Comments on: Packergeek reader Cindy with great question

By: Kozak

Kozak — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 13:40:52 +0000

Rodgers has put the Packers in the position for several come from behind victories, only to have special teams or the defense let the game slip away. This years poor showing has been a team effort, from the front office on down. Rodgers has been one of the few bright spots IMHO.

By: PackerBelle

PackerBelle — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:45:32 +0000

I think Rodgers has struggled some and definitely looked like a rookie at times. I have to wonder what would have happened if the team was playing better and if the play calling was different. Or if the defense could just actually make a stop. He needs to step up and make the clutch throws, but I also think he doesn’t have the other pieces to make it easier. Favre didn’t do much game saving during the 4-12 season because he didn’t have much to work with. Not exactly the same situation, but I don’t think all of the blame is Rodgers’.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:09:33 +0000

Well Aaron you did say “and that running game” so I’m sure you meant with their O Line also, at which point I agree with you.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:08:09 +0000

Sorry Aaron but I don;t think Turner, Barber, Taylor, Jones-Drew, Tomlinson or any other running back in the league does much better than Grant, or Jackson for that matter, with Green Bay’s O Line in front of them

By: Taggart Craig

Taggart Craig — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:50:35 +0000

Ryan went into a genuine pressure situation and became a leader and actually won important games. Took the entire ugly Vick saga and turned it into a true positive. And he wasn’t babied by the national/local media ala Rodgers.

All I heard/read this season was that Rodgers was under “great pressure” What pressure? He never earned or had to compete for the job, it was GIVEN to him..and after a few games, he was awarded the contract.

Btw, if catching Brett Favre disease means W’s..I hope the Young Pretender catches the malady.

By: bucky

bucky — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:40:04 +0000

What I worry most about with Rodgers this season is that he might develop Brett Favre Disease, which causes him to believe that each fourth quarter throw has to be the one to win the game. Favre lost plenty of games for the Packers by trying to do too much on a particular play, and I see Rodgers starting to fall into that habit as well. Of course, the fact that he has no defense to fall back on may explain some of this; Rodgers has now led several drives to tie or take the lead late in games, only to have the defense (with the help of the special teams) give back the lead.

Rodgers would look a lot better as a leader if the Packer D hadn’t allowed the Vikings/Panthers/Texans/Jaguars to march the field late in the game to retake the lead, or the Titans to march 55 yards in 10 plays in overtime to win that game.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:34 +0000

I’m sorry, but I am sick of this comparison. Give Rodgers Turner behind him and that running game, and Rodgers would be winning games and be hailed as a “leader”.

By: 56Coop

56Coop — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:57:45 +0000

Well Cindy, obviously Atlanta has better pad levels, leverage, field position & communicatioin. They kow how to fill & keep filled their gaps. They also have a coach that sees the things that are wrong & gets them fixed. Obviously they also have players that can be coached.

What a sad, sad, sad ridiculous season. I agree that thye Favre fiasco was a much bigger disruption than anyone let on & I’m not completely convinced that some of our players weren’t just giving half efforts on the field because of it. Maybe a few linemen just happened to “chip” their guy rather than block him to give Rogers an intro to the NFL. Who knows. I hope not.

I do know that there had better be lots of changes this offseason and we probably should start now. No playoffs this year. As has been suggested earlier on this blog, maybe it’s time to play some other players and let’s see what we got. Maybe even play Wynn for a while.

Just ramblings from a frustrated Packer fan

By: Ron La Canne

Ron La Canne — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:56:36 +0000

Ciny’s question is valid. In Rogers press conference after the game something very important slipped out. He was asked about the Full Back dive play MM seems to love so much. He said they had considered the dive and QB sneak during the timeout. A followup question acked if he could have audibled to the QB sneak if he saw something. His answer was an emphatic NO. This tells me MM is not letting Rodgers have much audible authority, if any. If that’s the case, I think much of what is disappointing about Rodgers can be put strongly at the feet of that control freak, MM.

Sooner or later you’ve got to trust the guy on the field to see things that require a change of plays. If MM doesn’t trust Rodgers then maybe we don’t have the QB we think. Or, we’ve got a coach who is a control freak and won’t abide by any differences to his plan. Also, not good.