NFL GAME DAY DISCUSSION Official SF/GB playoff game thread, open for bidness...

[Bill Lee]

 

[Guts]

Had home field advantage and a rabid pro Packers crowd.
Had a coveted playoff bye to optimize health.
Had a championship level Packers defense that held up its end only giving up 6 total points.

Rodgers led an offense that generated 58 yards of total offense in the 2nd half.

lol.

This your MVP??

 

[Ice_Ice_Brady]

It was awesome. I expected a 49ers win but something like 23-20.

 

[Bill Lee]

 

[Guts]

So now Rodgers can definitely boycott the Superbowl

 

[Lavictoire]

Man, that 49ers defense came to play! Special teams too! Need that in the playoffs.

 

[goheels22002]

Are you one of those, "Lebron sucks because he lost so many times in the finals" kind of people? I need to know before I continue this conversation.

 

[goheels22002]

Not enough to be compared to certain all time greats I agree. Enough to be considered one of the all time greatest QBs to ever play, along with his other statistics? Um. Yeah. Obviously.

Jeff Hostetler and Trent Dilfer say hi.

 

[Patsfan1958]

 

[PaulThePat]

Rodgers is an elite regular season QB, absolutely no doubt. Rodgers is a post-season dud, also absolutely no doubt.

 

[Triumph]

@Triumph what are your thoughts on this meltdown?

Both home teams lose.

 

[‘Mondre]

You can’t just interchange terms like “a great QB” and “one of the greatest.”

Rodgers has immense talent. He’s a clear Hall of Famer. He’s a joke under adversity, too. He’s now lost:

In 2014 to the Sehawks when the Packers got FIVE turnovers and four INTs.

In 2020 to the Bucs when the Packers got THREE INTs on Brady.

In 2021 when the team allowed just 13 total points.

That’s 3 of his MVP seasons, all Super Bowl caliber teams where his teammates did their job and then some. I’d bring up 2015-18, but he sulked around those years while putting up below average per-play production, despite making sure his stats were protected.

Anyway: think what you want about Rodgers…it doesn’t make you more or less of a fan. In the Tampa thread, there’s been lots of discussion about how he crumbles under adversity and refuses to take necessary risks. Exactly what we saw tonight.

Ever consider that his teams are average and he pulls them into the inevitable, having not even deserved that?

this clutch stuff is stupid. Playoff games are 11v11 just like the rest.

 

[TomPatriot]

Rodgers is in elite regular season QB, absolutely no doubt. Rodgers is a post-season dud, also absolutely no doubt.

Idk. He has a ring despite a lot of less than stellar coaching. GB wins today with average special teams play.

I don’t love Rodgers, but I don’t hate him. He had Brady’s back during Deflategate when a lot of players went silent or were critical.

 

[PaulThePat]

I don’t love Rodgers, but I don’t hate him.

I don't have any feelings on the bloke one way or another. Just don't think 1 ring for a near 40 year old QB described by some as the GOAT can be explained away as bad coaching etc. GB have had loaded offences and stacked defences over the years and they still choke, as a team and as individuals.

 

[Brandon_Cox]

He literally won a SB so this statement is completely inaccurate and disingenuous. Jimmy hasn't won a SB but you're saying he is more clutch.

Well Jimmy does have more Super Bowl rings than A-A-Ron

 

[TomPatriot]

I don't have any feelings on the bloke one way or another. Just don't think 1 ring for a near 40 year old QB described by some as the GOAT can be explained away as bad coaching etc. GB have had loaded offences and stacked defences over the years and they still choke, as a team and as individuals.

There is only one GOAT and that’s Brady. But there are a lot of great QBs who never even won one ring (Marino, Fouts).

Ironically, Tennessee would have won today with Rodgers.

 

[PaulThePat]

Ironically, Tennessee would have won today with Rodgers.

Hard to be be sure after a 10 point stinker at home when overwhelming favourites.

 

[JMC00]

Mac Jones scored more points on the road against the #1 defense than Rodgers did at home coming off a bye week. Some "MVP". 11-9 in the playoffs now, 7-8 since his 1 SB win.

 

[JMC00]

And the last thing. Debo was a rock solid star at Clemson and is turning out to be a rock solid star in the NFL. Did the Pats pass over him for you know who?

Deebo Samuel went to South Carolina. Also had notable medical red flags

32 teams also passed on him in the 1st round including the 49ers.

 

[1960Pats]

Are you one of those, "Lebron sucks because he lost so many times in the finals" kind of people? I need to know before I continue this conversation.

B.D.M.