GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers doesn't want to think about the idea he might never lead the Green Bay Packers to another Super Bowl.
At age 31 and fresh off his second NFL MVP, there's time for Rodgers to distinguish himself from the one-Super Bowl quarterbacks. So there's probably little reason for perhaps the game's best player to worry about that now.
"I'd like to think we're going to get back there and win another one," Rodgers said during an interview Tuesday.
Given how stocked the Packers are -- especially on Rodgers' side of the ball -- now might provide the best opportunity for another Super Bowl.
And by now, that doesn't necessary mean this year.
But certainly in the next year or two.
Consider:
They have every offensive starter back from the team that led the NFL in scoring (30.4 points per game) last season, and they're all back through at least 2016 if you consider their starting base offense to be three receivers (Randall Cobb, Jordy Nelson and Davante Adams), one running back (Eddie Lacy) and one tight end (Richard Rodgers).
When the Packers re-signed tackle Bryan Bulaga to a five-year, $33.75 million contract in March, it kept the entire starting offensive line intact through the 2016 season -- when guards T.J. Lang and Josh Sitton plus left tackle David Bakhtiari have contracts that expire.
When they re-signed Cobb to a four-year, $40 million in March, it ensured Rodgers would have his top two receivers -- Cobb and Nelson -- together through the 2018 season.
Rodgers, who is under contract through 2019, is by no means in -- or even close to -- decline in terms of his skill. But based on his injuries the past two seasons (the broken collarbone in 2013 and the strained calf in 2014), perhaps his longevity could be slightly less than what everyone thought two years ago. He said Tuesday that last year was "the first year it felt a little more difficult to get back into the exact shape I wanted to."
As Rodgers said, he likes the talent on this team. The only question is whether it will come together like it did in the 2010 season, when the Packers won Super Bowl XLV. Or even like last season, when they were on the verge of a Super Bowl return before the NFC title game collapse against the Seattle Seahawks.
"Every team is different," Rodgers said. "Different guys are going to play roles they haven't played for us in the past. It will be interesting to see how that all fits together."