Aaron Rodgers has concluded his darkness retreat

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Aaron Rodgers has concluded his darkness retreat.

Rodgers, whose football future is one of the most-discussed topics of this NFL offseason, said a darkness retreat in complete solitude would help him in his process of deciding whether to return to the Packers, seek a trade elsewhere or retire. That decision-making process seems to be progressing, as Scott Berman, who owns Sky Cave Retreats, told ESPN that Rodgers left the facility.

Although Rodgers had previously said he planned to spend four days and four nights at the facility, he reportedly arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday.

Rodgers spent his retreat in a 300-square-foot room that has no natural light and is designed to be silent. He had a bed, a meditation mat and a bathroom, and food was brought to him.

The 39-year-old Rodgers will make $60 million this season if he remains with the Packers under his current contract. The Jets are reportedly interested in trading for him, and there has been some talk that the Packers are ready to move on from him. Rodgers has also indicated that he might decide to walk away. He has not yet spoken publicly since leaving the retreat.

147 responses to “Aaron Rodgers has concluded his darkness retreat

  1. We’re all such fools. Rodgers just wants the media and fans to keep talking about him. And that’s exactly what we’re all doing.

    He already knows what he’s going to do. He just won’t say so that we keep this up. So annoying

  2. The window of opportunity closed on Green Bay. Aaron’s skills seem to be declining which is natural at that age. Especially, in the 4th quarter. His lack of come from behind victories as of late is shocking. It is as if Rogers is protecting his stats rather than risk an INT late. Well, Eli has two rings (average stats), Aaron has only one.

  3. Hello darkness, my old friend
    I’ve come to talk with you again
    Because a vision softly creeping
    Left its seeds while I was sleeping
    And the vision that was planted in my brain
    Still remains
    Within the sound of silence

  4. Sadly in today’s day and age there are enough wackos out there that would pay to go with him on a retreat like this. Maybe some of this stuff is a trial run for his post retirement plans. Dark Room Ayahuasca with Arod trips!

  5. Good to know. As a Viking fan i’m looking forward to hearing about Jordan Love’s development and chemistry with the offense this off-season. He looked good in limited action last year. Looking forward to facing him twice a year going forwards!

  6. He’s from California. Land of “I will believe in anything if it is endorsed by someone from Hollywood.”

  7. So why didn’t he finish four days? Did the final day remind him of his record in the playoffs?

  8. This cat is a headcase, he should go into a permanent DARK CAVE, I’m so sick of hearing about this WEIRDO!!

  9. I think Johnson gets his QB. Rodgers is the best available QB to get the Jets deep into the playoffs. Should be fun to watch Rodgers in NY.

  10. Just call him Punxsutawney Rodgers. He emerged from darkness and saw his shadow. Six more weeks of winter and a return to Green Bay!

  11. I think we all could use a few days away from all the noise in this world . Hope he found some clarity.

  12. “Although Rodgers had previously said he planned to spend four days and four nights at the facility, he reportedly arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday”

    Same old Quitter

  13. If you need to go into a “sky cave” to decide whether or not to accept 60 million dollars for a year of work… you are one weird puppy.

  14. Probably had to leave early to set an appointment to go on the Pat Mcafee show to complain abut all the media attention given to his darkness retreat.

  15. I don’t get the backlash over a “dark retreat”. A public figure wants to check out and have some privacy and quiet time to make an important life decision. Makes perfect sense to me. I guess he should’ve just gone to the South Pacific and posted beach pics with his girlfriend and no one would’ve said a word?

  16. Rodgers is a media troll. He seeks attention and when there is none he manufactures attention.

  17. The isolation area has no natural light meaning it is lit by artificial light like a reading lamp. I find it hard to believe Rodgers or anyone else with his strange beliefs would pay the kind of money he did for this little adventure only to feel around in the pitch black looking for the commode.now he can just tell us his decision and soon,the Packers have to move on just like him.

