A $22 million bargain? Three years later, Aaron Rodgers’ deal has stood test of time

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GREEN BAY, Wis. — Three years ago, Aaron Rodgers stood in the middle of an empty Green Bay Packers locker room, having just signed the most lucrative contract extension in NFL history. He spoke of how humbling it was, how much the security meant to him, how nice it was that negotiations never got ugly.

But it was the way Rodgers described the five-year, $110 million deal that, at the time, might have sounded like just a trite, nice thing to say — but proved to be exactly right.

“I think the deal is one that we’re both happy with,” Rodgers said that day. “This was different in the fact that there were two years left on my deal. They had to want to make this happen. Didn’t matter where we were at [with our contract demands] or what ideas we had, it had to be the Packers being on board with this. And for that I thank them. It’s exciting to know I have the opportunity to finish my career and be a Packer for life.”

Three years ago today, #Packers QB Aaron Rodgers signed his $110M extension. #Timehop pic.twitter.com/grUoi2nq2C

— Jason Wilde (@jasonjwilde) April 26, 2016

Since then, …

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