Randall Cobb reflects on the season's end, addresses NFL future
Sunday night featured the end of the 2022-23 season for the Green Bay Packers. Aaron Rodgers and his longtime wide receiver Randall Cobb strolled off the field and into the shadows of the team tunnel, leaving a 20-16 loss to division rival Detroit behind them. A loss that eliminated the Packers from playoff contention and could serve as the final time Rodgers and Cobb take the field together after over a decade’s worth of plays made with one another.
Rodgers is likely to be back in the NFL next season, but that’s a taller ask for Cobb, a sub-six-foot slot receiver who will turn 33 years old just before the start of next season. NFL wideouts just typically don’t last much past 32 or 33 years old anymore. So Cobb could very well be hanging the cleats up for good this winter.
In fact, he was asked about that very decision in the immediate aftermath of the Lions loss. Like most, he refused to tip his cap on the decision either way.
“That’s part of life. You never know what to expect, you never know what’s going to happen,” said Cobb. “You know, obviously didn’t expect it to end the way that it did tonight, but this is where we are and I definitely be doing a lot of reflecting over the next couple months and and see where life takes us randomly.”
He was also asked about the embrace between he and Rodgers as the two left Lambeau field for perhaps their final time as a duo:
“l mean, I don’t know. I’m not going to say that right now. I just don’t know, you know. It just kind of happened that way that we’re coming off the field at the same time. We’re by each other and we took a walk together.”
For reference, you can see the photo below. One worth a hundred wins and more than 7,000 yards:
Love or hate Rodgers, that’s a pretty cool shot of two dudes who have done battle side by side for the last 12 years. If this is it for Randall Cobb, it’s been a heck of a career for the former Kentucky legend and Green Bay veteran.