{"id":118087,"date":"2021-07-18T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=118087"},"modified":"2021-07-18T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T15:04:09","slug":"nfl-rumors-aaron-rodgers-taysom-hill-jameis-winston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/07\/18\/nfl-rumors-aaron-rodgers-taysom-hill-jameis-winston\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers Return, Taysom Hill vs Jameis Winston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Rodgers has been arguably the biggest topic of the NFL offseason, but the latest rumors suggest the reigning MVP will be back with the Green Bay Packers. In other news, there are conflicting reports on which one of Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston is favored to win the New Orleans Saints starting quarterback job.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;6937&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>NFL Rumors: Aaron Rodgers, Taysom Hill, Jameis Winston<\/h2>\n<p>Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers organization are in the midst of a massive staring contest, but one side will have to blink eventually. According to tight end and current teammate Marcedes Lewis, Rodgers will be the first to give in. When asked by TMZ if Rodgers will return to Green Bay, the longtime NFL veteran said that he \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2021\/07\/17\/marcedes-lewis-aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-training-camp\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">think[s] so<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While this is anything but a guaranteed report, it should be good news for Green Bay Packers fans everywhere. Even though Rodgers would rather play football somewhere else, most believe that his threat to retire is just words. With Green Bay unwilling to trade their talented quarterback, it looks like Rodgers will have to decide between sitting out the season or returning to his current organization.<\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, Green Bay is still the betting favorite to retain Rodgers\u2019 services. According to DraftKings, Rodgers currently has -400 odds of starting the season with Green Bay. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_self\">Denver Broncos<\/a> are in second place with +400 odds, followed closely by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/raiders\" target=\"_self\">Raiders<\/a> (+700) and New Orleans Saints (+1200). Gambling sites don\u2019t like to lose money, and DraftKings would lose a lot of Rodgers suits up somewhere else.<\/p>\n<h4>Jameis Winston, Taysom Hill Quarterback Battle<\/h4>\n<p>Taking over for Drew Brees is no easy feat, but somebody has to do it. The only question is: who will that somebody be? Taysom Hill and Jameis Winston are battling it out for the starting job, and nobody knows exactly who will be under center come Week 1. EPSN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.profootballrumors.com\/2021\/07\/saints-notes-winston-sherman-baun\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Triplett believes<\/a> that Jameis Winston has the best odds at the starting job, but Ben Volin of the Boston Globe believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/07\/17\/sports\/inside-scoop-nfls-quarterback-competitions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">job is Hill\u2019s to lose<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Volin\u2019s sources, head coach Sean Payton wants to see if Hill\u2019s dual-threat ability can translate to a successful offense over a full season. If it doesn\u2019t, Payton will turn to Winston and his conventional style of play for the remainder of the season. For what it\u2019s worth, Volin also notes that Payton turned to Hill in 2020 when Brees missed time to injury. Hill played as well as could be expected, going 3-1 while making plays both on the ground and through the air.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taysom Hill with the deep ball TD to Emmanuel Sanders! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Saints?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Saints<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NOvsPHI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NOvsPHI<\/a> on FOX<br \/>\ud83d\udcf1: NFL app \/\/ Yahoo Sports app: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3alYfT3slD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3alYfT3slD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BlvIiUeD4o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BlvIiUeD4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL (@NFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL\/status\/1338267041367650305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Chances are, Sean Payton doesn\u2019t even know who will start in Week 1. Both quarterbacks have plenty of pros and cons, and only time will tell which one ends up being the answer under center. DraftKings gives Winston -275 odds of starting the season for the Saints, which lines up <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/02\/24\/cameron-jordan-sean-payton-jameis-winston-replace-drew-brees\/\" target=\"_self\">with what Cameron Jordan said a few months back<\/a>. No matter who starts, there\u2019s a good chance that both players see the field throughout the season.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"22wbV0-RTOtf1IZxjfYAUg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1298238120\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'22wbV0-RTOtf1IZxjfYAUg',sig:'q0FbFG5yD2Y4K7A1f044gsWDuzoypW-zTSMEvBYUga8=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1298238120',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the latest NFL rumors, Aaron Rodgers will be back with the Green Bay Packers while Jameis Winston and Taysom Hill battle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":116816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,28],"tags":[275,44,116,7627,7659,2399],"class_list":["post-118087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packers","category-saints","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jameis-winston","tag-new-orleans-saints-rumors","tag-saints-featured","tag-taysom-hill"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}