A Little Pissed at Rodgers

[Fritz]

This hasn't been discussed much on this board, but am I the only one who's a little pissed at A-Rod for not sliding in Detroit? I was at the game, sitting at the 30 yard line, and I watched as Rodgers got past the first down marker and kept running even though two Lions were aiming for him.

Why didn't he slide? I know all the crap about "he's a football player' and "he wanted to fire up the team," but damnit, the guy cost his team that game. As bad as the offense was the first half, the pass blocking did get slightly better in the second half, and frankly Flynn missed some throws that Rodgers would've made. He also was less likely to throw an interception.

Now he also costs his team its best chance to win this Sunday night.

Bad move, A-Rod. Quite trying to show you're "one of the guys" or whatever it is that motivates you not to slide. Slide, dummy. Slide.

[Tony Oday]

He was trying to win. I will never talk bad about a guy that is trying to win the freaking game. It is unfortunate that he got hurt but I was jacked seeing him actually have some positive yards...

[Little Whiskey]

not sure you can win the game in the second qtr. however you can lose it.

[Tony Oday]

Well score 7 in the second and we win...I am more pissed with GJ, Offensive Line and no run game but hey lets blame the one guy that was doing something to try and win on offense...makes sense.

[Cheesehead Craig]

I too was yelling for him to slide. Frankly, I think it was a play he made out of frustration given the offense wasn't doing anything. While I get that he's trying to make a play, you have to make a smart one. I don't think anyone's blaming Rodgers for the loss, just that he's the one guy on the offense we can't lose and he has to realize that.

[MadtownPacker]

Yup, Fritz is on a roll displaying stupidity at its finest this A.M.

Now for my stupid take:

I believe Rodgers was feeling pressed cuz he knew that was not a game that could be lost. HE made a bad move and ate it. He went down going balls to the wall. Cant hate on him for that. Instead of blaming him for not sliding how about blaming his dumbass coach for not running with the actual RB or the GM for not getting a better RB?

[Tony Oday]

Yup, Fritz is on a roll displaying stupidity at its finest this A.M.

Now for my stupid take:

I believe Rodgers was feeling pressed cuz he knew that was not a game that could be lost. HE made a bad move and ate it. He went down going balls to the wall. Cant hate on him for that. Instead of blaming him for not sliding how about blaming his dumbass coach for not running with the actual RB or the GM for not getting a better RB?

Ill blame MM but really TT? He could NOT have known that Grant would go down...he had a nice stable of RBs if Grant stayed healthy and he gave no signs that he is an injury prone back.

[MadtownPacker]

He could not have known but a good, supposedly great, GM would have been better prepared instead of banking on Brandon "two-step" Jackson. It will come out costing a lot more $$$ if Rodgers keeps getting mashed up.

[Tony Oday]

He could not have known but a good, supposedly great, GM would have been better prepared instead of banking on Brandon "two-step" Jackson. It will come out costing a lot more $$$ if Rodgers keeps getting mashed up.

Well he did draft Starks, picked up Nance, had Kuhn...I am not saying these guys are world breakers but he had options.

[MadtownPacker]

He had options but MM doesnt seem to think so. Maybe a TT memo saying "quit fucking up my prize QB you fatass and use the scrubs instead" would help.

[packerbacker1234]

Because he's a football player and he wants to win. We don't yell at RB's to slide, so why yell at the QB?

Frankly, Rodgers may not have gotten the first down had he slid. If you notice, he only got it by one, maybe 2 yards. The slide at least knocks a yard off of it. Earlier this year, a few times, he did do the slide, thought he had the first, but was marked short and they had to punt. I think that is always in te back of his mind so he wanted to ensure he had the first. On top of trying to ensure he has the first...

We had done nothing offensively all game. Cames CAN be won in ANY quarter. To say it's the second quarter is laughable. We score a TD that drive, we win the game. We score a TD instead of an int on the 3rd quarter on Flynn's drive, we win. You never know what drive is going to be the one that provides the critical points needed to win the game. Our offense looked like garbage out there the entire first half, so Rodgers was simply being a football player and trying to get us going. I will not fault him for that. If he is faulted for that, the famous John Elway run in the superbowl against us should be faulted too.

Sure, it's the Super Bowl, and you always throw caution to the wind injury wise in that game and go for it all, even as a QB. Still, it's not that uncommon for QB's to not slide when they aren't sure. In hindsight should he have? Sure, but I'm not pissed about.

This is football, and frankly, anyone can get injured on any play. Favre gets hit while throwing? Boom, misses his first game since 1992. Rodgers gets hit while getting a first down? Boom, most likely missing at least one game. Tom brady steps back int he pocket - rolled up on and gone for the year. It can be any play in any given moment that causes injury, and almost all of them were always preventable in some fashion. Maybe favre should of thrown the ball sooner an felt that back pressure. Maybe brady should of moved in the pocket with a defender getting close instead of standing like a statue. Maybe rodgers should of slid instead of fighting to make sure it was a first down.

Not mad at him over it. He's a football player. Football is a contact sport. You play to win the game.

[Guiness]

I'm with Fritz a little on this one - more of the opinion of Cheesehead Craig. I don't blame Rodgers for the loss, but do think he blew it by not sliding. Once he was by that first down marker, there was no reason for him to continue to run, not like he was going to 'break one' and get a TD.

All he should've been concerned with was getting a new set of downs so he could try to move the chains again.

On a related note, I've seen very little mention of what he was doing back on the field for the next series. Even on TV I could easily see he was out of it. How did he get back on the field?

[sheepshead]

This hasn't been discussed much on this board, but am I the only one who's a little pissed at A-Rod for not sliding in Detroit? I was at the game, sitting at the 30 yard line, and I watched as Rodgers got past the first down marker and kept running even though two Lions were aiming for him.

Why didn't he slide? I know all the crap about "he's a football player' and "he wanted to fire up the team," but damnit, the guy cost his team that game. As bad as the offense was the first half, the pass blocking did get slightly better in the second half, and frankly Flynn missed some throws that Rodgers would've made. He also was less likely to throw an interception.




Now he also costs his team its best chance to win this Sunday night.

Bad move, A-Rod. Quite trying to show you're "one of the guys" or whatever it is that motivates you not to slide. Slide, dummy. Slide.

Not nearly as pissed as he is at himself I'll wager.

[Fritz]

That wasn't the first time Rodgers got dinged because he didn't slide. I'm not saying it's all his fault - I'm saying that amidst all the talk about the shitty offensive line play (well deserved), the coaching (deserved) and the running back play (Honestly, BJack is a good...third down back), Rodgers's not-sliding didn't get much mention, and I think it deserves mention.

I believe that if he hadn't slid the Packers would've won that game despite the shitty play of the o-line. And now instead of gnashing our teeth over the impact of that loss, we'd be merrily writing off the NE game and looking ahead to the Giants game.

So yeah, I'm a little pissed at A-Rod.

[HarveyWallbangers]

I too was yelling for him to slide. Frankly, I think it was a play he made out of frustration given the offense wasn't doing anything. While I get that he's trying to make a play, you have to make a smart one. I don't think anyone's blaming Rodgers for the loss, just that he's the one guy on the offense we can't lose and he has to realize that.

Agree with this. After Jennings dropped the TD turned interception and with the offense doing little, you could just sense ARod looking to make a play. In fact, I believe he had a run before this one that he didn't slide on either.