The biggest storyline of the NFL offseason has been whether or not reigning NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers will return to the Green Bay Packers. Could he go to the Broncos? Or demand a trade somewhere else? Or what if he holds out and hosts Jeopardy instead?
No one really knows how this story will play out. But yesterday sportsbooks brace for another possible outcome: Retirement.
Rumors are swirling that Rodgers could walk away from the game and announce his retirement sometime early next week before training camp begins. Right on cue, several sportsbooks pulled all of their Packers-related futures off the board, including win totals, playoff odds and divisional odds.
While most shops took the Packers' win total down, Circa kept their numbers up, although they did adjust the Green Bay win total down from 11 to 8.5. Circa also has an updated alternate win total of Packers 9.5 with the under juiced heavily to -195.
"It's all speculation on Rodgers," Derek Stevens of Circa told "We want the guys with the great information to hit us first and then we'll try to get a read on it."
The biggest beneficiary of the Rodgers news is the Vikings. Circa moved the Vikings to a + 125 favorite to win the NFC North, followed by the Packers + 195, Bears + 335 and Lions + 1515.
If Rodgers does retire, second-year QB and former first round pick Jordan Love is set to take over.
No one really knows how this story will play out. But yesterday sportsbooks brace for another possible outcome: Retirement.
Rumors are swirling that Rodgers could walk away from the game and announce his retirement sometime early next week before training camp begins. Right on cue, several sportsbooks pulled all of their Packers-related futures off the board, including win totals, playoff odds and divisional odds.
While most shops took the Packers' win total down, Circa kept their numbers up, although they did adjust the Green Bay win total down from 11 to 8.5. Circa also has an updated alternate win total of Packers 9.5 with the under juiced heavily to -195.
"It's all speculation on Rodgers," Derek Stevens of Circa told "We want the guys with the great information to hit us first and then we'll try to get a read on it."
The biggest beneficiary of the Rodgers news is the Vikings. Circa moved the Vikings to a + 125 favorite to win the NFC North, followed by the Packers + 195, Bears + 335 and Lions + 1515.
If Rodgers does retire, second-year QB and former first round pick Jordan Love is set to take over.
What I repeated many times on this forum a few months ago was that was zero chance he played for anyone besides GB this year .
You just can’t move pieces like that after the draft and FA in the NFL
Next year is a different story
You just can’t move pieces like that after the draft and FA in the NFL
Next year is a different story
Report: Aaron Rodgers May Want 2-Year $90 Million Guaranteed Deal
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/rodgers-from-mike-florio
https://www.si.com/college/cal/news/rodgers-from-mike-florio
