Packers hopeful Rodgers will play for them this year

Green Bay Packers president Mark Murphy remains hopeful three-time

MVP Aaron Rodgers will play for them this season but says he doesn’t know whether the quarterback will arrive for the start of training camp.

“We’ve been in constant communication,” Murphy said Monday after the NFL’S only publicly owned team held its annual shareholders meeting. “It’s been obviously months. I’m hopeful that we can have it all resolved.”

Murphy’s comments followed an

NFL Network report that Rodgers has indicated to people close to him he does plan to play for the Packers this season. ESPN later reported that Rodgers and the Packers were close to an agreement that would include voiding the 2023 season from his contract.

The Packers hold their first training camp workout Wednesday. Murphy said there’s no scenario under which the Packers would trade Rodgers.

■ Washington: Standout defensive tackle Jonathan Allen signed a $72 million, four-year contract extension with a $30 million signing bonus. Allen’s agency, Team IFA, announced the terms in a Twitter post Monday.

■ Bengals: Defensive end Sam Hubbard signed a $40 million, fouryear contract extension. Hubbard, a Cincinnati native who played at Ohio State, was entering the fourth season of his rookie deal.

■ Discrimination: Former NFL player and coach Eugene Chung is still waiting to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell regarding an anti-asian comment he says a team made about him during a job interview this year.

Chung said on a conference call Monday that he never was told by the league why a requested meeting with Goodell was not arranged or how the NFL’S investigation was conducted.