Searching for Mr. Right

Which brings up the question: How soon do the Packers look for ARod's replacement? The circumstances of his draft aren't likely to be repeated.

You've obviously never heard of Mr. Scott Tolzien.

Iowa Cheese can fill you in.

He could play at a high level for at least 5 more years.  Especially with the new rules regarding QB's.  The only doubt I have is that mobility is a huge part of his game.  If he can't escape the pocket, he isn't the best in the NFL anymore.  

 

I'd say you start looking anywhere between 4 and 6 years but no need to reach as #12 might play to 40.  Slim chance that a QB falls like that though.

Lap falling?

They had their chance at Manziel and they blew it

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thank dog!

Trade Arod to the Queens or Bares now for their entire next two drafts.

Because....?  There is no reason to believe the rest of his skills wouldn't allow him to adapt to staying more in the pocket.  At worst, he wouldn't be #1 but would still be elite and what more could you really expect from a franchise QB?

I have some mixed feelings about what the NFL is today.  Obviously, the good thing is that the Packers have an elite QB at the helm who gives them a significant advantage over 4/5 of the league that is looking for that elite QB.

 

While I understand why the rules are the way they are, I really do miss the days where defenses had a better chance to succeed than they do now.   It wasn't as easy to pass the ball when a DB could level a receiver if he was getting too comfortable out there on pass patterns.  It wasn't as easy when you constantly could knock a QB down and put a little bit of hurt and fear into him. 

 

The #1 thing that has changed over the past 10-15 years, defensive backs and linemen are now the ones afraid... afraid of getting a fine, afraid of a suspension, afraid of hitting the QB in the wrong spot, afraid of knocking a guy out of bounds who is straddling the OOB marker, afraid of making a horse collar tackle when trying to catch a player from behind.  QBs and Receivers have nowhere near the intimidation of doing their jobs that they once did.  For me it has cheapened the game.

 

I totally get why the rules have changed, I just sort of miss the days when the rules were at least somewhat fair for defenses.  There really isn't much of anything fair to defenses about what the rules are nowadays.  

 

Now for the real old-timers, the ones who watched football before 1978, this brand of football nowadays probably doesn't even come close to the brutal days of Dick Butkus trying to kill people out there, Nitschke giving a guy a forearm shiver, etc.  I started watching the game in late 1977, so I only had a brief glimpse of what the vintage old time rules were like. 

 

 

Want to see a Vikings fan in sheer terror? Bring up the topic of Arod playing until he is 40.

fightphoe93

Excellent post! The way I see and feel it as well.  Thanks.

Speaking of Mr. Right

Aaron told his Mom that his goals had changed and that instead of aiming to be the best QB ever, he wanted to be the best man who ever played QB.

 

That sounds like he spent some time with Bart....and with Bert

 

 

You never start looking for the next star QB

 

 

Because you never stop looking for the next star QB

 ftfy

It's somewhat a 6 of one/half-dozen of another, 'phoe.
TV technology was still fairly basic, even through the 70's, and it was hard to see the play in the trenches. The best hope was to catch something in the background after instant/slow-mo replay started.

Some things were pretty unmistakeable, though. Big hits from players like Nitchke, Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain defense, and later, players like Jack Tatum and Ronnie Lott. Even our own Chuck Cecil was a blast to watch!

 

Count me in the club that longs for watching the NFL of yesteryear, IMO it was the "complete" game of football.
My blood boils when an announcer says  " it was a business decision " for a DB not come up and make a tackle ... Choice words usually come out of my mouth thereafter.

Count me in for the old days. Today it's back and forth, back and forth, rinse, repeat. It's more like watching a basketball game than a football game. In years past, every yard earned was a hard yard and given up grudgingly. Today yards are given up like candy on Halloween and that's perfectly acceptable (as long as it isn't into the end zone). In the '60s, '70s it was blood, snot, and leaving your opponent laying in the mud. Rather than giving him a hand to help pull him up, the accepted action was to look down in disdain and walk away. And hugs, handshakes and prayers after a game with the other team? Blasphemy. 

.....and I suppose you loved how 50 percent of players died from dysentery too.

 

Hateful.

Proudly so. Dysentery and Nitschke took care of the weak.   

I'm not much on men hugging, but whatever.
I've always appreciated good sportsmanship, and genuine handshakes and prayers are fine by me.
JMHO. Others may vary.

 

Now they die from, Ebola. How is that any better?