Rodgers most impressive qualities?

[Harlan Huckleby]

Where's 007 or GBR to comment on this one?

WTF is the point of this Zool? I hardly even come around this place anymore. Idiotic comments like this and drama is exactly why.

Holy fuck you guys are sensitive. It said his better qualities and no one here said anything about his fancy hair or his physique. But whatever I guess you guys have lost all sense of humor.

And the POINT of this was a joke. If I had meant anything other than that by it, I would have stated it directly. Its not like I post back handed insults or anything. I feel like I'm usually really direct about insulting someone.

zool is a sexist pig. he thinks women watch pro sports to admire rippling muscles and other bulges.

[Harlan Huckleby]

Your action was in very poor taste. And believe me, I'd know

PArtial, you really are not overly bright. Its ok, as long as you don't realize it, you will be fine.

[Gunakor]

Rodgers has been good... good enough that I'm all the way up to wait and see mode on him.

The offensive scheme puts everything on the QB - everything. That is to say, you'll never win a SB with Trent Dilfer, or Jeff Hostetler running this system.

For the Packers to have a chance at a title, good isn't good enough at the QB position, the QB has to be great, has to be the deciding factor more often than not. No power running game to fall back on; no shut down defense to rely on.

Don't know if Rodgers can ever be that good - to carry a team that needs to be carried... can't rely on championship calibur defense to be played by the Packers any time soon. Pretty tall order for any QB.

This offensive scheme had Ryan Grant popping off 60+ yard runs on almost a weekly basis last year. I don't think it's the scheme so much as execution of the scheme.

And in any case, when I look at our offensive scheme, I think it puts more pressure on the WR's to make plays after the catch than it does on Rodgers getting them the ball. That's where the focus of this offense is.

[ThunderDan]

I think Rodgers reminds me of Eli Manning. Remember when he first took over the QB for the Giants. What was the negatives the writers pen about him? Now watch him he has developed into one of the top 5 QB's.

Eli has never been a top 5 QB or will be one.

Here are Eli's stats for his first two years:
2004 95/197 48.2% 1,043 yards 6 TD 9 INT 55.4 passer rating
2005 294/557 52.8% 3,762 yards 24 TD 17 INT 75.9 passer rating

Eli barely completed 50% of his passes his first two years in the league.

Rodgers is nothing like Eli Manning and thank god!

[Gunakor]

One of Rodgers' most impressive qualities is the ability to throw the ball effectively in bad weather or in freezing temperatures. Since he is now the starting quarterback for the Siberian Packers, that could come in handy.

[Partial]

I think Rodgers reminds me of Eli Manning. Remember when he first took over the QB for the Giants. What was the negatives the writers pen about him? Now watch him he has developed into one of the top 5 QB's.

Eli has never been a top 5 QB or will be one.

Here are Eli's stats for his first two years:
2004 95/197 48.2% 1,043 yards 6 TD 9 INT 55.4 passer rating
2005 294/557 52.8% 3,762 yards 24 TD 17 INT 75.9 passer rating

Eli barely completed 50% of his passes his first two years in the league.

Rodgers is nothing like Eli Manning and thank god!

Rodgers had QB ratings of 40 and 48 his first two years in the league.

STFU. It is not comparable. Does everyone remember how horrendous Aaron looked in his first training camp? It was abysmal. He greatly improved for the second, and took an even bigger step forward last year.

4th year player, first year starter != 1st year player, 1st year starter. Not even close.

[Partial]

One of Rodgers' most impressive qualities is the ability to throw the ball effectively in bad weather or in freezing temperatures. Since he is now the starting quarterback for the Siberian Packers, that could come in handy.

When has he shown a knack to do this? The Chicago game was an above average performance, but one game is not a trend.

[digitaldean]

Rodgers had QB ratings of 40 and 48 his first two years in the league.

What the heck's your point? Rodgers came in to play in either mop up duty or when Favre got his bell rung.

I don't give any stock in QB rating for a guy who may only get a whiff of action during the season.

Manning was thrown in as the next NYG savior at QB. He had to learn under fire. His stats show that. His playoff performance vs. Carolina showed to.

Rodgers had the luxury of a QB who rarely got hurt or almost always played thru injury.

[Partial]

Rodgers had QB ratings of 40 and 48 his first two years in the league.

What the heck's your point? Rodgers came in to play in either mop up duty or when Favre got his bell rung.

I don't give any stock in QB rating for a guy who may only get a whiff of action during the season.

Manning was thrown in as the next NYG savior at QB. He had to learn under fire. His stats show that. His playoff performance vs. Carolina showed to.

Rodgers had the luxury of a QB who rarely got hurt or almost always played thru injury.

Right, I'm saying its a pointless statistic. Who cares how Eli did as a rookie? QB is a very difficult position to learn, and when someone struggles as a rookie it is to be expected. When one excels, that shows incredible promise for the future (VY, Matt Ryan, Peyton Manning, Big Ben, etc).

[Gunakor]

One of Rodgers' most impressive qualities is the ability to throw the ball effectively in bad weather or in freezing temperatures. Since he is now the starting quarterback for the Siberian Packers, that could come in handy.

When has he shown a knack to do this? The Chicago game was an above average performance, but one game is not a trend.

When has he shown a knack to NOT be able to do this. By my count, he's 1 for 1. While that's not a trend, it's certainly something one could get optimistic about. Stop being such a fucking pessimist. It gets really annoying after a short amount of time.

[The Shadow]

He doesn't make the dumb and careless decisions that in the always let the Packers down.

[Bretsky]

He doesn't make the dumb and careless decisions that in the always let the Packers down.

Yup; no 4th quarter INT's
Send me a pair of your blinders

[Gunakor]

He doesn't make the dumb and careless decisions that in the always let the Packers down.

Yup; no 4th quarter INT's
Send me a pair of your blinders

Consider the position the team was in when the INT's were thrown.

Rodgers is pressing more than he should or normally would because the defense had just given up a lead he'd just gotten for them to hold. There's not much time left, so he's making throws he wouldn't normally make and take chances he wouldn't normally take. He's trying to make something happen, trying to make chicken salad out of chicken shit - just like any good QB would.

If the defense doesn't disappear in the last 5 minutes of games, Rodgers is taking a knee during half of the drives he's thrown INT's this year. His QB rating on the year is over 100 because he's only thrown half as many INT's. There's no talk about him not being able to come back in the 4th quarter because he'd have several 4th quarter comebacks under his belt already. He'd be kneeling to victory.

If the defense held its ground with 5 minutes to go, and Rodgers would not have even had the opportunity to throw those 4th quarter INT's, would you feel the same way about AR as you do now?

[The Shadow]

He doesn't make the dumb and careless decisions that in the always let the Packers down.

Yup; no 4th quarter INT's
Send me a pair of your blinders

Whew!

[packerbacker1234]

He's been impressive in that he clearly can play the position, and make throws that some didn't think he could. He still lets a lot of balls sail on the out routes, especially to his right side. Also, for all the poise he shows, he loses that poise with the game on the line. Again, maybe it's inexperience.

Still Rodgers has overall shown that our future may be ok at the QB position. However, he needs to win in crunch time before I am sold: Either tat, or we need a coach that is as good as Bellicheat where he made it so Brady really never had to win a game in crunch time.