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@VideoMattPresents Source: QB Aaron Rodgers returning to play for Green Bay Packers
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33453495/qb-aaron-rodgers-returning-play-green-bay-packers
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The beautiful mystery tour will continue. Aaron Rodgers is not done with the Green Bay Packers just yet, and now there really is a chance the four-time NFL MVP will finish his career in the same place it started.

Rodgers has decided he will return to the Packers for the 2022 season, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

The sides are working on a new contract that would lower his salary-cap figure for the 2022 season while giving Rodgers, 38, contractual clarity well into his 40s.

Pat McAfee and NFL Network were first to report news of Rodgers' return to Green Bay.

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Aaron Rodgers won his fourth MVP after last season, joining Peyton Manning as the only four-time winners of the award since The Associated Press began handing out the honor in 1957.

"I feel like I'm at the place relationally with the Packers -- in a really good place, especially with Brian and the way our friendship and trust has grown," Rodgers said Jan. 25 on "The Pat McAfee Show." "Brian and I have had good conversations throughout the year, and when it comes time to make a decision, we'll have a conversation and that'll be that. It won't be a long, drawn-out process. "

It means Jordan Love, who is entering his third NFL season, will have to wait at least another year before he gets a crack at the starting job. Rodgers sat for three seasons behind Brett Favre before he took over.

It was Gutekunst's decision to draft Love in 2020 that put Rodgers' future with the team into question. Shortly after the Love pick, Rodgers reiterated his desire to not only play into his 40s but to do it with the Packers. However, he said he realized that "may not be a reality at this point" and added, "I'm just not sure how that all works together at this point."