Aaron Rodgers can escape almost any situation on the field and he wiggled into one and out of one this offseason.While the match between one of the NFL's baddest men and one of the league's most storied franchises has been one made in heaven, the schism between the franchise and the player has seemingly sent the relationship to hell entering the 2021 season.While multiple reports originally pegged Rodgers for retirement, the two sides got together and are giving it a last chance or a last dance in Green Bay this year, hoping to repair the relationship that has gone terribly wrong.Rodgers' career with the Packers is certainly storied three-time MVP, Super Bowl champ but what happened off the field may have been just as intriguing as what happened on it.With Rodgers suiting up with Green Bay, here's a total recap of what went wrong, before eventually getting right again, in the 2021 season:NFL POWER RANKINGS: April 23, 2005:It's NFL Draft night at the Mitchell Robinson Jersey Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The story of the night is who is going to go No. 1 overall: Will it be Utah's Alex Smith or Cal product Aaron Rodgers?The 49ers select Smith No. 1 out of Utah, and after an hours-long wait and a precipitous slide, Rodgers goes No. 24 overall to the Packers. While Green Bay is still throwing Brett Favre out there, Rodgers is the future of the franchise. Though, draft nightwon't be the last time or the longest timehe has to waitto hear his name called again.Jan. 20, 2008:In the NFC championship game, the Packers fall to the Giants in overtime, 23-20. It's a bittersweet end for boththe Packers and for Favre, who has thrown his last pa s in a Packers uniform.Sept. 8, 2008:After three years of waiting, Rodgers gets his first start vs. the Vikings, a 24-19 win over the NFC North division rival.Feb. 6, 2011:An up-and-down season leads to a somewhat miraculous run to Super Bowl 45, which Rodgers and the Packers win over the Steelers, 31-25. It's the first, and to this point, only Super Bowl win for Rodgers.Dec. 2, 2018:Fast forward seven years: Dick Barnett Jersey Diminishing playoff returns, a Brandon Bostick botched onside kick and two years without postseason play, the Packers after a Week 13 lo s to the Cardinals.McCarthy, who has been Green Bay's bo s since 2006, has largely been credited with the development of Rodgers.Dec. 3, 2018:Rodgers, speaking on McCarthy's firing, keeps it short: "We accomplished a lot of things together. I have a lot of great memories to talk about down the line." Rodgers doesn't exactly sound upset with the move. Jan. 7, 2019:After a pretty quick head coaching search, the Packers settle on Titans offensive coordinator Matt LaFleur. LaFleur, a disciple of Mike Shanahanand his son Kyle, gets credit for building a solid offense with Tenne see.Some believe his offensewas held back by Marcus Mariota's limited arm talent, and Rodgers' limitle s arm talent should provide unlimited succe s for Green Bay.April 4, 2019:As it turns out, the "Frozen Tundra" of Lambeau Field was very, very icy over the last few years: details of the firing of McCarthy and the rift with Rodgers surface, with neither party painted in an entirely glamorous light.Rodgers is described as a control freak over the Packers' offense, while McCarthy is portrayed as disinterested and, generally, over it with Green Bay.April 8, 2019:Interestingly enough, in the wake of the B/R article, saying that McCarthy deserves respect and praise, and that the story doesn't New York Knicks Hats hold much water.Packers QB Aaron Rodgers to on the recent Bleacher Report piece: "The thing is... it's not a mystery, this was a smear attack by a writer trying to advance his career talking with mostly irrelevant, bitters players who all have an agenda." Field Yates (@FieldYates) April 25, 2019:Even in a wide receiver-shallow draft, the Packers opt not to give Aaron Rodgers another wideout target in the first round, selecting safety Darnell Savage instead. Marquise "Hollywood" Brown and N'Keal Harry go in the first after Green Willis Reed Jersey Bay's selection, with Deebo Samuel, A.J. Brown, DK Metcalf and Mecole Hardman all going in the second round. June 16, 2019:Rodgers publicly supports wideout Jake Kumerow, a relatively unknown player out of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. "Obviously, Im a big fan of him,"Rodgers said. "I dont think I need to keep going on that." .Rodgers' complimentsseems innocuous for the time being.June 17, 2019:Rodgers and LaFleur are starting to get a feel of one another in the month before training camp, and disagreements over control at the line of scrimmage start to . Rodgers has typically been given full control over changing plays at the line, while LaFleur's offense dictates that plays should be run when and where they're called."Aaron and I have had some good talks, and we're going to have to talk a lot more and one thing we have to work through is the audible thing," LaFleur said. " Weve never really had a quarterback whos had complete freedom to change plays at the line, because thats not really the way the offense is set up."Sept. 2, 2019:Months of speculation of Rodgers' potentially inhibiting him is put to rest. The Packers head coach leaves no doubt that Rodgers has pre-play control."We've given him all the freedom," LaFleur said. "So if he sees something, he's got the green light to do whatever he needs to do to get us into a good play. We're not going to take that from him."Sept. 15, 2019:In a matchup with NFC North division rival Vikings, Rodgers and LaFleur seem to have a little bit of a dust-up on the sidelines, with the quarterback giving LaFleur a piece of his mind. Aaron Rodgers and head coach Matt LaFleur. Presented without comment. Discu s. Charles Robinson (@CharlesRobinson) Rodgers and LaFleur both downplayed the discu sion after the game, which they won."That's just two competitive guys, and I'm sure it's not going to be the last one we have, LaFleur said.No harm, no foul for the day, Marcus Morris Sr. Jersey but perhaps a bit of foreshadowing in LaFleur's words.Jan. 19, 2020:The Packers season unceremoniously ends in a blowout to the 49ers in the NFC championship game, 37-20. The game isn't as close as the score indicates. Still, at 13-3, the Packers finish the year with their best record since 2011, complete a sweep of the NFC North and, arguably most importantly, the Rodgers-LaFleur relationship seems to work well in Year 1.Rodgers finishes the year in the new scheme with 4,002 yards, 26 touchdowns and just two interceptions. April 23, 2020:Months intospeculation as to what the Packers will do in Round 1 of the 2020 draft, Rodgers makes it known that