Originally posted by: rasczak
Originally posted by: Homerboy
Originally posted by: Queasy
Originally posted by: Homerboy
Originally posted by: chuckywang
Packers would be 4-0 if they had a decent offensive line. Aaron Rodgers has been sacked 20 times this season.
20!!!!
No doubt. Everyone is worried about Favre making it 16+ games. There's no way Rodgers (or even Favre in his prime) would make it 16+ playing behind that O line. Seriously needs some help.
The Packer O-Line wasn't great for sure but there were a couple of times where Rodgers simply held on to the ball too long to try and make a play that wasn't there. Like the play that ended the first drive because he fumbled when he got sacked. The second half shuffle of the offensive line because of injury certainly didn't help.
Have to give a big tip of the hat to Favre though. He's still got it. Whether or not he can keep it up throughout the season though or his arm starts to fall of like it did in the last half of the season last year remains to be seen though. The positive for him with the Vikings though is that he's got a better offensive line and a better running game than he did with the Jets.
No doubt about Rodgers. I don't think I've ever screamed "JUST THROW IT AWAY!~!!!!" more times during a game.
I never understood people questioning whether or not Favre still had "it" or not... sure he's super old (in NFL terms) and he faded at the end of last season, but even 75% of Favre is better than 75% of starting QBs I'd say. I think any team would have been happy to sign him this off season.
Hell even the Packers never really wanted to see him go.
See, this is what gets me. If they wanted him to go, then why did they make him rush his retirement decisions? This makes no sense to me. You've got a superstar quarterback plus an excellent backup/quarterback of the future, I honestly think the Pack mishandle this and now you reap what you sow.
I for one would rather have seen Brett play his entire career in GB (just like most folks i imagine) why not let him ride a couple more years and save his body from OTA's (training camp is a different story, I think everyone should be participating). This is really what it was all about, Brett getting older, not really wanting to participate in OTA, but Mccarthy wanted him to and Thompson wanted Rodgers to start, so they pushed him out. GAH i'm done sorry for the thread crap/rant.