@skully posted:
Alex, I'd like sports history for $ 2000.
He had a funny story on the Pat McAfee show about how he picked those clothes not only to look like Mr. Rodgers but to cover his, uh, not so trim body at the time.
Nuts that nearly a 1/3 of his picks came off tipped balls. No other QB is even in his stratosphere.
Only six players have picked him off more than once.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) January 15, 2021
Just three of his INTs have been pick-6s
24 of his 89 INTs came on tipped balls.
A look at Aaron Rodgers’ remarkably low INT rate and how he learned not to thrown them:https://t.co/2XxpV9YdSt
Rodgers when the Packers drafted Jordan Love 😂 pic.twitter.com/DU7p6oDoOd
— Ryan Clark (@RyanClark__) January 16, 2021
Great play by AR buying time in his own EZ and hitting Lazard for a first down. Didn't notice it at the time, but he beat Ramsey on the play.
UDFA WR Lazard beat all world CB Ramsey? Umpossible.
Edit :Thank you IQ for the clarification, Rodgers earns PFWA MVP award. Not the official AP one that's handed out just before the SB (just yet anyway) .
Packers’ Rodgers PFWA NFL MVP; Titans’ Henry Offensive Player of the Year; Rams’ Donald Defensive Player of the Year
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who led the league in touchdown passes, was selected as the 2020 NFL Most Valuable Player chosen in voting conducted by the Professional Football Writers of America (PFWA).
Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry, who led the NFL in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns, was selected as the league’s Offensive Player of the Year.
Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who was tied for second in the NFL in sacks as part of the league’s No. 1-ranked defense, was named the Defensive Player of the Year.
Rodgers, the 47th MVP honored by the PFWA, won the award for the third time (2011, 2014, 2020) which ties him with Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady for second most in the history of the PFWA’s MVP honor. He is the eighth consecutive quarterback to be selected MVP by the PFWA and the 31st QB to win the award overall. The third PFWA honor for the Packers quarterback extends Green Bay’s record of PFWA MVP awards to six (quarterbacks Bart Starr in 1966 and Brett Favre in 1995 and 1996).
Aaron Rodgers last 3 seasons:
• 99 TDs
• 11 INTs
• 9 - 1 TD- INT ratio
NINE to fucking ONE!
Tom's a great QB but I guaran-fucking-tee you he knows who the best QB is on that field on Sunday. It's the #12 in Green & Gold
THAT is what is so great about football....No ONE player....even the best player on the planet at his position can tip the scales every time to a win. It's not the NBA.
Football is the ultimate team game....and it takes a great TEAM to win a Super Bowl....or even a Conference Championship Game.
Attachments
— Mike Clemens (@MikeClemensNFL) January 21, 2021
Good piece about AR's struggles in NFC championship games. He plays well on Sunday and the Packers will win.
It's a sobering article. If you don't consider the context of each of those games, which have been covered here before. Most of which have centered on the D putting the O behind the 8 ball, a lack of WR's and facing excellent D's. On the other hand, who likes excuses? He can't turn the ball over vs. TB. It's what they survive on.
They raced to a lead in WK6 and when the TO's started, nobody adjusted well to the situation. That can't happen again.
I believe this is the most balanced offense Rodgers has had for a NFC title game. No excuses.
@H5 posted:I believe this is the most balanced offense Rodgers has had for a NFC title game. No excuses.
That 2014 team was well balanced. In fact, looking back it was absolutely loaded with talent. I looked back just now and counted 18 (EIGHTEEN!) guys that were Pro Bowlers at one point in their careers (all within 2-3 years of 2014) on that team. Rodgers, Lacy, Kuhn, Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Sitton, Bakh, Lang, Linsley, Tramon, Shields, Daniels, Dix, Peppers, Hyde, Hayward, CM3. This doesn't count Bulaga or Crosby who were more than good enough to be Pro Bowlers at many points in their careers. That's 20 guys.
