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GREEN BAY, Wis. On Nov. 1, ****** , Aaron Rodgers hopes of winning a second Super Bowl ring might have ended forever.Maybe Rodgers will come back to Green Bay for another season. Maybe hell be traded to continue his championship chase elsewhere. Or, maybe, this is it. If thats the case, if Rodgers is in the midst of the final year of his legendary career, his pursuit of that long-coveted second NFL title might have ended with a whimper on a Tuesday.The Green Bay Packers didnt make a move at the trade deadline. They didnt make a trade when they had powerhouses, and they didnt make one this year even with a roster that was begging for help.I understand general manager Brian Gutekunsts perspective. He thought he had built another championship-worthy powerhouse, this one with an elite defense good enough to offset his trade of Davante Adams. At some point, with Matt LaFleur directing the ship, Rodgers at the wheel and three receivers added via the draft, the offense would take flight. None of that happened. The defense has been a huge disappointment and the offense might not be any better than it was when it got trounced in Week 1. Why throw good money after bad? Ameer Abdullah Jersey Would Chase Claypool have been the defibrillator needed to get the offense going? Or was the green-and-gold patient too far gone, and the price tag of a Chazz Surratt Jersey second-round pick (and something else) too valuable for the inevitable rebuild thats to come?Honestly, probably the latter.That being said, its Aaron Frickin Rodgers. No, he has not played to his standard this year. No, at age 38, maybe hes not good enough to strap the team to his right arm and take it on one of those legendary runs. But Allen Lazard, Claypool and, say, Romeo Doubs would have been a darned good starting point to the pa sing game. A competent pa sing attack and a really good running attack can be a winning formula in the playoffs.Guys like Rodgers are once-in-a-generation players. That the Packers went from Brett Favre to Rodgers is impo sibly improbable. Would that second-round pick that would have gone to Pittsburgh in the Claypool trade be useful in navigating the post-Rodgers path? Of course. But if you dont have a quarterback, who cares? If the Packers thought Jordan Love was the next big thing, they wouldnt have moved heaven and earth to bring Rodgers back in the first place. Had Gutekunst wanted to trade Rodgers this past offseason, he could have received at least a couple first-round picks in exchange and gotten his hand-picked quarterback into the lineup. Instead, it was Rodgers or bust.But for only eight games.When Rodgers talks at his locker following Wednesdays practice, hell probably say all the right things. Hell state his belief in the receivers, of the ability for the defense to turn things around, of his ability to unleash holy hell on opponents. Hell probably also know, in his heart of hearts, that its going to be really hard to get this team into the playoffs, let alone to the Super Bowl. Hell give it all hes got. It probably wont be enough. Imagine being Rodgers on Tuesday and following the news. At the trade deadline the last three years, the Packers were ****** in ****** , ****** in ****** and ****** in ****** . This year, theyve lost four in a row. Gutekunst stayed on the sideline each time. Meanwhile, on Tuesday:- The Minnesota Vikings, after back-to-back losing seasons in which they finished a combined ****** games behind the Packers in the NFC North, swung a trade with Kris Boyd Jersey the Detroit Lions for standout tight end T.J. Hockenson.- The Chicago Bears, who are in the beginning stages of their rebuild and havent finished ahead of the Packers in the division since Chester Arthur was president, gave up the second-round pick to get Claypool.Scroll to Continue- The Buffalo Bills, already the Super Bowl favorites, acquired do-it-all running back Nyheim Hines from the Indianapolis Colts. - The Miami Dolphins, who are ****** after mi sing the playoffs the past five seasons, made the blockbuster deal of the day by acquiring Denver Broncos pa s rusher Bradley Chubb.- On deadline eve, the Baltimore Ravens acquired star linebacker Roquan Smith from the Bears. - A handful of days before the deadline, the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles added to their elite defensive line by landing Robert Quinn, who had 18.5 sacks last year for Chicago.All those trades. All those teams trying to get better. All those teams going for it.And the Packers? Nothing. As usual. They havent been buyers since ****** , when they sent a conditional draft pick to Jacksonville for safety Anthony Smith a couple days before the deadline. He played in four games.Ultimately, there will be a lot of reasons why Rodgers remarkable run in Green Bay might end with one Super Bowl championship. The special-teams debacle last year against the 49ers. David Bakhtiaris ACL and an empty Lambeau Field in ****** against the Bucs. Horrendous defensive performances, such as the against the 49ers in ****** . All-time Janarius Robinson Jersey meltdowns, such as against the Seahawks in ****** . Some un-clutch play by the quarterback, too. Its all part of the stew.So, too, are the lack of bold moves. For too long, the Packers tried to live with one foot planted in the current season and another foot in the future. Trade up to draft a quarterback in James Lynch Jersey the first round, even with Rodgers having led the team to the NFC title game? Sure. Give up a future draft pick to get that one mi sing piece at the deadline in ****** , ****** or ****** ? Nah. Give up a future pick to breathe life into the current team? No thanks.Then-Packers GM Ron Wolf signed Andre Rison and won the Super Bowl in ****** . The Rams signed Odell Beckham and won the Super Bowl in ****** . Sometimes, youve got to go for it. Who cares about next year when a Super Bowl ring lasts forever?Gutekunst didnt go for it on Tuesday. Ultimately, in this case, it was probably the right decision. But it was a decision emblematic of the franchises way of doing busine s. Theyve been really good at being really good. Theyve been terrible at being great. And now, if this really is going to be the final nine games in Green Bay for Rodgers, who knows when theyll get another shot at greatne s.More Green Bay Packers News