I smile when I see the way what I've said has been characterized with zero proof. Phantom fabrications to demean me.
Aaron Rodgers was at 39.8 and 48.2 for passer rating in 2005 and 2006 appearing in two relief stints in each season. Hundley wasn't ever touted as a first overall in the draft, nor was he ever thought to be our future. Now, he finally gets his chance to play knowing he will start.
The Ewing Theory article appeared hours after my post. I had no idea of it's existence but my post is the Ewing Theory minus the name and data but includes the same principle. It will be interesting to see if the team can elevate, or if it even believes it's possible. Hundley's start vs. NO could swing that either way. He starts fast and everyone might just start buying in. He starts poorly and it's here we go again like vs. Minnesota and it could be total shutdown mode. This is one of the biggest regular season games in memory.
This from isocleas2 makes no sense to me:
####You're still delusional, the packers were 4-1 before Rodgers went down and that was while sustaining numerous key injuries on offense/defense. Hell the CB/S/OL is hardly recognizable with all the new faces being forced to play. Yet the Packers were dead before the season started? Bored
Your expectations are unreal and your illogical approach to attaining them is even more so.####
What does being 4-1 in the regular season have to do with being able to win the SB? It was obvious to anyone who follows football that this Packers D was not SB caliber. What was done to "Fix" this D was laughable especially when it comes to the CB situation. I said that long before the season kicked off. With or without Aaron nothing has changed. The D is still terrible and has terrible CB's. Not a super season before the Rodgers injury nor after. Not sure what you're so upset about? The truth?
I do like Hundley. Of course, you're concerned putting anyone with little experience behind a line like ours. Not a very fair way for a guy to get his feet wet getting pounded in Minnesota behind one of the most porous lines we've ever assembled. This is full on fun. The doom and gloom makes me smile. It's a game. These crazy charges that the Packers winning matters that much to me is insane. What does matter to me is a team with advantages like GB has with 12 squandering their glorious opportunities. Now, 12 is gone...my expectations are now in line with where yours probably are most of the time. Just enjoy the games. When 12 plays and we're staked to that massive advantage I expect to see greatness but, of course, that's stymied by our organizational failure. Very important distinction but I don't expect the non nuanced to understand.
So, for me, this is fun. It's like pre-season which I happen to love. Can't wait to see how this goes.
EDIT: Packers must believe Aaron could be back before 8 weeks or they would've just IR'ed him. You only get two IR return spots, but I believe the org believes he can be back in 8 weeks including bye. The silence from Rodgers and the org is disappointing. Let's hear a timetable now that he's had surgery.
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."