Official 2012 NFC North Passer Ratings Thread

[George Cumby]

Week 7

Aaron Rodgers 109.6 (1st overall) Last week: 105.4
Christian Ponder 87.5 (14th overall) Last week: 92.4
Matt Stafford 78.4 (24th overall) Last week: 79.2
Jay Cutler 78.3 (25th overall) Last week: 78.7

Well this was a contest for a while, but it looks like a rout now. Rodgers continues to light it up, while the other 3 are mired in mediocrity.

Rodgers has achieved his 109.6 against defenses that have allowed an average opponent passer rating of 82.2.

Well, if this trend continues during the latter half of the schedule and QBR differential is the key in victory or defeat, the Pack have a very good chance of winning the division.

[gbgary]

AR with 19 tds. that's a season for a lot of guys.

[denverYooper]

Ponder's rating might be going down after tonight. Yeesh.

[Joemailman]

Week 8

Aaron Rodgers 107.9 (1st overall) Last week: 109.6
Christian Ponder 85.8 (15th overall) Last week: 87.5
Matt Stafford 82.1 (23rd overall) Last week: 78.4
Jay Cutler 78.9 (24th overall) Last week: 78.3

Not much changed this week, although Stafford had one of his better games and Ponder continued to slip.

Week 9 matchups:

Aaron Rodgers vs. Arizona
Christian Ponder at Seattle
Matt Stafford at Jacksonville
Jay Cutler at Tennessee

[Joemailman]

Week 9

Aaron Rodgers 107.4 (2nd overall) Last week: 107.9
Jay Cutler 85.3 (18th overall) Last week: 78.9
Matt Stafford 83.2 (20th overall) Last week: 82.1
Christian Ponder 82.0 (22nd overall) Last week: 85.8

Rodgers now 2nd overall. Jay Cutler takes over 2nd place with his best performance of the season. Ponder continues to slip.

Week 10 matchups:

Aaron Rodgers : Bye week
Jay Cutler vs. Houston
Matt Stafford at Minnesota
Christian Ponder vs. Detroit

[pbmax]

Bears versus Planet Houston. Should be a good one. Lots of three yard runs followed by 7 step drops.

[denverYooper]

Bears versus Planet Houston. Should be a good one. Lots of three yard runs followed by 7 step drops.

I'm looking forward to that one.

[Pugger]

I hope the Texans stomp all over the bares.

[denverYooper]

I hope the Texans stomp all over the bares.

Yep. A little too much love for Chicago this year.

[gbgary]

watt you say?

[Fritz]

The question is, is it time yet for the annual Bears slide into oblivion? Or will they tease their fans even more with a win against the Texans?

[denverYooper]

The question is, is it time yet for the annual Bears slide into oblivion? Or will they tease their fans even more with a win against the Texans?

This will be an interesting game. The Bears have gotten it done so far by feasting on the mistakes of other teams. The Texans are known for being pretty steady, at least when a certain red hot Green Bay QB doesn't come out and torch their pants off.

Both teams are 7-1. Both teams only lost to GREEN BAY! There is an upside to the Packers' proclivity for playing to their opponents' level.

[Patler]

The question is, is it time yet for the annual Bears slide into oblivion? Or will they tease their fans even more with a win against the Texans?

The Bears have a history of riding their ST and Defense to pretty good season records every 5 years or so. I expect them to hang in there this year. The Packers will not win the Division, but will be the better team at the end of the year. The Bears have already won a couple games they could/should have lost, and the Packers have lost a could they could/should have won. It makes for a deficit that is difficult to overcome in a 16 game schedule.

[QBME]

The Bears have a history of riding their ST and Defense to pretty good season records every 5 years or so. I expect them to hang in there this year. The Packers will not win the Division, but will be the better team at the end of the year. The Bears have already won a couple games they could/should have lost, and the Packers have lost a could they could/should have won. It makes for a deficit that is difficult to overcome in a 16 game schedule.

I'm not ready to concede the division just yet. You are certainly correct about their defense and special teams playing absolutely out of their gourds, and that is a formidable combination. But the Bears have beaten only one team with a winning record so far (Indy). I understand that you can only play whomever is on your schedule, but the second half of their schedule is clearly tougher than the first. With the head case of a QB they have all sorts of interesting things can happen, especially if their defense and special teams falter even just a bit.

[pbmax]

I know I keep harping on this but that Bear's D has got to get old at some point.