Aaron Rodgers Death Spiral of Declining Poor Performances

[Tarlam!]

I hear him mentioned with Brees quite often. With Payton out this year, I've heard a lot of "Brady, Brees, Rodgers" and "everyone else".

I hope that didn't come off as if I were somehow underrating Brees. The talking heads and I are full of praise for the guy. He's a top QB and playing lights out. Still, I haven't heard what you've heard dY. Meaning, I haven't heard Brees compared to Manning and Brady, but I've heard that with Rodgers. I have heard Rodgers and Brees mentioned in the same sentence, because they are both having MVP seasons and, along with Brady, are threatening Marino's record.

He is a winner, but a different way. Plus, that Sproles guy gives him a shit load of options.

[Kiwon]

(This is a great thread....)

Aaron's done for the year. The stiff! Did you see him throw the ball too hard for Driver and Finley to catch it with two hands? Eight incompletes! Outrageous! It's time to sit his MVP butt down!

Green Bay's only hope next week to beat Dee-troit is Matt Flynn.

[SkinBasket]

At least I have an opinion, unlike your nice little once sentence put downs. Nice opinion "yours is dumb"

I thought it was concise.

Anyhow, Rodgers needs to play at this level for a longer period of time for me to consider him in PM's league. Like I said though, he is off to one hell of a start.....PM sitting this season, he is showing how great he really is.

I'll take the QB who's playing record setting football over the guy who had a nice career any day. This whole argument that somehow the last couple seasons don't illustrate Rodger's ability is pretty ignorant, IMHO.

[Scott Campbell]

You would think folks would learn not to put athletes on a pedistal, but here we are again, this time his name is Aaron! I am starting to understand how and why battered women seem to find just the right guy everytime.

I have learned my lesson, I didn't think BF would turn into a creepy old guy and thought he was the epitome of the team first guy and I think he was and then something changed. I will never pedastal another athlete again...

That's what you learned from Brett Favre???????


Did it ever occur to you that maybe you just need to be a little more selective?

[RashanGary]

Good point SC. Favre turning out to be a big d-bag has nothing to do with Rodgers or any other athlete.

[mraynrand]

Did it ever occur to you that maybe you just need to be a little more selective?

good point

[Tarlam!]

Brees just broke Marino's yards per season record. Very emotional scenes.

[LEWCWA]

BF seemed the epitome of team player, local hero, charitable with his time and money, all american down to earth guy warts and all. He turned out to be a self centered, sex addict. So I will appreciate a players ability to play a game and assume correctly that I really have no idea how they are personally, cause I don't know any of them.....Rodgers seems to be the perfect guy, but they have publiscists teaching them how to come off that way. Nothing will suprise me about any athlete again. BTW---Ali was a complete douchebag, so he doesn't even fit in your litney of pics.

[LEWCWA]

I thought it was concise.



I'll take the QB who's playing record setting football over the guy who had a nice career any day. This whole argument that somehow the last couple seasons don't illustrate Rodger's ability is pretty ignorant, IMHO.

Peyton Manning just had a nice career? What the hell does that even mean? doesn't he have like 4 mvp's to his credit? Look at his team without him, apparantly he is winning with a pretty bare cupboard....Like I said Aaron is off to a great start and has a good chance to be on par with Peyton, but he isn't there yet.....

[LEWCWA]

good point

This is awsome but proves nothing, plenty of athletes are charitable with their time and money, doesn't mean they are great guys who need to be placed on a pedastal. BF is huge with his charity, so what.

How do you know he didn't head straight to a crack house or whore house as soon as this photo op was done. Thats right you don't!

[LEWCWA]

back to topic at hand--

I thought Aaron played a very good game sunday. He looked a little jittery for those 3 drives after the first one, but settled down and began to trust his protection. When he trusts his pass pro he plays at such a high level. They played well and so did he. Sucks that Brees might be stealing his MVP.

[Pugger]

back to topic at hand--

I thought Aaron played a very good game sunday. He looked a little jittery for those 3 drives after the first one, but settled down and began to trust his protection. When he trusts his pass pro he plays at such a high level. They played well and so did he. Sucks that Brees might be stealing his MVP.

[mraynrand]

This is awsome but proves nothing, plenty of athletes are charitable with their time and money, doesn't mean they are great guys who need to be placed on a pedastal. BF is huge with his charity, so what.

How do you know he didn't head straight to a crack house or whore house as soon as this photo op was done. Thats right you don't!

Actually, I was hanging with him. We just smoked some reefers and boiled a goat.

[pbmax]

Here is an idea: the notion of a hero as someone who is widely covered in the media is fraught with contradiction, misuse and misunderstanding. Having sports heroes, astronauts or politicians as heroes is simply asking to be disappointed, though that in and of itself is not a bad lesson to learn.

Instead, look for a hero closer to home, someone who you actually know and admire. Not simply someone who you recognize, but actually know. They are still human and full of frailties, but they are more likely the person you expect them to be. And you don't ask them for their autograph.

Rodgers is no more likely to be a great person than Favre. No one in the admiring public knows him well enough to say.

And the low interception total and very high YPA seals the deal for Rodgers.

[Fritz]

BF seemed the epitome of team player, local hero, charitable with his time and money, all american down to earth guy warts and all. He turned out to be a self centered, sex addict. So I will appreciate a players ability to play a game and assume correctly that I really have no idea how they are personally, cause I don't know any of them.....Rodgers seems to be the perfect guy, but they have publiscists teaching them how to come off that way. Nothing will suprise me about any athlete again. BTW---Ali was a complete douchebag, so he doesn't even fit in your litney of pics.

Agree completely. Just finished a bio of Ali/Frazier. Ali was a complete narcissist, and a complete d-bag to his wives. He was also not the politically aware - he simply got used by the Nation of Islam.