I don't know why this thread devolved into a debate about the run game (like every other thread...) but the issue here is with officials calling penalties. For whatever reason Rodgers seems to miss a lot of penalties other players get the flag for. Two weeks in a row now we've seen Rodgers get slammed with helmet to helmet contact, end up hurt and the refs say nothing.
Maybe it has something to do with the offensive line, and that Rodgers is seeing a lot more fat guys in his face than the rest of the league. Hell, maybe it does have something to do with the lack of run plays called, but the real issue here is player safety.
Football is a physical sport, and part of the reason we all watch it is to see players make contact, but I am not interested in watching a sport that devolves into violence. For TWO WEEKS now the league as failed to protect one of its star players from this violence. If they can't make a statement about helmet to helmet violence when Aaron Rodgers is getting smashed behind the line, imagine the shit they're missing with the poor bastards in the trenches are subjected to players behaving badly.
Yes, the fact that Rodgers has guys in his face is a Packers problem, but the lack of flags when those players fail to tackle well (part of their job description for which they are paid millions) is a officiating problem and a league problem.
I love football, but I'm getting sick of it.