Aaron Rodgers scheduled to decide today whether to stay with the Green Bay Packers -- and how that affects Houston.
It's a fun time on the NFL calendar, with the league year set to begin next Wednesday, with free agency on the horizon, and the NFL combine now in the books. Soon enough, the NFL Draft and the bounty of picks the Houston Texans will hopefully deploy with be the big talking point. In the midst of all of this, though, we are on the cusp of a possible league-altering decision likely coming Tuesday from the two-time reigning league MVP, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers.
The destinations are believed to be exclusively in the AFC. To little surprise, the Broncos are one of them. Other viable possibilities are, we’re told, the Titans and Steelers. Obviously, a player of Rodgers' stature moving on, despite the repeated playoff failures since winning his first and only Super Bowl in 2010, would result in dramatic ripple effects across the league, effects that would be felt in every market, even Houston.
If he is looking for familiar faces, Denver's new head coach, Nathaniel Hackett, was Rodgers' offensive coordinator in Green Bay the last couple seasons. If he is looking for the clearest path to a division title, Tennessee would be a runaway favorite in the AFC South with Rodgers, while Denver and Pittsburgh might not be favored to win their own divisions with him.