Aaron Rodgers -- Hurt or just playing very poorly thus far

[get louder at lambeau]

Look out, Partial's been known to compare his post count against others as a way of marking his territory. And a belated welcome to the forum to you.

its not the size of your post count, its how you use it.

That's what I keep trying to tell myself.

Thanks for the welcome, Skin, and mmmdk.

[Partial]

Rodgers has been playing poorly?
When?

I don't get it either. A-Rod has been our offense the first 3 weeks.

LOL what offense? This was the first game with any semblance of an offense. How quickly we forget!

Well, to me, Rodgers has looked very good - esp considering how often he is getting pressure in his face.
NO interceptions? Coming up clutch in pressure time with a winning bomb against your biggest rival?
I will take that kind of 'poor play' any day of the week!

He played maybe the worst game of his career against our biggest rival: Thank the defense and the 4 int's for winning that game, not the bomb to win it. I mean fuck, we were in position to get the ball in the endzone without going deep. We actually had a drive going... surprisingly. He didn't play all that well against Cincy until late. Defense was responsible for us scoring 2/3rds of our point sin that game until 2 minutes were left. I mean, defense didn't play well, but if they didn't score a TD and set up another at the 5, it's like 38 to 7 instead of 38-30 or whateve rit was.

Last week: Offense put up a TD quick, then sort of fizzled. It went away until about 3 to 4 minutes into the 4th, and even then it was reliant on completeing a couple deep balls more then having sustained drives against the worst team in the NFL.

AR hasn't played well, and you can say what you want about the OL - some of those sacks are on Rodgers and he has admitted to that. He said sometimes he is not making the right Line calls and occasionaly may be holding on to it too long.

What??
He PRODUCED when the game was on the line.
Perhaps you got used to a few wonderful plays during a game - and then that familiar fizzle when it was all on the line.
This is something new - a guy who gets it done under pressure.

Yeah he's had one come from behind victory in a 5 year career!

[HarveyWallbangers]

Yeah he's had one come from behind victory in a 5 year career!

Now, this is one that I found very funny.

Rodgers has 3 fourth quarter comebacks in 19 career starts. One every 6.3 starts.

Favre has 43 fourth quarter comebacks in 272 career starts. One every 6.3 starts.

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Yeah he's had one come from behind victory in a 5 year career!

Now, this is one that I found very funny.

Rodgers has 3 fourth quarter comebacks in 19 career starts. One every 6.3 starts.

Favre has 43 fourth quarter comebacks in 272 career starts. One every 6.3 starts.

What? This was his first one against Chicago. I don't necessarily buy into 3, but yeah that is pretty funny.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I think you're missing the boat when you say he's "afraid" to turn the ball over and misses opportunities. It has nothing to do with fear IMO and everything to do with being smart with the football to put your team in position to win the game.

You criticise Rodgers for playing poorly in the Bears game, yet his team won the game precisely because his opponent was not smart with the football - and lost the game because of it.

Exactly - Rodgers isn't conservative - he just isn't reckless. You can't call someone conservative when they air it out several times a game.

Did I just read this right. Did the person who talked about Rodgers relying on the deep ball too much then complain about him being too conservative? You can't make this stuff up.

[HarveyWallbangers]

What? This was his first one against Chicago. I don't necessarily buy into 3, but yeah that is pretty funny.

Detroit games last year.

[Willard]

well guys, which one is it?

does this thread suck, or blow?

Queef?

[Packerarcher]

I am not a Rodgers hater nor do I think he is all that great either. I love it when some of you start spewing stats when defending him. The only stat that matters is the one in the win column. If Rodgers keeps playing the way he has been that stat will be close to last years. Granted the line isn't great,but great QB's find a way to win.

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What? This was his first one against Chicago. I don't necessarily buy into 3, but yeah that is pretty funny.

Detroit games last year.

Didn't the D have three picks? Chuck and Collins both housed them, right? I don't really count that for much as he let his team fall behind Detroit to begin with. Oye!

[packerbacker1234]

I think you're missing the boat when you say he's "afraid" to turn the ball over and misses opportunities. It has nothing to do with fear IMO and everything to do with being smart with the football to put your team in position to win the game.

You criticise Rodgers for playing poorly in the Bears game, yet his team won the game precisely because his opponent was not smart with the football - and lost the game because of it.

And then won the next two because of it.

[falco]

I think you're missing the boat when you say he's "afraid" to turn the ball over and misses opportunities. It has nothing to do with fear IMO and everything to do with being smart with the football to put your team in position to win the game.

You criticise Rodgers for playing poorly in the Bears game, yet his team won the game precisely because his opponent was not smart with the football - and lost the game because of it.

And then won the next two because of it.

Wait....the bears won the last two games because Cutler wasn't smart with the football???

[packerbacker1234]

I think you're missing the boat when you say he's "afraid" to turn the ball over and misses opportunities. It has nothing to do with fear IMO and everything to do with being smart with the football to put your team in position to win the game.

You criticise Rodgers for playing poorly in the Bears game, yet his team won the game precisely because his opponent was not smart with the football - and lost the game because of it.

And then won the next two because of it.

Wait....the bears won the last two games because Cutler wasn't smart with the football???

Cutler is pretty well known for gungslinging at this point in his career. What I meant was he is a risk taker, and it payed off the last two games.

[HarveyWallbangers]

What? This was his first one against Chicago. I don't necessarily buy into 3, but yeah that is pretty funny.

Detroit games last year.

Didn't the D have three picks? Chuck and Collins both housed them, right? I don't really count that for much as he let his team fall behind Detroit to begin with. Oye!

Detroit took the lead and Rodgers led the Packers on a drive to retake the lead. The defensive TDs were after Green Bay had taken the lead back on offense. The fourth quarter comeback stat is relatively meaningless in and of itself, but a lot of Brett's comebacks were of the same variety. Of Brett's 43 comebacks, how many were like the one he had this weekend? I'd guess under half of them.

BTW, this was the big play in the comeback in the first Detroit game (GB down 25-24 with 6:30 left):

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d80ad4a58/Aaron-Rodgers-Highlight-WK-02-vs-Lions-2008

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I think you're missing the boat when you say he's "afraid" to turn the ball over and misses opportunities. It has nothing to do with fear IMO and everything to do with being smart with the football to put your team in position to win the game.

You criticise Rodgers for playing poorly in the Bears game, yet his team won the game precisely because his opponent was not smart with the football - and lost the game because of it.

And then won the next two because of it.

Wait....the bears won the last two games because Cutler wasn't smart with the football???

Cutler is pretty well known for gungslinging at this point in his career. What I meant was he is a risk taker, and it payed off the last two games.

What is Cutler's career record?

You seriously gonna make the contention that in a 17-14 win against the Steelers, it was Cutler's gunslinging that made the difference.

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What? This was his first one against Chicago. I don't necessarily buy into 3, but yeah that is pretty funny.

Detroit games last year.

Didn't the D have three picks? Chuck and Collins both housed them, right? I don't really count that for much as he let his team fall behind Detroit to begin with. Oye!

Detroit took the leads and Rodgers led the Packers on a drive to retake the lead. The defensive TDs were after Green Bay had taken the lead back on offense. The fourth quarter comeback stat is relatively meaningless in and of itself, but a lot of Brett's comebacks were of the same variety. Of Brett's 43 comebacks, how many were like the one he had this weekend? I'd guess under half of them.

Okay that is fair.