NEXT YEAR AARON RODGERS WILL BE

[texaspackerbacker]

Unverified opinion with no merit at all coming. Maybe AROD wanted to stay in GB and she wanted no part of that

I was thinking the same thing.

[Joemailman]

Aaron Wilson
@AaronWilson_NFL

Green Bay Packers expected to hire veteran assistant and former offensive coordinator Tom Clements as their new quarterbacks coach, per league sources; Clements' addition is expected to be welcomed highly by quarterback Aaron Rodgers as he contemplates his future @PFN365

If there is a guy who can get Rodgers back to the QB who went through his progressions, rather than focusing on one receiver, it may well be Clements. He was Packers QB coach 2006-2011, and OC 2012-2014.

[call_me_ishmael]

How would signing someone else have helped? Rodgers wouldn't throw to a wide-open Lazard and passed on ESB a couple times as well. So signing another WR that Rodgers wouldn't throw to wouldn't help.

What free agent defensive lineman could they have signed that would've gotten them over the top?

Maybe they could've paid a special teams coach to come in and fix things. That might've helped.

The Packers had the pieces in place. It's not a question of signing more guys. Hell, they got healthy right at the end, except for Bak. It's special teams and Aaron Rodgers in the second half of playoff games that cost this team the past two years.

Man IDK, I think they were pretty banged up in the last game. MVS didn't play, for example, and he changes things. It's hard to argue they were not deep at receiver this year.

The last play was bad, but I do wonder if having more options changes the other n-1 plays.

[scharpcheddar]

Still wealthier and with less problens than you. That's where he'll
be.

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Single

That answer is worth an UPVOTE...

[oldbutnotdeadyet]

Still wealthier and with less problens than you. That's where he'll
be.

I agree on wealthier part, but the rich have their own problems..

[George Cumby]

I agree on wealthier part, but the rich have their own problems..

Wealth and fame make a gilded cage.

Don't get me wrong. I'd love a bit more wealth, just to insulate my kids.

[Fritz]

Man IDK, I think they were pretty banged up in the last game. MVS didn't play, for example, and he changes things. It's hard to argue they were not deep at receiver this year.

The last play was bad, but I do wonder if having more options changes the other n-1 plays.

Well, I watched that All-22 video, and it seems as if Rodgers was passing on open WR's on a few occasions. I also saw a quote from him this morning (in regards to the Clements hire) that Rodgers does, at least occasionally, pre-determine who's getting the ball, regardless of coverage. My opinion is that when his scrotum starts to shrivel in the second half of playoff games, he does this more and more and more.

To contradict myself, though, it looked like on that last SB drive by the Rams, Stafford was throwing to Kupp no matter what - and it worked out. So I dunno.

I think a part of it is that I'm just sick of Aaron Rodgers as a person. And it's still about the team, so I root for them even if they employ, occasionally, domestic abusers (Ahman Green) or rapists (Mossy Cade). And Rodgers doesn't come close to that level of bad - he's just an asshole, in my opinion. But he's the face of the franchise, and that face is getting uglier and uglier.

[George Cumby]

Remember 'cute' Aaron Rodgers? Cheekily photobombing the Team Captains? The knowing, yet endearing confidence, pointing at his imaginary Championship Belt? The guy who the team seemed to gravitate towards?

Where'd that fucker go?

Fame, fortune and influence, baby. You have enough people gobble your load for long enough, it messes up your head.

[Fritz]

Remember 'cute' Aaron Rodgers? Cheekily photobombing the Team Captains? The knowing, yet endearing confidence, pointing at his imaginary Championship Belt? The guy who the team seemed to gravitate towards?

Where'd that fucker go?

Fame, fortune and influence, baby. You have enough people gobble your load for long enough, it messes up your head.

Same place Brett Favre went. He was "like a kid out there!" the good-time Charlie his teammates loved and loved to party with and play for. By the time he got toward the end, he had his own locker isolated from others, and felt disconnected from his teammates.

Maybe it's a part of getting older that we don't really acknowledge as having an impact on how someone plays.

[call_me_ishmael]

People change. I'm not surprised he is a different person at 39 than 27. I know I am a hell of a lot different at 36 with kids than even 29 before kids.

[George Cumby]

People change. I'm not surprised he is a different person at 39 than 27. I know I am a hell of a lot different at 36 with kids than even 29 before kids.

Yeah, but if your experience is anything like mine, having kids made you a better person.

IDK if Rodgers is in a better place now than he was ten years ago.

[George Cumby]

Same place Brett Favre went. He was "like a kid out there!" the good-time Charlie his teammates loved and loved to party with and play for. By the time he got toward the end, he had his own locker isolated from others, and felt disconnected from his teammates.

Maybe it's a part of getting older that we don't really acknowledge as having an impact on how someone plays.

Fucking A.

I'm early 50's now.

A lot of the time, internally, I still feel like I'm 28.

Other times I feel like Bilbo Baggins after carrying The Ring for 50 years, too little butter spread over too much bread.

[ThunderDan]

Fucking A.

I'm early 50's now.

A lot of the time, internally, I still feel like I'm 28.

Other times I feel like Bilbo Baggins after carrying The Ring for 50 years, too little butter spread over too much bread.

“like butter that has been scraped over too much bread.”

One of my favorite quotes from Lord of The Rings.

[wthigoot]

Had to look up the off season events:

March 1 - Combine
March 8 - Franchise/Transition Tag
March 14 - Early Free Agency Period
March 16 - Free Agency + Trades (end of league year)
April 20 - End of Player Visits
April 22 - RFA Offer Sheets to be signed
April 28 - NFL Draft

Seems like this is up to Rodgers, so they will have to get an answer from him by March 8th or so. If he is back, it should be announced by March 1. If no announcement, they are probably trying to work out a trade that would happen March 16 or later.

I thought Rodgers was gone last year but he came back. No idea this year so I didn't vote in the poll. Either way it will be interesting.