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Original Title: Aaron Rodgers on his $35 million pay cut: "A win-win-win for everybody. A win for me — I get paid a ton of money. A win for the team — we get a low cap number and deferred some cash. A win for other guys that we can bring in and sign. I have no complaints. I’m not missing it at all.”
“This is going to be a few-years partnership,” Rodgers said Tuesday, explaining his rationale for taking a historic $35 million pay cut in a newly restructured contract.
He wants the team to remain competitive in the future because he doesn’t expect to be a one-and-done player for the Jets.
“I want to play a few more years, and it’ll be five after that,” said the four-time NFL MVP, alluding to the mandatory waiting period for eligibility. “Who knows what’s going to happen in eight or nine years? That’s a long way off.” Rodgers also said, “I’m taking it one year at a time. Yeah, I’d love to play as long as I can, as long as it’s fun, as long as my body feels good, as long as they want me.”