Most Courageous QB Effort

[The Shadow]

Aaron Rodgers officially moves into my 2nd place All-Time Packer Quarterback with his gutty performance today. If the defense had not failed, this would have an historic victory.
1. Bart Starr
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Bert Farve

[ICU81MI]

Aaron Rodgers became a superstar today.

[Bretsky]

he played great

it also would have been a historic win had he made one of the two long balls to Jennings. The one in OT ends the game

[esoxx]

Little premature to put him at #2 all time. But not surprising.

[MJZiggy]

He deserved the win. Shame he didn't get it.

[red]

kid played awesome in his first playoff game

too bad the d didn't show up today

if that pass is one foot lower we would have completed one of the best comebacks ever

[packerbacker1234]

Re: Most Courageous QB Effort

Aaron Rodgers officially moves into my 2nd place All-Time Packer Quarterback with his gutty performance today. If the defense had not failed, this would have an historic victory.
1. Bart Starr
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Bert Favre

And if Brett Favre did the saem thing (he hasn't), who here would be all over hims aying he cost us another win? Early int, int/fumble in OT to hand the game over.

Just saying, I've seen that excuse thrown at him before. I give the entire offen se props: They never gave up, and they made a lot of big plays. However, early, it was the offense that dug the hole, and while they dug back out of it, it's hard to say you have a heroic performance in a loss, especially when the play that gave the other team was a turnover from yourself.

Great day for AR statistically, great performance, still can't throw it up there when it was his turnover that directly gave them the win on the last play of the game. He had time on 3rd and 5 to do two seperate pump fakes, so he had time to make a decision and didn't. I love the guy, showed heart, but he lost, and the dagger was his own fault.

[The Shadow]

After Starr's Ice Bowl performance, this one would come in at #2.

[Brandon494]

Re: Most Courageous QB Effort

Aaron Rodgers officially moves into my 2nd place All-Time Packer Quarterback with his gutty performance today. If the defense had not failed, this would have an historic victory.
1. Bart Starr
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Bert Favre

Come on man....

I like Rodgers just as much as the next guy but lets wait until he has a playoff win until you move him about the all time TD leader..... then again it is your opinion.

[packerbacker1234]

Re: Most Courageous QB Effort

Aaron Rodgers officially moves into my 2nd place All-Time Packer Quarterback with his gutty performance today. If the defense had not failed, this would have an historic victory.
1. Bart Starr
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Bert Favre

Come on man....

I like Rodgers just as much as the next guy but lets wait until he has a playoff win until you move him about the all time TD leader..... then again it is your opinion.

Thats just it. Difference is: Gutty performance... Bart Starr and Favre won.

Rodgers doesn't even have a playoff win yet. ANd, he ahd the turnover at the end to give the other team a win in OT.

So, yeah.

I was more impressed with that OL second half. Holy crap did AR have time.

[Fritz]

Already the b.s. comparison to Favre's pick against the Giants. I knew it would happen here, but the JSO couldn't resist, either.

What a bunch of b.s. I'm sorry; it is. There is no way on God's green earth that Rodgers would have tried to force a play like he did when Adams came in (untouched, I believe, for all you blaming Rodgers) if the defense had shown any ability whatsoever to stop Arizona.

The fact of the matter is that if the offense didn't go down and score, the game was going to be over, period. The defense had stopped Arizona ONCE in that second half, I think. Come on. Rodgers was forced into forcing it by the knowledge that if the Packers punted the game was over.

Cripes, Rodgers took the Packers up and down and up and down the field. That team scored flippin' 45 points and people want to blame the quarterback.

I'm sorry, but in my book that's ridiculous.

Warner picked this defense apart, absolutely took them to the wood shed. That's the area of the team that ought shoulder most of the blame and the area that needs most attention next year. What I mean by attention is finding an answwer to the question of how that hell Arizona and Pittbsburgh managed to make the defense look nonexistent. Is it a lack of talent? If so, where exactly?

Offensively, I think the need is obvious - offensive line. On defense, it's more puzzling.

But to blame Rodgers somehow seems petty to me.

[MOBB DEEP]

Re: Most Courageous QB Effort

I was more impressed with that OL second half. Holy crap did AR have time.

qft...i was thinkn the same thing during my 10th viewing of the replay of the missed bomb to GJ...GREAT play call btw

[Patler]

Great players make great plays at critical times to win games. Games (in all sports) often hinge on key plays at critical times. Jennings was very open. Rodgers missed him. Aikman hypothesized that Rodgers anticipated Jennings would flatten his route. Whatever. One of them failed to perform in a key play to win the game. In my opinion, Jennings had enough cushion that the pass did not have to be that precise, even if it meant the defender might catch up and possibly make the tackle. That pass had to be completed. It really doesn't matter what else either of them did earlier in the game. That was a critical play that could have won the game.

Until Rodgers starts to make great plays at critical times to win games, he is just a very good QB, but not a great one. Yes, Favre had some monumental meltdowns in some of those situations, but he also had incredible performances in other key plays. So far, Rodgers has neither, and youth/experience is no excuse, because, as we have seen, greatness exhibits itself even in very young and inexperienced athletes.

[Scott Campbell]

Great players make great plays at critical times to win games. Games (in all sports) often hinge on key plays at critical times. Jennings was very open. Rodgers missed him. Aikman hypothesized that Rodgers anticipated Jennings would flatten his route. Whatever. One of them failed to perform in a key play to win the game. In my opinion, Jennings had enough cushion that the pass did not have to be that precise, even if it meant the defender might catch up and possibly make the tackle. That pass had to be completed. It really doesn't matter what else either of them did earlier in the game. That was a critical play that could have won the game.

Until Rodgers starts to make great plays at critical times to win games, he is just a very good QB, but not a great one. Yes, Favre had some monumental meltdowns in some of those situations, but he also had incredible performances in other key plays. So far, Rodgers has neither, and youth/experience is no excuse, because, as we have seen, greatness exhibits itself even in very young and inexperienced athletes.

This is one of those rare times I have to disagree with Patler. He led them to 35 second half points and played incredibly well. There is not a QB in history that could have overcome our D giving up 51 yesterday.

[Scott Campbell]

Re: Most Courageous QB Effort

Aaron Rodgers officially moves into my 2nd place All-Time Packer Quarterback with his gutty performance today. If the defense had not failed, this would have an historic victory.
1. Bart Starr
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Bert Favre

Me too. But I have Dickey in 3rd.