@H5 posted:I can see Rodgers playing better this fall if he's healthy, behind a heathy/stable OL, some WR maturation, Nixon signed, and a defense playing up to thier potential.
Except the defense won't be playing up to their potential because MLF chose to keep his buddy Barry instead of significantly upgrading the DC position.
@Pakrz posted:Are you suggesting that losing Adams, a broken thumb, a patchwork offensive line, substandard WRs/TEs and an under-performing defense all somehow affected 12's play last season?
Boot licker.
Who forced 12 to play with a broken thumb?
@GBFanForLife posted:Comparing apples to fucking oranges
Not at all. This is his career. You can argue he has more than enough money, but then again so do a few million others in this country and they're going about getting more, as well.
@DH13 posted:Not to nitpick because I'm bored, but while DEN didn't have a bunch or rookies or slow guys at WR, they would all have been learning a new offense and a new QB.
But they're experienced in understanding NFL offenses, defenses and the speed of play. Those are huge advantages over smaller conference rookies.
@GBFanForLife posted:Who forced 12 to play with a broken thumb?
Out of all those contributing factors, you decided to highlight that?
Yes, these guys willing to play through injuries and pain are a massive problem.
What are the odds that if 12 sat out you'd be in the group bitching about how much money he was making to hold a clipboard?
@GBFanForLife posted:Who forced 12 to play with a broken thumb?
Jordan Love?
I always find it interesting when people criticize others and how much money they make. Or why highly paid employees should take less “just because.”
You are worth what someone is willing to pay you for your skills and performance.
So, while you may not like it (or agree), Rodgers has earned that contract. Why should he take less?
@Pakrz posted:Out of all those contributing factors, you decided to highlight that?
Yes, these guys willing to play through injuries and pain are a massive problem.
What are the odds that if 12 sat out you'd be in the group bitching about how much money he was making to hold a clipboard?
odds are zero
@Herschel posted:Not at all. This is his career. You can argue he has more than enough money, but then again so do a few million others in this country and they're going about getting more, as well.
Playing a game for a living that has a salary cap does not have any relation to a regular person working a job in society.
Agreed. I've never heard of a business with a budget.
Well, that’s like your opinion, man.
Contrary to popular belief, the Packers are a for profit business. They generate revenue and have expenses and have a balance sheet. They also have a board of directors and employees that work for said business.
There are a lot of reasons to dislike Aaron Rodgers but honestly his salary isn’t one of those reasons. He’s paid market value for his skills. He also helps generate a ton of money for the franchise and the NFL in general.
Most “regular people” don’t have that level of visibility or impact to the bottom line.
The owners and teams make a crapload of money so I have no problem with players earning as much as they can get.
@GBFanForLife posted:Who forced 12 to play with a broken thumb?
For better or worse, the coaches must have believed Rodgers with a broken thumb was a better option than Love.
@Fedya posted:For better or worse, the coaches must have believed Rodgers with a broken thumb was a better option than Love.
If Rodgers says he is playing, no one is going to stop him.
@GBFanForLife posted:If Rodgers says he is playing, no one is going to stop him.
If AR’s thumb was bad enough to need a game or two off, MLF would have definitely manned up and told AR that……😆😆😆…Nevermind. I can’t even say it without laughing.
@GBFanForLife posted:Who forced 12 to play with a broken thumb?
Jimmy, the clerk at the grocery store where he buys his ghee.
@GBFanForLife posted:If Rodgers says he is playing, no one is going to stop him.
And reason #1 MLF isn't fit to be a HC if that is true.
If Rodgers sits several games because of the thumb, his trade value goes down. Can't have a 39 year old QB sitting on the bench with any kind of injury and expect other teams to be as interested. Gutting it out and playing through it is the best thing he could have done for us if he is to be traded elsewhere.
4 days of darkness might be an extreme way to get out of Valentines day, but I can't say I hate the idea
@"We"-Ka-Bong posted:4 days of darkness might be an extreme way to get out of Valentines day, but I can't say I don't hate the idea
Proof again that all though the room may be dark, he is the smertest guy in it.
News Flash: Derek Carr has informed the Raiders he won't accept a trade to New Orleans, meaning he will be released tomorrow before Tuesday's deadline guaranteeing $40.4 million of the contract.
40.4 million dollars, just sick, and I know others make more, but just the sheer number is just sick.
He will get a better deal on the free agency market. Just watch.
So much for the Raiders getting draft capital for a Rodgers trade.
That must be a to the Raiders on his way out the door.
He visits the Saints and then says he won't accept a trade. Tells me the Saints made a deal with Carr and they don't have to give up draft picks
Watch Carr sign with Saints down the road as just so he can torpedo any draft capital for the team who benched him/moved on.
Actually it’s a smart move for Carr to entertain all offer$ as free agent and keep the draft picks for his new team.
The New York Jets have inquired with the Green Bay Packers about Aaron Rodgers' availability, sources told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Sunday.
When does the groundhog emerge from his dark room to tell us if there will be 6 more years of Packers darkness?
@DH13 posted:When does the groundhog emerge from his dark room to tell us if there will be 6 more years of Packers darkness?
In true fashion showing how little literally any media source other than Pat McAfee and maybe James Jones knows about literally anything Rodgers is doing or thinking right now... he hasn't gone on his retreat yet, it starts Thursday. He will be live on McAfee's show today in about 1 hour.
Ian doesn't know anything about Rodgers and has no source in his circle.
I don’t have a problem with him going on a darkness retreat.
It’s the coming back part I’m not happy about.
@YATittle posted:News Flash: Derek Carr has informed the Raiders he won't accept a trade to New Orleans, meaning he will be released tomorrow before Tuesday's deadline guaranteeing $40.4 million of the contract.
I am picturing Carr and his agent laughing their butts off that the Raiders would even consider giving Carr that kind of money. Carr is decent but nowhere near that good to make that kind of money.
Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell
One of them Metallica tunes.
Though anyone who hasn't experienced it will probably chortle, sensory deprivation is trippy stuff.
As a physics major I had access to a blackout room that was used for laser and optics experiments. When you shut the door and you shut off all lights, it was absolutely pitch black. You could not see your hand in front of your face. You lose sense of up and down and any depth, very disorienting. It's easy to lose sense of time too. I was fully sober when I went in there and shut everything down and lasted maybe a minute before I got too freaked out and left. It was nearly sound proof too which probably compounded the experience.
Does AR12 get a flashlight so he can aim when he has to pee or does he have one of those astronaut tubes he shoves on his johnson when he has to go?
Just asking for a friend. What about this, Rodgers goes to the Raiders/reunites with Adams for draft choices, and a player or two maybe. Carr signs with Packers as backup for Love, maybe for #1 QB after some preseason competition. WE go to the Super Bowl ,WIN, and everyone gets a good chuckle. Again, "Just asking for a friend". 
@FinnLander posted:Does AR12 get a flashlight so he can aim when he has to pee or does he have one of those astronaut tubes he shoves on his johnson when he has to go?
4 day supply of Depends.
