Packers official says team has met with Rodgers

Green Bay Packers CEO Mark Murphy says he is “very much aware” of quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ concerns with the organization and acknowledges team officials have flown out to meet the reigning MVP on multiple occasions.

Murphy added that the Packers want to keep Rodgers in Green Bay in 2021 and beyond. He discussed the Rodgers situation in a column posted on the Packers’ website.

“This is an issue that we have been working on for several months,” Murphy wrote.

Murphy said that he, general manager Brian

Gutekunst and coach Matt LaFleur “have flown out on a number of occasions to meet with Aaron.”

ESPN reported April 29 that Rodgers has indicated he doesn’t want to return to the Packers. The ESPN report had said Murphy, Gutekunst and LaFleur had flown out separately to meet Rodgers during the offseason.

SEC LEADS WAY IN DRAFT >>

As the NFL celebrated the conclusion of an in-person draft on the shores of Lake Erie that went swimmingly one year after a virtual event caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, several facts emerged.

For sure, the Southeastern

Conference is the place to be for college football players. From 12 out of the SEC in the first round — six from national champion Alabama — to a total of 65 through the seven rounds that finished Saturday in Cleveland, the SEC dominated the selections the way it tends to dominate the college game.

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MONSTERS LOSE >> The Monsters’ three-game swing in Texas has started with two losses. After dropping a shootout decision on April 29, Cleveland fell to the Stars, 5-2, on May 1. The Monsters get one more chance at the Stars this weekend, with a 6 p.m. faceoff May 2 in Texas.

Golf BRADLEY, BURNS SHARE LEAD >>

Keegan Bradley hit one of his worst shots of the round and it led to eagle. Sam Burns hit a pair of tee shots right where he wanted and they cost him bogeys.

They finished where they started May 1 in the Valspar Championship, tied for the lead, and now they have company from Max Homa.

Both put a positive spin on a sloppy finish at Innisbrook.

Burns had a three-shot lead with five holes remaining, and he had to make an 8-foot bogey putt on the 18th hole for a 2-under 69 just to have a chance at sharing the lead.