His confirmation came after Pat McAfeethe host of The Pat McAfee Show, a show on which Rogers makes regular guest appearances, said he would stay with the team.
McAfee said that Rodgers told him, “Why don’t you let people know that I’m officially back with the Green Bay Packers.”
The quarterback stated, “YES, I will be playing with @packers next year, however reports that I signed a contract are inaccurate, as are the supposed terms of the contract I ‘signed’. I’m very excited to be back #18.”
NFL Network and NFL.com reporter Jan Rapoport reported by Rogers and team agreed to a four-year, $200 million extension.”
McAfee also challenged the terms Rapoport cited.
CNN has reached out to the Packers for comment.
In February, the 38-year-old was named the league’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the second year in a row and the fourth time in his 17-year career.
Speculation that Rogers might retire intensified after he won the MVP award, stating, “It’s been an amazing 17 years. So grateful for the memories and moments over the years.”
In recent months, Rodgers’ off-field activities have brought him into the news. He and Shailene Woodley called off their engagement in February, a year after Woodley announced their engagement to the public during an interview with Jimmy Fallon. Rogers also made headlines for his thoughts on Covid-19 vaccinations. After admitting that he tested positive in November, Rodgers missed the Week 9 game against the Kansas City Chiefs, which the Packers lost 13–7.
During an interview on The Pat McAfee Show that same month, Rogers confirmed that he had not been vaccinated against Covid-19 and was disappointed with the way he was treated in the media.
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Rodgers said there was a “witch hunt” by the media to find out which players were vaccinated, and blamed it on reporters who said he had been “vaccinated” back in August.
Rogers said that if any reporter had asked an additional question, he would have explained that he was “not anti-vaccine and flat-earthers” but “a critical thinker”.
He said he didn’t get vaccinated because he was allergic to an ingredient in the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, and he was afraid of possible side effects of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
According to him, the decision to seek alternative treatments was “what was best for my body.”
In November, the NFL fined the Packers, Rodgers and wide receiver Allen Lazard after a review found the team and two of its players were not following the league’s Covid-19 protocols.
The league determined that Rogers and Lazard attended a Halloween party despite not being vaccinated, in violation of protocols that prevent unvaccinated players from congregating outside team facilities in a group of more than three players.
The NFL said that while the team did not sanction the party, it knew about the party after the fact and was fined for failing to report wrongdoing to the NFL and failing to punish Rodgers and Lazard.
Rogers played his entire NFL career for the Packers, who selected him 24th overall.
He won one Super Bowl – XLV in 2011 – with the Packers, where he was named the game’s MVP. According to the team’s website, only one player has won more season MVPs in his career – Peyton Manning with five. seeded in the NFC with a 13-4 record. The team will lose in the divisional round to the NFC San Francisco 49ers.
Kevin Dotson of CNN contributed to this report.