AR as MVP?

[Kiwon]

MVP awards and team success go together.

If the Packers run the table it will be because of A-Rod's play. But he needs a lot of help from everyone else. He and the wide receivers need to end the communication errors and the running game has to become a threat to provide a little bit of a balanced attack. If the Packers overcome the rash of key injuries and tough schedule to win out and A-Rod is named MVP it really would be a tremendous achievement for the whole team and not just one player.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Nice! 7 yards/carry

When you eliminate kneel-downs, which count as running plays, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has gained 295 yards on 42 carries this season, writes Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com.

[Pugger]

"When you eliminate kneel-downs, which count as running plays, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has gained 295 yards on 42 carries this season, writes Jason Wilde of ESPNMilwaukee.com."

I hope Rodgers kneels down a lot these next few weeks...

[Tarlam!]

MVP awards and team success go together.

If the Packers run the table it will be because of A-Rod's play. But he needs a lot of help from everyone else. He and the wide receivers need to end the communication errors and the running game has to become a threat to provide a little bit of a balanced attack. If the Packers overcome the rash of key injuries and tough schedule to win out and A-Rod is named MVP it really would be a tremendous achievement for the whole team and not just one player.

I'm not sure what to make of this. No offense Kiwon, but it reads like one big oxymoron. Your second sentence makes a very finite claim and the rest of the post contradicts it.

[vince]

http://www.packers.com/news-and-events/article-1/Rodgers-Leading-Packers-Third-Down-Surge/c0afd37e-7467-4445-8bf5-feafb0d34d52

Over the past four games, Rodgers leads all NFL quarterbacks with a 149.7 third-down rating, connecting on 24-of-33 passes (72.7 percent) for five touchdowns and zero interceptions with an average of 11.4 yards per attempt. He completed six passes of 25-plus yards on third down in the last four contests compared to just two passes of that length in the first eight games.

“(Rodgers) has a unique set of skills that belong to him that have enabled him to do some great things,” offensive coordinator Joe Philbin said. “Then as we try to make the point all along, he can’t really do any of that stuff unless we get the protection that we need, unless he has confidence in his receivers to be able to adjust the route versus a specific coverage.

“I think he has some things that he possesses that make him certainly unique and very effective on third down with the velocity he has, the accuracy he has, the discipline, and then the scrambling ability. All of those things make him tough to handle when he is doing those things well.”

Over the past four games, only 17 of Green Bay’s 56 third downs have been third-and-7 or more (30.4 percent) compared to 47 of 94 (50.0 percent) in the first eight contests. For the season, the Packers have gained 4 or more yards on first down 52.1 percent of the time (No. 3 in the NFL), up from last year’s 45.8 mark that ranked No. 17 in the league.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

Only chance Rodgers has to win MVP is to throw something like 5 TD's and 400 yards while Brady throws 3 TD's and 2 picks in a shootout loss next week. That could propel Rodgers past Brady though.

Yep that is the only way. We also still need to win out and win the division with him playing well in those games. VERY unlikely. Its Brady's award to loss.

[PaCkFan_n_MD]

http://www.packers.com/news-and-even...5-feafb0d34d52

I would love to see Rodgers play behind a line like Brady's. I think he would put up MVP numbers year in and year out.