Aaron Rodgers

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Right, he was in motion but he would always stop and plant for the snap. He's not going to get a decent jump if his feet are moving side ways, you know? He squares up before the snap.

[Bossman641]

Right, he was in motion but he would always stop and plant for the snap. He's not going to get a decent jump if his feet are moving side ways, you know? He squares up before the snap.

Eh, not always. His TD in the 2nd quarter for example. He came in motion from the left, didn't square up, faked a crossing route and then headed up the field totally losing Collins.

I dunno, I just thought the Cowboys did a good job of moving him around. If he wasn't in motion, he was in the slot. Totally neutralized Harris' strength.

[FritzDontBlitz]

Right, he was in motion but he would always stop and plant for the snap. He's not going to get a decent jump if his feet are moving side ways, you know? He squares up before the snap.

Eh, not always. His TD in the 2nd quarter for example. He came in motion from the left, didn't square up, faked a crossing route and then headed up the field totally losing Collins.

I dunno, I just thought the Cowboys did a good job of moving him around. If he wasn't in motion, he was in the slot. Totally neutralized Harris' strength.

Usually, when a player goes in motion, Harris would hand him off to Woodson on the other side rather than follow him across. With Woodson out, there was no capable DB to hand him to. I assume he was passing him off to Jeb Bush but Jeb did not have a good half. Or quarter.

[Bossman641]

Right, he was in motion but he would always stop and plant for the snap. He's not going to get a decent jump if his feet are moving side ways, you know? He squares up before the snap.

Eh, not always. His TD in the 2nd quarter for example. He came in motion from the left, didn't square up, faked a crossing route and then headed up the field totally losing Collins.

I dunno, I just thought the Cowboys did a good job of moving him around. If he wasn't in motion, he was in the slot. Totally neutralized Harris' strength.

Usually, when a player goes in motion, Harris would hand him off to Woodson on the other side rather than follow him across. With Woodson out, there was no capable DB to hand him to. I assume he was passing him off to Jeb Bush but Jeb did not have a good half. Or quarter.

Exactly, glad someone else noticed it. No one could cover him man, so then they played zone which they all suck at.

[packrat]

Don't let the offense off the hook. Whether it was MM or Favre who was calling all those bombs, they just don't work when Favre is off the mark as he was on long passes all night long. ANd, the long passes got him hurt. The way the COwboys were rushing, they needed more quick stuff to beat the rush. If the offense had held the ball longer and scored more points and not made two interceptions, the defense would have been good enough

[cpk1994]

Right, he was in motion but he would always stop and plant for the snap. He's not going to get a decent jump if his feet are moving side ways, you know? He squares up before the snap.

Eh, not always. His TD in the 2nd quarter for example. He came in motion from the left, didn't square up, faked a crossing route and then headed up the field totally losing Collins.

I dunno, I just thought the Cowboys did a good job of moving him around. If he wasn't in motion, he was in the slot. Totally neutralized Harris' strength.

Usually, when a player goes in motion, Harris would hand him off to Woodson on the other side rather than follow him across. With Woodson out, there was no capable DB to hand him to. I assume he was passing him off to Jeb Bush but Jeb did not have a good half. Or quarter.

I didn't know Dubya's brother played football!

[swede]

Fire Jeb Bush!

[Brohm]

Jeb got benched for Williams. So yeah, he got fired :P

[Carolina_Packer]

Good original post, Merlin. No matter who, Aaron Rodgers, or anyone in a spot like he's in is going to have to find his way, get his legs under him when it's his time. He's going to have to learn by doing like every other QB. Hard to do that from just practice and limited playing time. He certainly flashed ability and it didn't look too big for him, and that's ecouraging. He was running for his life sometimes because our line was often manhandled by the Dallas D, so he made good decisions under fire.

The Dallas Offense was really good in spots, and we rarely had an answer for them, which was the difference, as I thought Rodgers and the offense gave us a chance. That frustrating 3rd and 19 conversion encapsulated the frustration of he defense last night. There were individual plays where they looked fine, but they looked lost in coverage with no answers. If Romo, or many QB's get to survey the field for several seconds, guess what?

[Merlin]

Re: Aaron Rodgers

We have lots of good things to look forward to.

I assume you're talking about Ted's induction to the HOF?

Do we really have to have this discussion? Can you for once in your short life act with some class?

[Merlin]

Back to Aaron Rodgers. One dimension he brings that Favre does not have is running ability. I counted at least 3 times tonight where Rodgers ran for a first down. Favre cannot do that anymore.

As Merlin posted above, I thought Rodgers did a very commendable job as a reserve. At one point, he had completed 7passes in a row.

Rodgers twice led the Packers on touchdown scoring drives. I feel much more confident with him as the Packers #2 and potential heir apparent to Favre.

Actually he was up to 11 in a row. He is always skidish in the pocket no matter who we are playing though. He also needs to quit locking on his primary receiver. He makes one read and if he has time he sticks with the primary until they are open. Those two things scare the hell out of me. I haven't seen any progression in those areas for him in 3 years and that is my major concern with him ever being a viable starter. Basically, he isn't reading the defense very well. I also didn't like his post game interview when he said the "I moved the offense pretty well". This harks back to interviews where he used the word "I" and not "We" or "Us". I don't like to hear that from a QB, any QB.

[Merlin]

Don't let the offense off the hook. Whether it was MM or Favre who was calling all those bombs, they just don't work when Favre is off the mark as he was on long passes all night long. ANd, the long passes got him hurt. The way the COwboys were rushing, they needed more quick stuff to beat the rush. If the offense had held the ball longer and scored more points and not made two interceptions, the defense would have been good enough

I agree, we went deep too often too early.

[Bub]

That was classic Favre when he started chucking those bombs. If he gets behind early he wants to get it all back NOW. I wish we would have handed the ball off a bit more then and let Brett calm down a bit.

This is nothing new from Brett.

[LL2]

I think most would agree Rodgers is worth holding on to rather than trading.

On a separate note, looking at Favre's facial expressions while he was on the sideline looked like he didn't enjoy watching Rodgers play. Of course part of that is his competitive nature to want to be in there playing, but looked like he was reflecting back to when he took over for Majik.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Favre had a bad quarter and a half. Those Dallas teams he lost to in the 90s were better than us. Plain and simple. In those 8 games, he had 8 interceptions, so I think the perception is that he played a lot worse than he actually did. I have faith that if we play them again, Brett learned something from this game (hopefully, by watching Rodgers move the ball on the Cowboys using what got Green Bay to this point), and he'll play a much better game than he did last night.