiful mystery tour will continue. Aaron Rodgers is not done with the Green Bay Packers just yet, and now there really is a chance the four-time NFL MVP finish his career in the same place it started.
Rodgers has decided he will return to the Packers for the 2022 season, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The sides are working on a new contract that would lower his salary-cap figure for the 2022 season while giving Rodgers, 38, contractual clarity well into his 40s.
The news of Rodgers’ return was first reported by NFL Network.
Rodgers promised to avoid a lengthy decision-making process, and now general manager Brian Gutekunst — once part of Rodgers’ dissatisfaction with the organization — can put together his plan to field another Super Bowl contender.
“I feel like I’m at the place relationally with the Packers — in a really good place, especially with Brian…