Don't get me wrong, Shawn. If Rodgers is ready to go, I will be excited to see him play. If he's not ready to play and he lays an egg -- or worse, aggravates his injury, I will question the judgment of our coaching staff. I would see benching Rodgers as a case of strategic withdrawal prior to a renewed charge.
"pack93z" wrote:
It is not up to the coaching staff.. this years rule change takes it out of their hands and into an independent medical physicians hands to give him the okay.
So he has to pass the baseline test (comparative baseline from the beginning of the year), cleared by the Packers medical staff and then an independent doctors as well..
The very essence of the rule is to keep it out of the teams and probably more importantly the players hands.. and puts it in the hands of two different medical professionals and one that has no ties to the team.
And his, the independent doctor, career is on the line in that case.
With that.. I have much confidence that if they clear him he is ready to play in this all important game for the Packers postseason chances.
Yes it sucks that the remaining three are ultra important.. but we have no one but ourselves to blame for that via our play, especially last week.
"Nonstopdrivel" wrote: