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I have been getting some real good laughs from the young guys talking about how great Rogers looked. He did look good, but he looked good against 2'nd and 3'rd string players. Do you think that Pittsburg fans are pointing at Charlie Batch and saying that he did better than Ben Roethlisberger? Do you think any of them are looking for arguments involving the idea of replacing Ben Roethlisberger with Charlie Batch?
Lets be realistic here. Favre played the amount of snaps that M3 wanted him to play. Thats it. There are a number of reasons that Rogers took more snaps than Favre in the game last night. Lets not forget the number one reason: Favre is to valuable to lose in a pre-season game, Rogers is not. Yes, Rogers needs to prove that he can replace Favre............ someday. Right now however, he is nothing more than a back up, no different than Charlie Batch. With Rogers on the field, we were able to get a good look at our young WR's, without taking a chance of our star QB getting hurt.
Anyone else notice that Troy Polamalu, the SS for Pitt, got cleanly past our O-line on a blitz? That he could have layed the wood to Favre, but that he appeared to let up at the last second? You can read any number of things from that, I took it that Troy Polamalu is a class act that understands that this was a pre-season game, and that there was no reason to take a chance at injuring a legend with a free shot. It also shows that our O-line still has some work to do before the start of the season. Last but not least, I think it was a wake up call to M3 to take his star QB out of the game, and to put Rogers in.
Rogers did look good, he looked very comfortable. He knew what he had to prove, and he went about doing his best to prove it. It was apparent to me, that Rogers felt the need to show people that he could run. He also seemed to go directly for the safe "checkdown" reciever quite a few times, I am guessing because he wanted to prove that he can make quick decisions and will settle for short yardage passes. I am also guessing that he was taking a shot at Favre, as people tend to knock Favre by saying that he does not have the legs he used to have, or that he rarely goes to the "checkdown" reciever. These are good things though. Rogers knows that he has to prove that he can be as productive as Favre, and what better way to prove it than to make a point of doing the things that people say Favre is not that good at doing anymore. Rogers has his own agenda, and I cannot knock him for it. He looked great against those 2'nd and 3'rd stringers, and I am confident that someday, when either Favre retires, or Ted cuts Favre (Ha Ha) that Aaron Rogers will be ready to start.
P.S. I was just kidding about the trade thing. I doubt we could get anything for Rogers anyway.
Lets be realistic here. Favre played the amount of snaps that M3 wanted him to play. Thats it. There are a number of reasons that Rogers took more snaps than Favre in the game last night. Lets not forget the number one reason: Favre is to valuable to lose in a pre-season game, Rogers is not. Yes, Rogers needs to prove that he can replace Favre............ someday. Right now however, he is nothing more than a back up, no different than Charlie Batch. With Rogers on the field, we were able to get a good look at our young WR's, without taking a chance of our star QB getting hurt.
Anyone else notice that Troy Polamalu, the SS for Pitt, got cleanly past our O-line on a blitz? That he could have layed the wood to Favre, but that he appeared to let up at the last second? You can read any number of things from that, I took it that Troy Polamalu is a class act that understands that this was a pre-season game, and that there was no reason to take a chance at injuring a legend with a free shot. It also shows that our O-line still has some work to do before the start of the season. Last but not least, I think it was a wake up call to M3 to take his star QB out of the game, and to put Rogers in.
Rogers did look good, he looked very comfortable. He knew what he had to prove, and he went about doing his best to prove it. It was apparent to me, that Rogers felt the need to show people that he could run. He also seemed to go directly for the safe "checkdown" reciever quite a few times, I am guessing because he wanted to prove that he can make quick decisions and will settle for short yardage passes. I am also guessing that he was taking a shot at Favre, as people tend to knock Favre by saying that he does not have the legs he used to have, or that he rarely goes to the "checkdown" reciever. These are good things though. Rogers knows that he has to prove that he can be as productive as Favre, and what better way to prove it than to make a point of doing the things that people say Favre is not that good at doing anymore. Rogers has his own agenda, and I cannot knock him for it. He looked great against those 2'nd and 3'rd stringers, and I am confident that someday, when either Favre retires, or Ted cuts Favre (Ha Ha) that Aaron Rogers will be ready to start.
P.S. I was just kidding about the trade thing. I doubt we could get anything for Rogers anyway.
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