Improve This Article: Reasons Packers Retreated To 6-10

[sharpe1027]

Favre had incredible pocket awareness. Best I've seen in a very long time, maybe ever. That was as big an asset to him as his cannon arm, especially later on in his career. Aaron will eventually develop this pocket awareness, but I agree, it's not nearly there yet.

Maybe, but probably not.

Favre had good awareness of where the rush was coming from staring on day 1 in greenbay. Granted, that didn't mean he would get rid of the ball quickly. Early in his career he often tried to buy more time by scrambling around and stiff arming Defensive Tackles. Later, he took more check-downs or made more throws out of bounds.

Aaron should improve with more play, and I have every reason to believe that he will. Still, by comparing their first years, I think it is unlikely that Rodgers will ever be as good at it as Favre was/is.

To be fair, I see things that Rodgers does better than Favre did early in his career. Rodgers has a sweet throw on his rollouts. I am also much more comfortable with Rodgers' decision making than I was with Favre after his frist year.

[falco]

Rodgers will probably never have Favre's talent. But Favre is a top 10 QB...probably only two or three others QBs playing now who could have rivaled him in his prime.

However, I do think Rodgers can win us a superbowl, with the right talent around him (ala the 96 packers).

And I think, despite our 6-10 record last year, he is already surrounded by some pretty good talent.

[SnakeLH2006]

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[cpk1994]

It's ok JH. I figured you had PMS again, or your wife beat you up... :P

Sign me up for the Patler Appreciation Society.

Patler is really a post HAL prototype. The system he uses to find `the facts`to support his positions has always caused me to wonder also.

Patler. You have a great filing system or your a computer.

Or he has Teh Google.

On a side note, computers were people from the early 17th century until the early 20th. They were people who performed calculations. So, in that sense, "computer" fits him well.

If he were a machine, he should probably be entered in the Loebner prize competition. He'd likely be the first gold they've ever given.

Do we know that Patler is not a machine?

I'm sure there are some women out there who could answer that one.