Comments on: Rodgers Out – Sign Tim Rattay

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:13:30 +0000

Rodgers – dislocated shoulder? Probably out for Atlanta. God, I hope that’s wrong. I’m waiting for the inevitable Favre quote on this.

By: Cate

Cate — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:40:43 +0000

I agree with everything PackerBelle said, especially since she voiced pretty much everything I was thinking of posting.

Brett Favre is one of the best quarterbacks to play the game– when he plays well, like yesterday. Then, he’s magic. But one thing Brett Favre has never been is consistent and, as Packer fans, we all know what it feels like after one of Favre’s bad games. I’m glad he’s gone. If we can tighten up the offensive line and give Rodgers a little more protection he will be something we haven’t had in years: a consistently good quarterback.

Yesterday highlighted some problems we saw in Dallas to a glaring degree and they need to be fixed or it won’t matter who’s under center.

By: scott in wisconsin

scott in wisconsin — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:41:08 +0000

I am going to toss in the MM “marriage” rag. Gone are the 70 hour workweeks for him. When the baby comes, there goes the sleep.

By: Aaron Rogders

Aaron Rogders — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:23:48 +0000

There is something seriously wrong with TT. You dont get rid of a player that is having a great training camp and preseason and then out of the blue release him and sign someone else. At least have him compete and then pick the best. There are a lot other positions they should of been looking at and not wasting time on the punter. I better not see Frost next Sunday. I am still at shock by the release of Ryan.

By: lostinutah

lostinutah — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:12:01 +0000

What davek said. Aaron’s new….he is not going to act like someone with years of experience. Period.

By: Cindy V

Cindy V — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:24:48 +0000

This was a hard game to watch. The Pack came out at the begiining and did well on their first drive. I think Chad Clifton had a terrible game. The whole offensive line needs to man-up. Not even Brett could do better when the o-line is such a sieve that everyone can and does come through. On the bright side, the Brewers are going to the playoffs for the first time in 26 years!

By: davek

davek — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:19:46 +0000

I am not so quick to say that Favre wouldn’t have done better and I don’t think this line is much worse then last year. I think Favre was better at checking out of plays to either a run play or a quick slant. Rodgers seems to go with the play called much more and many times the pressue doesn’t allow him time for the WR to run their full routes. Favre also seemed to make a quicker decision to dump it to the RB and finding the TE up the seam that was vacated by a blitzing LB. I actually can’t remember one time this season that Rodgers has really utilized Lee or a TE.

I think Rodgers has all the tools to be a great QB but he just doesn’t have the experience yet to be as effective as Favre at reading a defense and adjusting to what they throw at him. The Packers have had two straight weeks of pressure D’s and he hasn’t been as effective.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:52:00 +0000

I really think the Packers need a bye week right about now. We need to get people healthy and get back to basics. I do think the offensive line is a huge part of the problem. Rodgers isn’t getting enough time to make his reads and the running backs aren’t getting holes. The defense isn’t looking great but being on the field as much as they have been along with the injuries it isn’t that surprising. I do think there needs to be some soul searching on the team to figure out why a team that went 14-4 last year, and was an OT away from the SB is struggling right now.

I know there will be comments about Favre but I honestly think he wouldn’t have done any better. The O-line protection and the running game just isn’t there and he likely would have made as many, if not more, mistakes than Aaron Rodgers.

Definitely a very disappointing game and the Pack needs to figure out what’s wrong and fix it – now.

By: ace

ace — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:40:09 +0000

1-Frost gone! 2 terrible games.
2-Pack has been lucky with injuries til now=esp. last year. Need Bigby, Harris although dbs not terrible even though pass rush not great. Have we ever beaten Griese? I don’t think so.
3-Gruden outcoached MM. Great strategy to isolate Dunn et al on lbs in center of field. Like isolating Kobe B. or Dwayne W. on bball court. TB has great timing on blitzes-calls turned game around and caused 2 turnovers. Young GB team failed to pick up blitzes.
4-Dallas and TB dominated field position battle–see #1 and penalty differential.
5-Rodgers will be back next week. GB over Falcons.
6-O line failures exhaust D line. Do not agree with Ron. D line ok til end of game but had limited pass rush. Time of possession and field possession dictate outcome often–last two weeks for example.

By: lostinutah

lostinutah — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:24:45 +0000

And, Aaron got hurt, he came back in but who knows if he have any aftereffects. I’m sorry, I do see an issue there, especially with the protection he’s getting. I certainly hope he’s fine next week, and I still think he’s a good player. I’m not going to second guess Brett not being there, because it does no good. However, the issues I saw with him being gone STILL exist, now. So let’s fix them, somehow, i.e. a good backup veteran QB and doing something, somehow, to fix the line problems – and get the coach’s knees to quit knocking.