Early during the 2021 offseason, Aaron Rodgers' longtime agent David Dunn called Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy and requested he fire Brian Gutekunst or trade Aaron Rodgers. Murphy did neither, but news broke close to the draft that Rodgers wanted a trade but the Packers kept him.

“I was under contract, for one, so definitely wasn’t gonna hold out and let them fine me,” Rodgers said. “There were a lot of things that I was hoping were gonna change, and they made some promises about things they were gonna try and do better. But I just felt like coming back, have a good season, move forward and just not focus on some of those things that I really felt strongly about but that may or may not actually ever get done.”

Rodgers went on to win his second straight MVP award and the Packers had the No. 1 seed in the NFC, but they lost to the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round.

In March 2022, Rodgers signed a three-year, $150 million extension to keep him in Green Bay.