If not for meditating, Aaron Rodgers may be retired.
The future Hall of Famer said he “spent a couple days in silence and meditation” before deciding to attend training camp with the Packers and continue his career with the only franchise he’s ever known.
“I mean, I felt going into the weekend before camp that I was 50/50,” Rodgers said on Wednesday’s episode of the “Dan Le Batard & Friends” podcast. “I don’t care if people don’t believe that. That’s true. There were some things that got me to 50/50 for sure, and you know I spent a couple of days in silence and meditation and contemplation and really felt like that I should come back. There’s a lot of opportunities for growth and exciting things in Green Bay and that felt like the right thing to do.”
For a while, it seemed the reigning MVP would not return to Green Bay for a 17th season.
News broke on draft day in April that the 37-year-old wanted out, and his uncertain future hung over the team all offseason.
But Rodgers, who has advocated for meditation in the past, reported to camp and ended any speculation that he would not return.
While the meditation may have provided Rodgers clarity, the Packers conceding to his demands likely helped.
Green Bay reworked Rodgers’ $134 million contract to make him eligible for free agency a year earlier, in 2022, while reacquiring his former favorite target Randall Cobb.