OT: Has Aaron Rodgers Quit on GB?

amfootball said:

Did you watch the game and see his play/expressions throughout? I mean the guy often looks kind of aloof as his general demeanor but he was completely uninterested. He had no compete at all, no fire. His interview after the game was even worse.

I do expect him/them to bounce back vs Detroit as it they don't then things are really going to heat up. But they have San Fran and Pitt after Detroit. I do think we know more in the next few weeks about whether he really wants to win this year or just mail in it and retire.

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BaconGrundleCandy said:

From Vito "Babe" Parilli

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NCPATSFAN1971 said:

I used to get into it with "Babe" quite a bit over at the old BDC site. Babe hated BB and Rusty hated TB and they would hijack almost every thread. I remember there were a few times that their arguing could to kill some time during slack football news periods. But after awhile it was like reading two people on the verge of divorce arguing the same crap over and over again. I'm just a Patriot fan and got tired of reading how bad BB was and how bad TB was along with millennial BS and all the rest of the biching and complaining. No mas!!!!! LOL

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LFGMac10 said:

Oh look, another why Brady left thread and how he sucks now that he's not a Patriot. Why can't we just be glad for what he did in his 20 years as a patriot. The fact that the BB and Brady relationship lasted as long as it did, and how instrumental they were to each others career and root for Pats over Bucs in the SB?

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amfootball said:

It's not that thread at all just one poster hijacked it and he has been made fun of at every turn. Seems he had multiple accounts.

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amfootball said:

It's not that thread at all just one poster hijacked it and he has been made fun of at every turn. Seems he had multiple accounts.

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LFGMac10 said:

Oh look, another why Brady left thread and how he sucks now that he's not a Patriot. Why can't we just be glad for what he did in his 20 years as a patriot. The fact that the BB and Brady relationship lasted as long as it did, and how instrumental they were to each others career and root for Pats over Bucs in the SB?

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Steve:Section 102 said:

speaking of hijacking an Aaron thread.

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Steve:Section 102 said:

speaking of hijacking an Aaron thread.

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Steve:Section 102 said:

speaking of hijacking an Aaron thread.

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Steve:Section 102 said:

speaking of hijacking an Aaron thread.

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Wozzy said:

Green Bay’s O-Line was picked apart in offseason free agency then sustained injuries entering the season. As much as people want to believe QB’s are magical and play in a vacuum… they don’t.

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Pats1971 said:

Having an olineis better for some than others. Obviously you want to have a good line, but some QB's are better at getting rid of the ball faster. Then you have some that begin to run around in the first 2 seconds. I watched the game last week. Oline was not his issue, bad decisions, bad throws was. He had plenty of time when he rocketed the ball 20 yards over his receivers head to the defender.

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Wozzy said:

He also skipped most of camp, but losing his center to free agency and his LT to injury hurts.

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NewEraWithMac said:

IMO, yes. He's taken the Brady Diva lead very well this offseason with the passive-aggressive behavior, for attention and an attempt at control.

The guy makes 36 mil per year, just got married and acts like a teenager loose on social media. It's pretty embarrassing and absolutely ridiculous to watch a guy like that play the victim game in that position, especially with all the bad stuff going on in the world. We have people dying left and right and front line workers sacrificing so much, and we have to watch these divas like this? It's repulsive, but Brady started this and now you have a lot of QBs in the league feeling emboldened. Russell Wilson is another.

I am just glad we dealt with our issue and flipped the switch, because I can see this happening in Pitt next with Ben. There's a lot more to that position that posting fantasy stats in an easier offensive era.

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NewEraWithMac said:

I think people just can't admit the antics Brady was showing prior to 2019. He all but enabled the Amendolas, Dion Lewises, Gronk, They all were on social media running their mouths. It was very unusual. Throw in Brady showing up teammates early in 2018's season and it was clear he wasn't happy. Ironically, all these players were either not wanted, oft injured, etc, and BB brought them in, coached em up and they worked hard, and they became millionaires. If all these guys were so great, why weren't they great elsewhere? I mean, Gronk missed his whole senior year and his early carerr in NE was in jeopardy due to his immaturity. BB got the best out of him, too. These players aren't robots who just appear out of a pod to make coaches look good.

Heck, even McDaniels looked he was done with him and I would have never thought that 5 years ago.

Brady wanted to play his whole career in NE on his own terms, which meant a contract "until 45". It's why he kept saying it ad nauseum in almost every interview he did. It was passive-aggressive behavior at its finest. I kept asking "why does he keep saying '45' over and over"? It's because he wanted the money. I was thinking "just cross that bridge when it comes like Ortiz was doing for the Red Sox". You know, like 2 year deals. Seemed more than reasonable.

Amendola on Twitter saying he was "free!" and Gronk doing his bit. How do people forget this stuff anyway?

What's sad is Brady aligned with them, where in years past like if a Ty Law or Samuel or someone else didn't like how BB needed to move on, Brady never said a word publicly about any of that stuff.

I think drafting Garoppolo pissed Brady off and the same deal with GB drafting Jordan Love for Rodgers. It's literally the same pattern tied to some idea that Rodgers isn't supported by their GM. Last time I checked, loading up on weapons around Rodgers and having a horrendous D for a decade, while being paid as much as he has, is why the Packers have failed. BB never let Brady down as a GM, but Ted Thompson and Mickey Loomis in NOs certainly let Brees down until very recently in 2018 when NOs finally improved on D, almost a decade after Brees's only SB appearance. I would argue Polian let Manning own in Indy for 10+ years unable to field a good defense. They sucked. Seattle, same thing. Schneider has been terrible of late and it started paying both Earl Thomas and Chancellor at the same time to peak money. It all matters and no GM in Cap Era history has done more to support his All Pro and HOF QB like BB has for Brady. After the Garoppolo draft pick, Brady certainly hunkered down and reacted the right way, so it worked. He didn't pout, he realized he had to improve from his subpar postseason play where he looked mediocre after changing how he played. BB worked with Garoppolo daily right in front of Brady. The only other guy to get that treatment was Brady himself in front of Bledsoe, so he knew what it meant. It worked. Brady used less shotgun, they ran more, used a FB again, etc. 2nd Dynasty formed.

Brady probably though he did his part improving in the postseason, looking like the pre-Giselle Brady he used to be where he was just outstanding in the postseason, and he absolutely did, but there was clearly some push and pull going on behind the scenes way before 2019.

The pushing of his brand, which is just completely obnoxious is like Brady trying to copy MeBron James. I don't like that at all and I don't like the obsession with Brady desperately trying to show he's great. We get it, dude. You are great. Act like an adult instead of scorned teenager.

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• Brady interviews where he expresses his desire to play until age 45
• Interview quotes or tweets from Danny Amendola, Dion Lewis and Gronk dissing the Patriots, which you egregiously imply Brady had something to do with

I don't like the obsession with Brady desperately trying to show he's great. We get it, dude. You are great. Act like an adult instead of scorned teenager.

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