Que the Price is Right losing horn, or Debbie Downer. We had this thread going in a fun direction, then...wah wah wah.

His girlfriend said they don't do the deed on Sundays and that's why he had his worst passer rating ever? Did you try saying that out loud before you typed that?

Originally Posted by: musccy 

yooper...if you consider "olly" to be "flat" and low by UP standards...then DAMN, I need to find work up in Houghton or Ironwood!

Ufda, I don't dispute that Aaron is hypersensitive about his public image. I don't dispute that like every other team in every other game of every other sport the Bills may have been trash talking a little, but let me get this straight...

1st and 10, gotta drive 95 yards in 2 minutes....Mario Williams says pre-snap "Hey Aaron, I'm sorry to hear you're not getting any tail today" then it's all over...game deciding fumble! That's all that's on his mind, not thinking about pre-snap adjustments, who the Mike is, if he needs to audible to the run because the safety is playing soft, if he needs to switch to his second read, if he can slide up in the pocket...nope...none of that is going through his head, just "crap, Olivia said we don't bump uglies on Sunday."

...so that's how it all went down???

Originally Posted by: musccy 

yooper...if you consider "olly" to be "flat" and low by UP standards...then DAMN, I need to find work up in Houghton or Ironwood!

Ufda, I don't dispute that Aaron is hypersensitive about his public image. I don't dispute that like every other team in every other game of every other sport the Bills may have been trash talking a little, but let me get this straight...

1st and 10, gotta drive 95 yards in 2 minutes....Mario Williams says pre-snap "Hey Aaron, I'm sorry to hear you're not getting any tail today" then it's all over...game deciding fumble! That's all that's on his mind, not thinking about pre-snap adjustments, who the Mike is, if he needs to audible to the run because the safety is playing soft, if he needs to switch to his second read, if he can slide up in the pocket...nope...none of that is going through his head, just "crap, Olivia said we don't bump uglies on Sunday."

...so that's how it all went down???

Originally Posted by: musccy 

Yup. I absolutely did. He is extremely sensitive and affected by his public perception. As I said earlier, you don't think the Bills players hammered him with this talk all game long? One of the Bills defenders said they thought they got in the Packers heads. Didn't specifically reference Rodgers or anything to do with this, but you can bet it was trash talked all game long.

The guy plays his worst football game of his career a couple of days after this story comes out and you see absolutely no way it's linked? Okay.

He was way off all game. He was barely pressured in the game so it wasn't like Buffalo's D was harassing him into bad throws. He was simply making poor throws for most of the game. Why? Those who want to say it was Buffalo's D baffle me. What did the Bills do that was so special on D? What? Little pressure... their secondary is not filled with Revis and Sherman. So, why was he so off yesterday?

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

Look there is no way a super bowl winning, super bowl MVP and season MVP is that mentally weak. Why does there have to be some underlying reason as to why he had a bad game, perhaps he JUST had a bad game. Sure everybody has bad days too, I've seen Manning, Brady, Brees all have bad games it IS possible.

Originally Posted by: stevegb 

You are trivializing it but that's fine. Do you not understand that Aaron Rodgers is all about preparation and focus? Hmmm. What could cause him to lose focus and not prepare properly? What? Guys have personal lives with personal issues. Ever have something happen to you in your personal life someone may not know about and go to work and be affected and unfocused that particular day due to that issue in your life? Ever?

Aaron Rodgers is a very sensitive human being that needs to be focused and prepared to play as he does each week. He played his worst game in his career. There is a reason for it. What is it? The great Buffalo D is not the right answer as they didn't pressure him, we were able to run the ball... so unlike Detroit and Seattle where we couldn't run it at all.

I can't conclude that the Munn story didn't affect him when he played as poorly as he did. There was something off about him yesterday...why was he off? It was not the Buffalo D. The Buffalo D didn't make him throw some of those terrible passes he threw.

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

As sensitive as Aaron Rodgers may be, I just can't see how one comment about them not getting busy on a Sunday would affect him that deeply to where he's inadequately preparing, doing film study, or managing a game. That's a real stretch.

I don't know what it was...maybe complacency, maybe a trap game, maybe the pressure of maintaining MVP performances, maybe he just had a bad game in a game of inches.

Originally Posted by: musccy 

So, you don't KNOW what it was...but you do KNOW it wasn't that?

Originally Posted by: uffda udfa 

Neither you nor I KNOW what it was, but I think it's very reasonable to assume it wasn't solely because his girlfriend said no sex on Sundays. If that's what puts him over the edge at this point in his career, suddenly RG3 is looking mentally tough.

Originally Posted by: musccy