Two weeks ago, Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers signed a massive contract to stay with the team for the next five years.
Via NBC
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has inked a contract extension with the team.
The deal, which the Packers officially announced Wednesday afternoon, will pay Rodgers a reported $103 million in guaranteed money, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter and other reports, and could reach a staggering total of $180 million over the next four years.
The contract would make Rodgers the highest-paid player in the league, averaging nearly $34 million per season.
Unfortunately for the Packers, Rodgers got injured in the first game of the season after he got sacked by Bears DE Roy Robertson. As you can see in the video below, Rodgers stayed on the ground for several minutes before walking off the field with a limp.
Aaron Rodgers appears seriously hurt. But limps off field on his own pic.twitter.com/Egy6wdVtaQ
— Barroom Network – Aldo Gandia (@BarroomNetwork) September 10, 2018
Rodgers was visibly upset as he was carted off the field before halftime.
Packers fans didn’t take the news too well.
Aaron Rodgers had trouble putting weight on his left leg after Bears DE Roy Robertson-Harris sacked him and appeared to fall on his left knee. That's the knee that Rodgers had torn his ACL in high school and had fixed in college. https://t.co/gRRykEMzY4
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 10, 2018
Packers fans when Aaron Rodgers went down pic.twitter.com/9iznQBVIJq
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) September 10, 2018
Aaron Rodgers goes down, limps off the field pic.twitter.com/ZrAoMnWOgs
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) September 10, 2018
Please no. Not Aaron Rodgers. Not like this. pic.twitter.com/lYClDNThDA
— Yahoo Fantasy Sports (@YahooFantasy) September 10, 2018
Aaron Rodgers walks off the field with some assistance after being sacked on 3rd down. pic.twitter.com/iaxP235hjQ
— Sunday Night Football on NBC (@SNFonNBC) September 10, 2018
when Aaron Rodgers is your starting fantasy football QB #SNF #NFL pic.twitter.com/hdGsXxI2wa
— Zac Wassink (@ZacWassink) September 10, 2018
Aaron Rodgers being carted off the field pic.twitter.com/TcisIcSbxf
— Richard Cowley (@RickCowley) September 10, 2018
https://twitter.com/kidmello1524/status/1038962775249313792
Honestly feel sick for Aaron Rodgers right now. Such a great player, it’s a shame the end of his career might be marred by injuries
— Tyler Nettuno (@TylerNettuno) September 10, 2018
Hello darkness my old friend… https://t.co/YNdSbUurxn
— Michelle Bruton (@MichelleBruton) September 10, 2018
Aaron Rodgers Carted off. pic.twitter.com/NSixqbd6bX
— Vincent (@Titletown_Edits) September 10, 2018
Live look-in at Packer fans with the Bears having Khalil Mack, up double digits, and Aaron Rodgers having been carted off: #CHIvsGB pic.twitter.com/DhhLgFsbv8
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) September 10, 2018