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No more Mr. Nice Guy: Aaron Rodgers vows to temper offseason praise

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Aaron Rodgers doesn’t necessarily regret all the nice things he said about wide receiver Davante Adams last offseason -- the Green Bay Packers quarterback definitely isn’t giving up on Adams, despite his disappointing 2015 -- but you won’t hear any grand proclamations about anyone from Rodgers this offseason.

And you probably won’t get any from coach Mike McCarthy, either.

Although Adams said earlier this week that Rodgers’ and McCarthy’s expectations for him last June didn’t create extra pressure, it was unusual for Rodgers to be so effusive in his praise for Adams, whom he predicted “is going to be a star” after watching Adams as a rookie in 2014 and in organized team activities last spring. McCarthy, meanwhile, said Adams was “tremendous” and was the team’s offseason MVP.

On Janis!

“I know you guys love Jeff Janis. All you people out there love Jeff. I love Jeff, too,” Rodgers said. “Jeff made some great plays there at the end of that game, and he’s coming along. Again, these are important years for young guys like that -- Years 1 to 2 and 2 to 3 are when you can really take jumps. You’ve seen a lot of them over my course of 12 seasons, where you see guys really take jumps and start to figure it out. I think he has an opportunity.”



FWIW, Rodgers heaped praise on Johnny Idiot when he got drafted as well. And we all know how well Ryan Braun and his bromance went. So probably a good idea AR just keeps mum and let these guys play do the talkin'

Satori posted:

In the interview, Sitton and Hawk both say the idea of sharing secrets about your former team with your new team is vastly over-rated by the fans...

That is because there are no "secrets". In today's football everyone knows everyone else's offense, defense, personnel. It is a chess match to get the match-up / call you want & then capitalize on it. 

They knew how they did it for a particular opponent WHEN they were on the team, which any future opponent can see on tape, but they have no idea how they will do it for another opponent in another week, in another year, with different personnel. All game plans are  flexible from week to week, and every DC is aware of the different ways, they just don't know which one will be used. 

When you join an opponent at the beginning of the year I'm not sure there is much you can tell your new team that they can't gather from film. Maybe you could tip them off that there a few new plays teams haven't seen, like a reverse to Trevor Davis or Jeff Janis that hasn't really been done before by GB. Other than that teams pretty much know what is on McCarthy's play sheet. 

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