Rodger's Giant Interception

[Noodle]

In the Seifert article he is quoting as acknowledging that he committed the cardinal sin of QBing: throwing the no-look pass.

You're right, I checked the article and he took the pick on himself. Though I stand by my point on the drops (blind insistence on the correctness of your own opinion being the "deadly internet poster sin").

From the old days, I recall the other deadly QB sin: throwing late over the middle. A-Rod's been pretty good at avoiding damnation for that one.

[hoosier]

Isn't that what Jarrett Bush did to Rothleisberger in the Super Bowl?

Bush says he recognized something based on film--that in that formation they always threw to Wallace or some such thing. If he was gambling at least it was based on something tangible. We haven't heard Blackburn's version of what he was thinking, so hard to say if it was more than just the proverbial blind pig finding an acorn.

[hoosier]

You're right, I checked the article and he took the pick on himself. Though I stand by my point on the drops (blind insistence on the correctness of your own opinion being the "deadly internet poster sin").

From the old days, I recall the other deadly QB sin: throwing late over the middle. A-Rod's been pretty good at avoiding damnation for that one.

Good point. I guess with Arod there are cardinal sins and then there are things that don't even need mentioning. After all, "this isn't Detroit, this the Superbowl!"

[channtheman]

Good observation about the possible effect of play action -- that is the big drawback, the QB's has to turn his back to fake the handoff and loses an opportunity to scan downfield.

One thing I don't want to see happen with A-Rod is blaming his mistakes on the mistakes of his teammates (which I know this post is not doing). This "blame the receiver" thing was particularly rampant with his predecessor, who was never at fault for a pick according to some. I got a whiff of that with all the complaining about drops in the Giants game. Yes, there were a few drops, but there were also a number of poor throws that didn't give his receivers much chance.

And I was a little disappointed in A-Rod for not acknowledging his own failings when he was asked about whether he was frustrated with the drops. He should have said, "yeah, sure, but I'm also disappointed that I didn't throw the ball better today, and that's what I'm going to focus on."

Rodgers has acknowledged his poor play when it has been needed. However, when a receiver drops a ball, it is usually right on the money and there is no need for Rodgers to apologize for throwing a perfect pass. In the last 2 games there seems to have been a lot of drops.

[smuggler]

We areamong the 10 worst teams in the league in total drops, which is incredible, since we only had 1 in the first 3 or 4 weeks. It's even worse when you consider we don't actually attempt that many passes.

[Guiness]

You know what I love? That each of Rodgers interceptions are rare enough that they deserves their own topic, and we have time to analyze and pick it apart before the next one comes along.

If Phillip Rivers was our QB, we could only talk about an INT for a quarter and a bit before we had to move on to analyzing the next one!

Four other QB's in the league have 5 INT's, but three of those have less than 10TDs! The 49ers success makes a little more sense when you see that Alex Smith is the last one, with 15TD passes to 5 INT's.

[channtheman]

We areamong the 10 worst teams in the league in total drops, which is incredible, since we only had 1 in the first 3 or 4 weeks. It's even worse when you consider we don't actually attempt that many passes.

I knew our receivers seemed to drop a lot of passes, but I had no idea it was that bad. Imagine Rodgers completion percentage if our guys catch just half of those.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Don't we pass more than most teams? Which means we'd rank higher in total drops just on sheer volume of passes. What is our rank in drop percentage?

[Joemailman]

Don't we pass more than most teams? Which means we'd rank higher in total drops just on sheer volume of passes. What is our rank in drop percentage?

Actually, Packers are only 18th in passing attempts per game. One reason why Rodgers' passer rating is so high. He's putting up big yardage and TD numbers on fewer throws than the other top QB's.

[hoosier]

Actually, Packers are only 18th in passing attempts per game. One reason why Rodgers' passer rating is so high. He's putting up big yardage and TD numbers on fewer throws than the other top QB's.

No, Joe, you got it backwards: the Packers pass so little because Rodgers is so efficient and the offense is so explosive. The Packers don't need 15 plays to move it up and down the field.

[Joemailman]

No, Joe, you got it backwards: the Packers pass so little because Rodgers is so efficient and the offense is so explosive. The Packers don't need 15 plays to move it up and down the field.

I don't disagree with you. The Packers have passed less than other teams in part because they are so explosive. (The fact that they are always ahead in the 4th quarter may also be a factor). But the fact remains that the fewer passes it takes to achieve yards and TD's, the higher your passer rating will be.

Here is the link for passes dropped per team:

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/tmleaders...e=NFL&rank=232

[hoosier]

Agreed.

[Joemailman]

I'm surprised that the Packers are that high on the list for dropped passes. Until the Giant game, I didn't think they'd dropped many at all this year. Maybe those things are just more noticeable when you're losing close games, as they did last year.

[Pugger]

I don't disagree with you. The Packers have passed less than other teams in part because they are so explosive. (The fact that they are always ahead in the 4th quarter may also be a factor). But the fact remains that the fewer passes it takes to achieve yards and TD's, the higher your passer rating will be.

Here is the link for passes dropped per team:

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/tmleaders...e=NFL&rank=232

Man, if you check the passing stats on this site Rodgers is all over it!

[denverYooper]

Here is the link for passes dropped per team:

http://hosted.stats.com/fb/tmleaders...e=NFL&rank=232

FINLEY!

I kid, I kid.