Comments on: Aaron Rodgers – 2008 Preview

By: awhayes

awhayes — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:06:37 +0000

Joe – I can see what you’re saying. While I still do think Rodgers in injury prone based mostly on Rodgers playing in a few halves of real NFL football and breaking his foot in one of those halvles, I will admit that I don’t have the level of injury worry for him that I do for someone like, say, Will Blackmon, who is very injury-prone. Especially because Rodgers appears to have bulked up over the off-season.

Both Steve and I have been concerned re Rodgers on the field demeanor – just a bit. We both recognize and hope that we could be way off here, but we’ve just seen Rodgers react to a few situations in a way that might indicate a whining tendency. Again, not a major worry with loads of evidence, but more of a sneaking worry. During the Dallas game, the New England game a couple years ago and a few pre-season games, we’ve seen him calling some receivers out in a Marino-Manning-Garcia sort of way. I recognize that at QB you need to lead and cannot always be nice to everyone, but some QBs tend to whine and publicly carry on more than others. We are really really hoping we’re just off on this one, but the camera has caught a couple moments that make us wonder. We’ll see, hopefully this hunch proves to be way off.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:33:22 +0000

Agree in many respects, but I really don’t think the injury prone bit is reality. He broke his foot, this is an injury and it was serious. But don’t forget he finished the game on that broken foot. This to me demonstrates that he is tough and will be able to play through pain. As for the hammy, he sat out because he could not because he had to. The team said he could have played but they sat him because they did not need him to play. I wouldn’t call a pulled hamstring that you could play on a serious injury.

I don’t think I saw your earlier whiner analysis: care to elaborate? I think all indications are that he is going to play and keep his mouth shut.

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:59:24 +0000

Andy,

Your evaluation of Rodger’s is spot on for the most part. The big issue with him is likely to be “Mental”. The pressure he will be under is without equal. I think Mike & Mike actually underestimated the potential fan reaction to Rodgers. He will be the guy they see and he will be on the receiving end of some of the most obnoxious vitriol in GB’s history.

Watch the game tonight. I’m willing to bet the #4 will show up in every fan shot taken. And some of those will be the Jets #4, I think this is a “Green Package” (Green Bay) game which should be better than the “Gold” (Milwaukee). The Milwaukee fans have demonstrated their propensity to attack everyone they don’t like. Even Brett before got how many INT’s he would toss up.

The ideal potion for the anti-Rodgers bile, take the first possession and drive tje field for a TD. No turnovers – No Interceptions would also be nice.