@vitaflo posted:I think he'll look slow. He looked slow his last season with us. It was the first thing I noticed about the Eagles game Love came in, Love looked way faster in general.
Given he's coming off a major injury, has had an entire year out of football, and is going to turn 41 this year, while I'm sure there will be flashes of greatness like we are used to, I'm guessing it will be mostly obvious his time has passed. Especially because he's never been a purely pocket passer, take the check downs type passer like Brady was. Frankly his sandlot style is what got him injured last year.
QBs who like getting out of the pocket need that speed to make it work. When they lose it, it's drastic. We saw it with Russ last year. He couldn't get out of the pocket consistently and it took away a huge part of his game. We'll see how Rodgers manages as a 40 year old QB coming back from a torn achilles.
Hit me yesterday when talking to a guy about his Falcons - why do we assume aging QBs are going to bounce back from a torn achilles in less than a year with no drop off? Is it really safe to assume that?