  18. The fact that this story is getting any kind of attention is embarrassing. The fact I’m taking time to comment on this is embarrassing. Rodgers is just mucking around with the media and they are actually prinitng this crap. The dude knows what he is doing and is not walking away from 60 million dollars. I don’t think he really cares where he plays he just wants the money at this point. He probably doesn’t like being humiliated on the field with the Packers not making the playoffs so I’m pretty sure he will rectify that next season. Pretty sure he will be in GB as well unless both ownership and himself are ready to move on.

  19. The cleanup crew will need a hazmat suit..

    “Rodgers spent his retreat in a 300-square-foot room that has no natural light and is designed to be silent. He had a bed, a meditation mat and a bathroom, and food was brought to him.”

  20. Why didn’t Aaron stay at the darkness retreat for the full 4 days? He is accustomed to early exits.

  21. “Although Rodgers had previously said he planned to spend four days and four nights at the facility, he reportedly arrived on Monday and left on Wednesday.”
    ———
    Didn’t show up for the whole thing and had an early exit… Why does this sound so familiar?

  22. J – E – T – S JETS! JETS! JETS! JETS!

    Jets fans, did I write it right?

    And where are you guys at with all this? As a Packer fan I’d like to see it. I think he can still play but it’s just time to move on.

    The big thing for me, is: IF… and it’s a big IF… the Packers brass think Love is going to be “the guy,” I’m not willing to sacrifice 15 years of Jordan Love for 3 more years of Aaron Rodgers.

    But man, if a team EVER thought about a “bridge QB,” why not let it be the best thrower of the football ever? Not the best QB, but the best passer (imho).

  23. Aaron’s skills seem to be declining which is natural at that age. Especially, in the 4th quarter.
    ==========

    2022, he had the most game winning drives of his career (4) and tied his mark for 4th Q comebacks (3).. playing through a broken thumb and broken ribs.

    2021 4th Q QB rating – 110.2
    2021 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 135.4

    2020 4th Q QB rating – 108.5
    2020 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 102.9

  24. He could have just taken ayahuasca at Joshua Tree like a normal hippy, but it’s Rodgers, so he had to make it obnoxious by paying to stay in a dark shoe box.

  25. Hard to believe this is even a real thing. 60 million reasons for him to play this year w/ the Pack no way in hell another team is that dumb.Welcome back from the Dark A-rod!!

  26. Multiple days in a room without natural light while food is brought to you? In the tech industry, we call that “crunch time”.

  27. Next year, a darkness retreat, while on ayahuasca, while spinning in a centrifuge; clears the mind wonderfully.

  28. Ya his dark retreat was probably shutting off the phone until the Pack Org made their move. They did yesterday caving again and begging him to stay.
    IMO he had his mind made up before the last game of the year that he would come back, scoop up 58 mil, stay a packer and more than likely decide this is his last season.
    He will have another horrendous year and the pack will have ended up getting nothing in return for him but heartache the last two years.

  29. The choice is not between starting for the Raiders, Jets, or Packers. He will be Jordan Love’s backup if he insists on a return to Green Bay. They have to pay him but they don’t have to play him. Anyone with integrity would leave but we are talking A-A-Ron.

  30. The guy is old, declining, weird, and probably not worth the money. Welcome to the Jets or Raiders, two teams so desperate to win they’ll do anything to make a splash! Think it can’t happen? The Browns were so desperate they gave up 6 picks (3 firsts) for Watson, along with a fully guaranteed 230 million dollar contract (with the full knowledge he would miss most of the 1st season, so they gave him a signing bonus so he would still get paid 45 million for sitting out), all for a player who has a dubious personal history. If a team is willing to do that, the Jets or Raiders can talk themselves into trading for Rodgers.

  31. bufatex says:
    February 23, 2023 at 10:07 am
    He has emerged and seen his shadow…so six more weeks of the airing of grievances!
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Haiku:

    The thumb has gone… UP

    Among the other groundhogs

    You bring Festivus!

