Rams made a run at Aaron Rodgers earlier than Matthew Stafford commerce per report

A-Rod a Ram? Possibly in an alternate actuality.

The Rams rocked the NFL world on Saturday evening, paying a hefty worth to accumulate quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Lions: two first-round draft picks, a third-rounder and quarterback Jared Goff. However the name for Stafford wasn’t the one time common supervisor Les Snead picked up the cellphone; he additionally gave the parents in Inexperienced Bay a dial to inquire about one Aaron Rodgers.

In a spot on the NFL Community, Los Angeles Instances NFL author Sam Farmer stated the Rams “made a run” at Rodgers however that in the end it got here all the way down to Inexperienced Bay not desirous to deal him.

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“They (the Rams) wished to improve from Jared Goff, they felt like there have been a sure variety of quarterbacks that would do this,” Farmer stated. “I feel Deshaun Watson was out of their worth vary. They made a run at Aaron Rodgers, however the Packers have been adamant that they weren’t buying and selling him.”

It is essential to notice that the Packers had no need to maneuver Rodgers, which must be welcome sounds for Inexperienced Bay followers in every single place, given the tumult over the previous week surrounding Rodgers and his future in inexperienced and gold.

Whereas Rodgers has stated — in considerably lower than unsure phrases — that he needs to be a Packer in 2021, that hasn’t stopped groups from calling and asking questions on his availability. Rodgers cryptically stated following the NFC championship sport that his future in Inexperienced Bay was “unsure” after which bolstered that concept later within the week on the “Pat McAfee Present,” saying that “there’s not many absolutes in this business,” no matter which means. 

Inexperienced Bay and Rodgers appear to be in it together for one more season in 2021, so a California homecoming wasn’t within the playing cards for Rodgers — not but, a minimum of, and undoubtedly to not the Rams.