Report: Aaron Rodgers Was Aware of Packers' Plan to Trade Davante Adams

Is the former Cal quarterback annoyed with decision to send the All-Pro receiver elsewhere, or is he OK with it?

The news that the Packers are trading All-Pro wide receiver Davante Adams to the Raiders has everyone focusing on the twitter and Instagram accounts of former Cal star Aaron Rodgers.

In fact the public seems more interested in Rodgers' reaction to the trade than the principal in the transaction, which is Adams.

Rob Denovsky of ESPN reported that Rodgers was aware of the events leading to the Adams trade, and it was mainly a matter of Adams wanting to play elsewhere.

Per a source, the Packers we’re willing to pay Adams equally to what the Raiders are with this new deal but Adams preferred to play elsewhere. 

Aaron Rodgers was aware of the developments with Adams as they unfolded in recent days.

— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) March 17, 2022

Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reported similar news

While Aaron Rodgers was negotating his contract, he knew Davante Adams would never play for the #Packers again. The situation was too far gone. Something had to give. And when Adams informed GB he wasn’t playing on the tag, talks got fired up. Now, Adams will be on the #Raiders. https://t.co/YTAxHov0Rj

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) March 17, 2022

But if Rodger was aware of the developments, it just adds to the confusion.

The reason for the interest in Rodgers' reaction is because he had said in the days and weeks after the 2021 season that his decision on whether to stay with the Packers would depend to a large extent on whether the Packers could keep Adams, who was to become a free agent this offseason.  

During the season, Rodgers called Adams the best player he has ever had as a teammate.

So when Rodgers, the reigning NFL MVP, agreed to a lucrative contract extension with the Packers, which he later signed, it was assumed he had been given some assurance that Adams would be with the Packers in 2022.  

For those wondering, yes Aaron Rodgers has signed his contract

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) March 17, 2022

The big question was whether Rodgers was informed of the Packers' decision to trade Adams. It was Rodgers' annoyance that he was not included in discussions about the Packers' moves that led to his dissatisfaction and request to be traded last offseason.  And if he was included in the discussions to trade Adams -- which reportedly he was -- did he OK the decision or simply told what was going to happen?

In any case, Rodger and the Packers are now without the elite receiver teams usually need to compete for a Super Bowl.

So far -- as of 1 a.m. Friday morning Green Bay time -- Rodgers has said nothing through any means of communication about his reaction.  But social media has said plenty, as we see below:

ESPN's Bill Barnwell:

I would pay $1,000 to see what Aaron Rodgers’s reaction was to this tweet https://t.co/wzBnZky1kl

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) March 17, 2022

Boston Connor of the Pat McAfee Show

Packers to Aaron Rodgers: pic.twitter.com/wANnsEkPWm

— Football (@BostonConnr) March 17, 2022

Matt Miller of NFLDraftScout

I need an Aaron Rodgers reaction right now. pic.twitter.com/MEi3I8HdvI

— Matt Miller (@nfldraftscout) March 17, 2022

Aaron Rodgers tonight. pic.twitter.com/vjBkrTPGlU

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 17, 2022

Aaron Rodgers right now https://t.co/cDOHj7ZTdd

— Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz (@LeBatardShow) March 17, 2022

This twitter reaction by veteran Packers tight end Marcedes Lewis represented the feeling of several Packers players:

pic.twitter.com/QhCp4tURJ6

— Marcedes Lewis (@MarcedesLewis89) March 18, 2022

Cover photo by Jeff Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports

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