What You Might've Missed: No one was open

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

In this week's edition of "What You Might've Missed," Packers.com senior writer Mike Spofford takes a closer look at the Broncos' coverage of the Packers' receivers, which often gave QB Aaron Rodge...

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Gary Ellerson spent the morning yesterday calling Aaron out for stat whoring and ignoring guys who were open short. He also said that NFL Network did a segment on all the guys that were open that Aaron ignored.

Chris Havel suggested on SportsLine last night that Aaron may have been concussed in the first Q.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

Aaron Rodgers will not continue to play if he thinks he has a concussion. He is very cognizant about his post NFL life and wouldn't risk it over a game as meaningless as Sunday nights. If it was the Super Bowl, I could MAYBE see him pushing it.

As for Chris Havel, the guy is a douchebag. He constantly says things that make no sense and blatantly false. I used to listen every day and because of his blatant ignorance on obvious matters I've tuned out. Maybe douchebag is too strong. Maybe he's deliberately saying stupid crap to get callers to call in? I don't know, but I do know it's obnoxious to listen to.

luigis
Member

9 years ago

Everybody is wrong.

There were several plays where a player was completely open like Davante Adams here:
https://vine.co/v/e3lhjhVB0jg
Notice he is open from the snap.

There were also several plays where noone was open, that doesn't mean you can't throw a pass to JJ o Cobb to fight for the ball 1 on 1, as the rules are the receivers have a strong advantage.

Rodgers missed several throws, held the ball for too long and under and over threw WRs. He had a horrible game and he was so out of character that maybe he was not concussed but dazzled after some play in the 1st qtr.

So you can pick plays to show he had no option or plays to show how bad he played, we can all agree he had a terrible game.

And besides how bad Rodgers played you can't blame the WRs if your offensive plan is a bunch of the same old slow developing routes.

Luis

texaspackerbacker
Veteran Member

9 years ago

The concussion idea occurred to me too when I saw Rodgers wince after his head hit the ground. I watched his expression each time they showed him later though, and he looked pissed off but not "out of it".

The reason so few receivers were open was that the massive pass rush was accomplished with so few people and so many dropping into coverage. The reason Rodgers didn't hit the rare open reiceivers was the huge pass rush. It all comes back to very shitty O-Line play. The secondary factor is that the Packer receivers on the field were a pretty sorry lot. James Jones after a great start with the Packers, has disappeared, and Davante Adams was awful against the Broncos - arguably all season.

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Zero2Cool
Elite Member

9 years ago

James Jones hamstring is worse than the injury reports show. He was very hobbled in church. Davante Adams ankle is not 100% either. You have two WR who are NOT fast and playing with bum wheels against one of the best CB tandems in the league. Even if they used a good route tree, there's a chance neither gets open worth a damn.

Injuries aren't an excuse, but facts are facts.

packerfanoutwest
Member

9 years ago

Part of me thinks that Rodgers has a big head.

nerdmann
Premier Member Topic Starter

9 years ago

Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker

How many highlight reels show Aaron whizzing the ball past the defender's ear hole? Or throwing it 40 yards downfield into a ridiculously tiny space?

Then you have all the jump balls where Aaron just expects his guy to go get it.

Not sure when Aaron started worrying about whether or not guys are open.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

blueleopard
Member

9 years ago

If nobody is open, and you aren't on your ass, you either throw them open or throw it out of bounds.

The refs even helped out, but we didn't do anything.

Not to mention we abandoned Eddie Lacy way too early when he's the only person other than Crosby to score points.

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beast
Select Member

9 years ago

Aaron Rodgers will not continue to play if he thinks he has a concussion.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

But if he doesn't know or doesn't think he has one, he might continue to play...

I think I remember once that Driver had to tell him, up Aaron, your not acting quite right... and THEN they figure it out... if no one noticed this time he might of kept playing. ..

Cheesey
Preferred Member

9 years ago

#10

If our WRs are so injured, why not have Abberdeeis and Janis out there? They can't be any worse then what we saw.

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