Aaron Rodgers has hinted that he'll make a decision on whether he'll return to the Green Bay Packers by the NFL's franchise tag deadline.

Rodgers originally said he would likely have a decision by the time free agency begins on March 16.

There have been rumors that Rodgers and Davante Adams are a package deal, either to return to the Packers or to go elsewhere. If the Packers are going to use the tag on Adams, they can do so as early as February 22, but no later than March 8. 

"I'd like to be respectful of the organization," Rodgers said on "The Pat McAfee Show." "One decision that will be upcoming will be obviously Davante and his future with the team. There still is this thing called a franchise tag, which I don't think '17' wants the franchise.

"I think that should be enough time to make a decision by then. I don't want to put myself on a specific date, but I do want to be sensitive to Davante and many other guys who have decisions to make on their own futures. To drag it out past free agency would be disrespectful to the organization and to those guys, and that 100 percent will not happen."