Well, not when it comes to me (you know how that goes), but with various observations. Just ask my sports cohort, Jerry. Once he stops laughing.

But seriously, I’ll prove it. Here we go. …

Call me crazy but the Green Bay Packers should not only hope future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers asks for a trade this offseason, they should pray for it.

That’s right. Rather than beg and plead with the very talented egomaniac, trade him. And don’t get greedy, asking for nine first-round draft picks and three all-pro players in return, take whatever you can get to make the deal work.

Jim Mone/AP photo Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) stands on the sideline during a game at Minnesota last fall. The question is will he be back in Green Bay for 2022.

OK, I realize I’m saying this in the heart of Packer country, that I’m a Lions fan and people might start throwing food (remember, I like mustard and onions, if they have any, on my hotdogs) from the stands at the next game I attend. Let me explain.

No doubt, Rodgers is one of the game’s great quarterbacks. He’s proven that over and over again to the delight of most fans.

There’s just one, maybe two or three, problems with wanting the Rodgers era to last at least one year longer. In the long run, Green Bay and its crazed fans will regret it. It will be the Curse of Rodgers.

Yes, I know. Keep Rodgers and resign wide receiver Davante Adams and the Packers most likely win the NFC North and make the playoffs — again. That’s really not a stretch, considering the rest of the division is a mess. Chicago and Minnesota will both have new coaches, new systems. Detroit will be in Year 2 of its rebuild.

So, if a division title makes you happy, sure, keep both. Just don’t plan on a long playoff drive ending in a parade, with players making badly worded speeches while holding the Lombardi Trophy, because it ain’t happenin’.

According to most projections, the Packers enter the offseason already more than $40 million over the salary cap. That’s without bringing back Adams, who will automatically get $20 million if Green Bay uses the franchise tag.

Doing the math, to keep Rodgers and bring back Adams, the Packers will have to cut multiple players. Good players. Well, some good players.

Forget about adding any decent free agents to fill the holes you’d be creating. Better hope for a really great draft. A really, really great draft — and a new special teams coach.

Nope. It’s better to cut bait, address the team’s salary cap issues sooner than later and embrace the future.

Thus, I give you the nuts and bolts of my bold plan, even though as a die-hard Lions fan I shouldn’t be helping a rival. But I feel so sorry for you folks who overpaid for those green Rodgers jerseys.

Again, first, the team needs to either support or convince Rodgers a trade is in his best interests. I can make it simple. Just have the general managers call up his agent and let him know the organization won’t be resigning Adams.

Rodgers has made it known he doesn’t want to be part of a rebuild. Without Adams, it’s at least a retool.

Next, find a sucker to take Rodgers off your hands. It shouldn’t be that hard, making this all the more fun.

My target would be San Francisco, a team unhappy with its starting quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, despite Jimmy G actually beating Rodgers and the Packers in this year’s NFC divisional round.

Yes, the Packers should also ask and get two-three draft picks. Maybe a deal like that which landed the L.A. Rams, another team still in the playoffs, former Lion Matthew Stafford. This would also mean getting Garoppolo in return (come on, you trusting Jordan Love in 2022?).

I repeat my previous comment. Don’t get greedy. After all, you mess up a deal, the 38-year-old Rodgers throws a hissy and retires, and the Packers would be left empty-handed.

Take those picks, along with the compensatory pick you’d get for Adams eventually signing with another team, and start reloading. I suggest upgrading the offensive line with a couple high picks, as well as grabbing Adams’ replacement.

The key here is building the offensive line into a dominant unit. That’s because my plan would be to rebuild the offense around running backs Aaron Jones and A.J. Dillon and beating opposing teams into submission by running the ball, with Garoppolo there to keep things rolling with a timely pass or two.

And it should work because, again, the other three teams in the NFC North are highly unlikely to be able to challenge a Packers team, any Packers team, in 2022. If done right, Green Bay would win now and in the future, avoiding the trap so many teams have fallen into by trying to hang on to their stars for too long.

Or, keep Rodgers, resign Adams (he only wants $30 million per season), be way, way over the cap and forced to cut numerous players (making your roster like Swiss cheese), win the division next year and then prepare to stink for the next five to 10 years, once your roster is even older (Adams is 29 in a sport not kind ot players over 30) and overpaid.

Hey, I could be wrong. Just ask Jerry, who’s still laughing.

Dennis Mansfield can be reached at 906-774-2772, ext. 244, or at dmansfield@ironmountaindailynews.com.