What brilliant word-smithing there.
I will commend some of the posters on this board for not following the ridiculous crap written about Aaron Rodgers. I've tried to address it before but I've found it pointless.
No, Rodgers isn't having a great year, so let's all just pile all the negative comments we can on top of him from the "he's always been overrated" to "it's everybody's fault but his." You sure as hell don't read what they're saying about Rodgers in GB if you think that.
Rodgers' bad year would make 20 other QBs in this league drool.
As poorly as the GB offense has played, it is interesting to note that in the last several games "choker" Rodgers has done the following:
Carolina: 4th quarter comeback against a team they totally outplayed the Packers, missed a 2-point conversion that would have tied it with an INT. Fault: Rodgers.
Detroit: 4th quarter comeback, down by that 9-point difference you guys always love to bring up (as opposed to 1000 other different stats where Rodgers shines, and no, it's not 0-28 it's less than that). Game tying 2-point conversion dropped by Davante Adams. Defender made an excellent play on the ball but it was still in Adams' hands and he dropped it. With seconds left, Rodgers marches the Packers down into FG range for the game winner and Crosgy shanks it. Packers lose.
Chicago: Rodgers almost single -handedly marches the Packers down the field in another last-chance drive, scrambling and passing for big gains. 3rd and goal. James Jones drops a TD pass. In his hands. 4th and goal. No receivers are open because they all do curl-ins and sit there, Rodgers puts the ball high to Davante Adams, it's catchable, goes through his hands.
3 comebacks, one loss on Rodgers, twice not.
Irony is that if Brady's receivers had dropped TD passes like the Packers receivers had, I'd bet good money Brady would have gone ballistic and those guys would be benched, and you'd all be screaming for them to be benched.
I'll just finish by saying it may be a down year for the Rodgers and the Packers. If you all want to think that Rodgers never was that good and he's washed up, be my guest.
I'm done. Carry on.