  32. Only two days when he said four. Well, at least we know he is committed. So that tells us he’s not going back to the Packers. He hasn’t been committed for years.

  33. Told everyone he was enlightened and going away for 4 days. He could only stand it for 2 days. Says a lot.

  34. I’m legitimately sick and tired of this dude. At this point, please retire. No one cares. You’ll never win another Super Bowl with your holier than thou attitude.

  35. Typical Californian. Danica Patrick taught him all this weird stuff. I’m surprised he dumped her. Those two were a match made in heaven.

  36. He came of of the dark and it remains :

    1 and 4 in NFC Championship game

    1 and 0 in Super Bowl

    Plus a lousy 7 and 4 in playoff games at home..

  37. With my arms outstretched, I looked up towards the ceiling and prayed for some answers. All I heard back was ‘Koo-koo, koo-koo.’

  38. He’s too old and too weird for any sane team to be spending hundreds of millions of dollars plus draft picks on him. And the Browns already have a QB.

  39. Legend. Most of the people commenting in here probably can’t sit quietly in their own homes for ten minutes without looking at a screen.

  40. cpoled says:
    February 23, 2023 at 10:45 am
    Did he see his shadow? So much drama.

    ===========================================================================

    one of the ideas behind darkness retreats, psychedelic exploration, and holistic healing is to get in touch with one’s shadow, so it is likely that he did

  41. >>But did he see his shadow after he emerged?

    He saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of uncertainty for the Packers.

  42. “He’s a very sick man and needs an intervention and clinical care.” That’s why the nut job partakes in his (as he calls it) medicine, ayahuasca. The next trip will be to get a refresher.

  43. Normal translation: “I’m Aaron Rogers, I’m crazy and have lost my mind”
    Green Bay translation: “Trade him, he’s a nutjob”.
    Agent Translation: “Yes, Aaron if you act like this, Green bay will feel they have to trade you”
    Rogers Translation: “See I’m putting my genius plan together, to act crazy, but find a smart way to force a trade, so I can be somewhere else”
    Average NFL fan translation: “give it up dude, we’re tired of your “look at me act”
    Actual Result: “Rogers, acts crazy, but isn’t, just willing to look like a jerk, to get $50 million more in a payday somewhere else”.


    Critical thinking, solved it for you.

  44. “inozwetrust says:
    February 23, 2023 at 9:02 am
    I am so tired of this guy”
    ******************
    It is the media that won’t let go of this. He said where he was going and maybe that was a mistake. But he has not requested or courted this coverage. I am sure he wants this coverage to go away more than you do….

  45. The most intensely unlikable player in the League as the avatar for the Packers is perfectly fitting.

  46. golions1 says:
    February 23, 2023 at 10:45 am
    I wonder if this will help him throw to open receivers with his eyes closed?

    _____________

    I’ve been doing that for years but sadly they had their eyes closed as well.

  47. He’s business partners and part-owner with the primary owners of the Milwaukee Bucks, both of whom are well-connected New York billionaires. Rodgers is dating the daughter of one of them. New York certainly intrigues him, you can bet on it.

  48. Just remember 1 thing folks,.. Rodgers is a native Cali. Most native Cali’s have very different thoughts and ideas on life. It shows politically. God only knows what’s going through Aarons mind right now,… but he better get his sheet together pretty soon. Otherwise the Packers might just do something without his input.

  49. the bottom line, ‘cuz Stone Cold says:
    February 23, 2023 at 9:58 am
    Aaron’s skills seem to be declining which is natural at that age. Especially, in the 4th quarter.
    ==========

    2022, he had the most game winning drives of his career (4) and tied his mark for 4th Q comebacks (3).. playing through a broken thumb and broken ribs.

