Aaron Rodgers enters offseason of speculation about Packers' future after playoff dud - Green Bay Packers Blog- ESPN

GREEN BAY, Wis. – It’s speculation season now that the Green Bay Packers’ actual season ended with a thud.

As usual, Aaron Rodgers is in the middle of it all.

In what could be considered his greatest playoff failure, the likely season MVP failed to lead the Packers to a single postseason victory even though their regular-season work put them in Position A as the top seed.

Of course, Rodgers didn’t get any help from the Packers’ special teams, which on back-to-back plays had a 39-yard field goal blocked to end the first half and allowed a 45-yard kickoff return to start the second half.

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And that wasn’t even the worst of it. That happened in the fourth quarter, when 49ers defensive lineman Jordan Lewis blocked Corey Bojorquez’s punt and safety Talanoa Hufanga returned it 6 yards for a game-tying touchdown with 4:41 remaining.

As if that weren’t enough, the Packers had only 10 players on the field for Robbie Gould's 45-yard game-winning field goal as time expired.

Saturday night’s 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC divisional round accelerated the questions about Rodgers’ future. It’s also possible it influenced it.

Does another season without a Super Bowl make Rodgers any more or less likely to return to the Packers next season?

This time they didn’t get within a sniff of the Super Bowl. After losing back-to-back NFC Championship Games, the Packers didn’t even get there this time.

Those worried Rodgers might feel like another Super Bowl is never going to happen for him in Green Bay shouldn’t rest easy until Rodgers declares his intentions for the 2022 season.

At least