What’s next for Rodgers?
NFL superstar disappears into total darkness
2/8/2023 11:04 am
Carry on, look for a new club or quit? Aaron Rodgers has these three options when it comes to his NFL career. The 39-year-old announces that he wants to think about it very carefully. Therefore, he withdraws into complete darkness for several days.
Aaron Rodgers hopes the darkness and solitude will help him make the best possible decision about his future. The NFL superstar wants to isolate himself completely for four days to see if and how his career with the Green Bay Packers will continue. His contract there runs until 2027, but after missing the playoffs the 39-year-old indicated that he was considering an early departure from the big football stage.
In order to gain clarity about this, he withdraws to his home for four days, during which he wants to think in complete darkness and have no contact with the outside world. “It’s a pretty cool way,” Rodgers says on The Pat McAfee Show, “to do a little self-reflection.” After that, “I feel a lot closer to making a final decision,” the quarterback continued. He has three options: continue with the Packers, switch clubs or retire. The “darkness retreat” is designed to help you make a choice over four days and four nights.
The US sports broadcaster ESPN also quotes Rodgers as saying that the end of a career is “a real alternative”, “100 percent” an option: “That’s why it will be so important to live through this week,” said the super Bowl champion of 2010, who has since worked in vain on his second title win and is one of the best ball distributors in NFL history. Alongside the recently retired Tom Brady, he is the only quarterback to have thrown at least 40 touchdown passes in three seasons.
It’s about “just sitting in isolation, meditating and dealing with your thoughts,” Rodgers said. The process can also trigger hallucinations. Basically, it’s about “sitting in silence, which most of us never do. We rarely turn off our phones or lower the blinds to sleep in the dark.”