Eddie Lacy was within his 2-year prime. Nelson and Cobb both had more than 90 catches that year. D. Adams wasn't anywhere near what he is now, but he was a promising #3 WR that year. Quarless was at least a league-average TE. The OL was right up there with the best in Packers history. Bakhtiari, Sitton, Linsley, Lang, and Bulaga.
They had a lot of playmakers on defense (CM3, Julius Peppers), Shields and Tramon as CBs, Micah Hyde was a top 5 PR.
I was an a mild MM apologist before, but knowing what we know now (MLF's schemes), how did that team ever lose? They were absolutely loaded. The roster was loaded with current or future Pro Bowlers (Rodgers, Lacy, Nelson, Cobb, Adams, the entire OL, Peppers, CM3, Hyde, Hayward. I mean, come on, their nickel corner was Casey Hayward. Their top backup OL were JC Tretter and Lane Taylor.
Just typing this makes me angry about that game all over again. That roster was more loaded than the Super Bowl winning roster. TT gave MM and Capers more than enough talent.
Capers? There's your answer. Plus that idiot ST coach.
@bvan posted:Green & YELLOW!
Lil Wayne agrees:
@MichiganPacker2 posted:That 2014 team was well balanced. In fact, looking back it was absolutely loaded with talent. I looked back just now and counted 18 (EIGHTEEN!) guys that were Pro Bowlers at one point in their careers (all within 2-3 years of 2014) on that team. Rodgers, Lacy, Kuhn, Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Sitton, Bakh, Lang, Linsley, Tramon, Shields, Daniels, Dix, Peppers, Hyde, Hayward, CM3. This doesn't count Bulaga or Crosby who were more than good enough to be Pro Bowlers at many points in their careers. That's 20 guys.
Eddie Lacy was within his 2-year prime. Nelson and Cobb both had more than 90 catches that year. D. Adams wasn't anywhere near what he is now, but he was a promising #3 WR that year. Quarless was at least a league-average TE. The OL was right up there with the best in Packers history. Bakhtiari, Sitton, Linsley, Lang, and Bulaga.
They had a lot of playmakers on defense (CM3, Julius Peppers), Shields and Tramon as CBs, Micah Hyde was a top 5 PR.
I was an a mild MM apologist before, but knowing what we know now (MLF's schemes), how did that team ever lose? They were absolutely loaded. The roster was loaded with current or future Pro Bowlers (Rodgers, Lacy, Nelson, Cobb, Adams, the entire OL, Peppers, CM3, Hyde, Hayward. I mean, come on, their nickel corner was Casey Hayward. Their top backup OL were JC Tretter and Lane Taylor.
Just typing this makes me angry about that game all over again. That roster was more loaded than the Super Bowl winning roster. TT gave MM and Capers more than enough talent.
More than enough talent and far too much time.
Six points off five turnovers against the Seahawks in that game. Think the MLF offense would do just a bit better.
@Thunderbird posted:Lil Wayne agrees:
Me, Lil Wayne and Henry, hell of a trio of yellow fellows! 
Say it aint so, @JerryRice (via @MorningRoast957 ) pic.twitter.com/85SrlqUo1S
— 95.7 The Game (@957thegame) January 25, 2021
Some interesting stuff from Rodgers last week, looking back now after the loss and his post game comments.
“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying it is a journey of self-actualization. I think we’re all on that journey, whether we acknowledge it or not. Those are the words I would probably use. I think it started years ago, but I think this offseason especially, there were just a few moments that were really meaningful to me."
“So, when things happen, they just happen. They weren’t happening to me. They were just things that were happening, and what I can control is my own reactions and my own emotions. But just deal with those emotions — not letting them stew, or letting that resentment build up."
“Now, I’m still a nostalgic person, and I do have a lot of appreciation and gratitude for those things. But I think you look at it differently. You don’t look at it as, those are your last opportunities. You just look at it as, this is an opportunity — an opportunity. Instead of, ‘This could be my last opportunity.’ Or, ‘This could be my last time in Green Bay. Who knows?’
“I don’t know what the future’s going to hold, but I haven’t been spending time worrying about it. I’ve come to a real good peace about it — and it’s allowed me to just stay present and stay in my body and enjoy all these little things that come with it.”