    2021 4th Q QB rating – 110.2
    2021 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 135.4

    2020 4th Q QB rating – 108.5
    2020 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 102.9
    =====================================================================

    8-9-0

  50. Green Bay needs to trade him as soon as possible. Not only is he growing even more insufferable, but his skills are now in major decline. People tolerated his aloofness, dishonesty and weirdness for years, because from a talent and skills perspective he was the best. I can’t think of a more talented and even skilled QB of his era. However, while he will be in the Hall, he is not one of the all-time greats in my view. It’s because of his attitude. Montana, Brady, Manning, Elway, Marino and even Favre had an insatiable appetite to WIN. Their work ethic paired with their talent, and covered for weaknesses. Not so much with Aaron. He’s been half in/half out for years now. And it shows.

  51. The Green Bay Cheese Cheaters should have shown him the light once he exited Walden Cave. Buh, bye!

  52. This all sounds like a scene out of ” Cool Hand Luke ” ..The Packers sent Rodgers away for ” A Night in the Box “

  53. Reminds me of Packer fans working up the courage to pop their heads out of their novels 4 days after a packer’s loss

  54. I wonder if his former girlfriends realize now how fortunate they were to break up with this weirdo.

  55. americanhandegg says:
    February 23, 2023 at 12:13 pm

    the bottom line, ‘cuz Stone Cold says:
    February 23, 2023 at 9:58 am
    Aaron’s skills seem to be declining which is natural at that age. Especially, in the 4th quarter.
    ==========

    2022, he had the most game winning drives of his career (4) and tied his mark for 4th Q comebacks (3).. playing through a broken thumb and broken ribs.

    2021 4th Q QB rating – 110.2
    2021 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 135.4

    2020 4th Q QB rating – 108.5
    2020 QB rating, trailing under 4:00 – 102.9
    =====================================================================

    8-9-0

    _________________________________
    Yeah nice Cherry picking the stats.
    Why did he HAVE to have so many comebacks?
    Cuz he threw WAY more INTs and STUNK in the other quarters way more than he EVER has other than his rookie year.

  56. He’s not going anywhere. This is all dumb speculation and his contract guarantees his return to Green Bay. And the Aaron Jones resigning only helps cement his return.

  57. What a world. You can pay (probably a lot) to go to solitary confinement. For an extra fee, they turn the lights off.

  58. I don’t think he’ll go to the Jets just because he does not want to endure MORE Favre comparisons. If he leave GB which is looking increasingly likely, I think it’s to go to Vegas and hook back up with Davante and work with Josh because he knows that Josh is used to being told what to do by strong QBs. Plus, who better fits the historical vibe of the Raiders better than this iconoclast?

  59. He just needs to call it a career. He doesn’t give off the vibe that he wants to keep playing football, which is okay. He’s got a Ring, he’s going to thr HOF, and he played his entire career with one of the most storied sports teams ever. Well done. Now he can get on with his life’s work.

  60. LOL. Is this the same guy that threw a tantrum last week when it was reported he was going to isolation? Wasn’t he claiming Rappaport “doesn’t know me”. And now he announced to the world that he’s leaving the isolation he claimed the reporting was wrong about?

    What a self-obsessed clown.

  61. 8-9-0
    ==========

    Lazy.

    The poster I quoted criticized Rodgers 4thQ play.

    Thats not what the facts bear out.

  62. If all he wanted was complete silence and gloomy darkness, he could have just returned to his place in Green Bay.

  63. Some of the people calling Rodgers weird for this, are also the same people that struggle being in dark, and silent room, alone with their thoughts as they try to fall asleep at night.

  64. This guy need help. You’d think his friends, if he even has any, would be doing an intervention at this point.

  65. 3 Days? That’s nothing, rumor has it Kyler Murray has been locked in a room since December playing Call of Duty

  66. If he wants any leverage he better figure it out before Lamar Jackson hits the market. Otherwise he will become a teams fall back plan

  67. AR 12 will return to GB, the packers will regain the NFC north,and make it to the playoffs 2023-2024. After this season he will retire and host Jeopardy.

