Originally Posted by
Bossman641
I don't get your point RG. You seem to say that because Rodgers has only started 16 games we can't label his career a success. Nobody here is trying to do that. Nobody here is analyzing the "unknown," only the known, what we saw this year. The whole Rodgers thing with Partial hasn't been about how good they think he will turn out in the future, only how well he did this year. I think the vast majority of people would say they are still in wait and see mode with Rodgers but are optimistic by what they have seen. Partial appears to be the only one who has already made up his mind regardless of the data and facts provided.
Bossman, I disagree that "no one" here is trying to label Rodgers a "success". That is the primary way, other than mocking, to "refute" Partials perspective.
These "defenses" are largely presented as follows - "he wildly succeeded this year, so, OF COURSE, he'll succeed next year". Plenty have come into these threads and ranked Rodgers "no lower" than top 8.
How much more of a guarantee do you get than top 8? Hell, at top 15, you've got a damn good QB. Top 8? After one season?
The vitriole on both sides has gotten damned biased. I do think that the Arod lovers have lost just as much reality in their viewpoints as they think Partial has lost.
Is Partial pessimistic? Sure, at times he is. Damned straight. But the other side is equally biased in their homered optimism.
It isn't any different. There's just more of you picking on him, then there are picking on you. That's the ONLY difference.