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Report: Rodgers extension not imminent

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Matt Ryan will apparently remain the NFL's highest-paid player, for now.

Despite training camp being right around the corner, the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers have made "no meaningful progress" toward a long-term contract extension, a source told Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. The deal is widely expected to put the superstar quarterback above Ryan's $30-million-per-year mark.

Rodgers has two years and roughly a combined $40 million remaining on his current contract, far below the market value for one of the league's truly elite passers.

Related - Packers CEO: Rodgers 'wants to be here,' both sides interested in extension

Nearing his 35th birthday, Rodgers could be signing the last big-money extension of his career.

The two-time MVP recently said he'd "love" to play until he was 40, following in the footsteps of Tom Brady and fellow Packers legend Brett Favre.

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