(Green Bay, WI) -- Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is revealing he considered retirement as his standoff with the team dragged on. However, Rodgers told reporters he still has a "big, competitive hole" in his body. Rodgers was drafted by the team in 2005 toward the end of the first round. Rodgers elaborated on his dispute with the team that was the subject of much speculation this offseason. He said he wanted to help the Packers learn from previous mistakes they made. Rodgers explained that involved not keeping who he described as "high characters guys" like Charles Woodson and Jordy Nelson.