  68. I dont think for a minute he went in any dam box. I think he closed the drapes and shut the phone off and scoured the net waiting to hear what the packer brass was gonna do. We all know how he hates rejection and the thought of the team not wanting him would drive him nuts.
    Once they came out and said they wanted him to stay he emerges just in time to hear that. B and S.
    I thought all along he knew what his plans were but now I think he was very worried about being traded. He has control in GB. Any place else and he just a player. No way he retires and no way he leaves GB.

  69. Darkness retreat huh?
    In order to see if you want to keep playing a GAME and get payed millions, or host Jeopardy…and get paid millions, or retire, and enjoy your millions. Oh..the stress.

    Meanwhile, NORMAL people deal with REAL stress, like making the mortgage payment, being able to afford FOOD because of the insane prices due to Covid, work, with REAL JOBS for a hell of a lot less than snowflake Rodgers makes – and we DEAL with the REAL stress. Darkness retreat for us NORMAL Joes – maybe we turn off the lights…or we couldn’t afford the electricity bill.

  70. Signing Rodgers would be the most stupid thing the Jets have ever done. Considering how many incredibly stupid things they done, this is no easy accomplishment.

    The chief clown of the biggest sports website, Stephen A, says the Jets MUST get Rodgers. That is a clear sign the Jets MUST NOT sign Rodgers. The only people who want him are the aforementioned, Woody Johnson and most sports media looking for a story they can milk for clicks and page views until next fall.

    The Jets are a quarterback away from being contenders. Rodgers is not that quarterback. He is the guy who will destroy everything they have built since Joe Douglas took over as GM.

    Rodger should go back into the darkness and stay there. He would be doing the Jets and the Packers a great public service if he went away.

  71. 60m salary? GB is nuts putting that package together. There is NO WAY the Packers want to absorb that now, especially after his performance last year. People keep saying that it will take multiple 1st roundes to get him. Pleass, son. I call BS. The teams WANTING him have the leverage (Jets, Raiders). Honestly, though both of those teams would be far better off going with Carr (despite his obvious flaws) and in the Raiders case rolling with Stidham and a rookie. Raiders have a LOT of draft capital and cap space (50m+). Fix that D! I think Stiddy will surprise. And if you draft a rookie QB in rd 1 they will effectively have TWO shots to see if they have a legit QB1 in 2024. And if not, try again in 2024 (with a solid team already in place). Dumping all they have for weirdo that kills locker rooms and who may only play one more year will set this organization back ANOTER 5 years. Don’t do it McZieg!

  72. Aaron aka The Sensi Sensai leaving his darkness retreat 2 days early is so symbolic of his whole faux intellectual counter-culture deep thinker that he tries so hard to sell. After one night he’s like – “I miss my mansion. I’m enlightened but not that enlightened. I’m good. I miss obsessing over and getting irrationally angry at social media and reports centered on my manufactured drama. I wanna get back to that. I am out. Thanks for the stay tree hugger dude.” He is not leaving Green Bay. This is just the next chapter in his self-involved diva drama queen trip. He will take the Packers money and still sulk. Crazy and so ironic how he outdid Favre drama by 10x.

  73. Go get a shave and a haircut, and get back to work you big baby.

    Talk about lack of self awareness – he obviously has no idea how lucky he is to have that job and get paid what he gets paid.

  74. hope he stays the two years he has left on his contract. I really don’t like the pack. He is in decline and he is raping their salary cap if he does stay. Four days in a closet

  75. It’s too bad, we’re all still in the dark. Draft Hendon Hooker, then Rodgers will get mad again, and have another MVP year with the Packers, or Hooker can temporarily be Love’s backup until Love is a free agent within the next 2 years. Hooker will be a star. I’m not so sure about Love.

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