Some QB's have that ability to make it happen when there isn't the next series... Matty Ice in Atlanta is doing it his rookie year, so it isn't all experience..
It is too early to definitively say Rodgers can or can't be that player, the variables are to vast to say it is him or not... but to this point, he hasn't shown that "it" factor at the end of the game.
"pack93z" wrote:
93z, I've said the same things many times.... but thinking back I believe yesterday we saw the emergence of a play maker.
I think yesterday, Rodgers took that step from being a "good" QB in a QB friendly system to showing he has "it".
In no way, shape, or form could anyone say that our Offense looked like it would perform the way it did in the second half after the first half performance.
Aaron Rodgers, the QB, led this team to three scoring drives of 96, 76, and 79 yards.
I really believe that yesterday we witnessed the emergence of a play maker, of someone that did what Favre has done countless times: put his team on his back and march forward to attain victory.
First TD drive of second half (96 yards): Aaron went 7/8 for 100 yards and a TD.
Second TD drive of second half (76 yards): Aaron went 5/6 for 73 yards and a TD.
Third FG drive of second half (79 yards): Aaron went 6/6 for 55 yards and a FG.
In all, Aaron went 18/20 for 228 yards and 2 TDs. That's a hell of an effort.
Even more impressive though, are the plays Aaron made when nothing was there. Take the two runs he had that produced first downs. One went for 10+ yards, where Aaron faked going out of bounds and kept running to pick up the first down.
The other was a third down where Aaron stepped up and had some nice moves for a QB that led him to get a first down.
Sure this team stepped up its play a great deal in the second half, but I really think we say the emergence of a player that read the defences, understood what adjustments to make, where the WRs would be open, and a player who was determined to lead his team to a win.
Sure he couldn't take this team home to victory. But I think that'll come, the main question I had was whether Aaron could answer the call when nothing was seemingly going right for the Packers.
I think he showed yesterday that he could. He has, IMO, proven that he has what it takes to be mentioned in the same breath as those greats that constantly put their teams on their backs.
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