Let's see if that holds true after yesterday...
TJ Lang weighs in on 12 leaving...
@Chongo posted:TJ Lang weighs in on 12 leaving...
I have always enjoyed TJ Lang's willingness to tell it like it is (at least as he sees it), whether it is calling out Bostick's self-pity campaign or Rodgers' frustration over the Packer front office's refusal to go all in to compete for a Super Bowl during the past decade.
“I think he was quietly pissed when they took Jordan Love a year ago,” Lang said, via Radio.com.
“The one thing I’ll say about Aaron Rodgers, pretty much the last 10 years of his career he’s wanted that team to just go all-in for one year. ‘Just give me some pieces, let’s just go all-in, let’s trade a future first if we have to get a couple guys. Let’s just go all-in and try to win this thing.’
“And then last year, he hinted at them doing that, ‘Hey, I’m excited, let’s see who they can bring in,’ and they bring in a quarterback. I think that was the ultimate slap to the face when you feel like you’re one piece away from winning the whole thing.”
“I think he’s gonna make them pay, man, I think he’s gonna want some sort of new deal where they guarantee a couple more years for him, security wise, being in Green Bay. I don’t think he wants to go anywhere, but I think he’s going to hold their feet to the fire and say, ‘Hey, if you’re going to keep me around, A) you’re going to pay me, and B) you’re going to bring in some players that I want to play with where we can take this next leap.”
The "go all in" thing just doesn't make sense in the NFL. When has that worked? You could say it's happening in Tampa right now but they really just brought in Brady and Gronk, which is pretty unique. Other top guys for the Bucs were pretty much already there - David, Evans, Godwin, White, Suh, Barrett, JPP, etc. I guess you cold say they signed Antonio Brown.
Any other time "going all in for one year" worked in the NFL?
EDIT: You could also add Fournette as "going all in". I really don't as that was a pretty secondary signing.
Denver? Not sure who they brought in or how they did it. But they brought in Omaha, had 3 really good years with 2 trips to the bowl.
Still paying for it tho.
Exactly.
Remember the Eagles "dream team" a number of years ago? Again, if 12 wants to go all in for the pie, 12 has to take a smaller piece of the salary pie, not more....
I don't begrudge him for making as much coin as he can, but you can't have it both ways.
@Pikes Peak posted:Denver? Not sure who they brought in or how they did it. But they brought in Omaha, had 3 really good years with 2 trips to the bowl.
Still paying for it tho.
You're right, I can see Denver being an "all in" team. They signed Sanders, Talib, Ware, Stewart, Ward and then Evan Mathis during training camp. But as a rebuttal, I'd say it's rare to go 6 for 6 on free agent signings like this. Every one of these signings was a least a borderline pro bowler. And I think that's the risk, that if you bring in 6 high priced guys, it's unlikely al 6 perform at that level. For the Broncos, if even one of those guys gets hurt or is below average, they probably don't win.
And what are we calling Gute signing Amos, P Smith, Z Smith and Turner? If that type of spending does not appease Rodgers, what would? Is it really just spending on WR?
And what did those 4 signings do in the most important game of the season? Only Amos played "ok", the other 3 "less than ok to awful".
With the salary cap dropping, I can’t see anyway we “go all in.” The only possibility is that many vets get cut because of the cap and we can get + players on the cheap.
@EC Pack posted:Exactly.
Remember the Eagles "dream team" a number of years ago? Again, if 12 wants to go all in for the pie, 12 has to take a smaller piece of the salary pie, not more....
I don't begrudge him for making as much coin as he can, but you can't have it both ways.
One of Brady’s greatest strengths as a QB is that he understands economics. If you want your team to bring in free agents take a smaller slice of the pie so the team can use it on free agents.
Watch the Chiefs become less competitive after Mahomes signed that massive deal.
Edit: Even Mahomes made allowances in his deal to allow the Chiefs to sign players.
Saturday nite, Rodgers is going to be handed his 3rd MVP trophy after having a career year.
++++++ Shailene Woodley
++++++ Divergent
