First year starter. That is all that needs to be said.
"dhazer" wrote:
Whats that have to do with anything? He was on the team for 3 damn years i'm so tired of that. Yet Flacco and Ryan come in and bring their teams to the playoffs with brand new head coaches.
Rodgers is a good qb and does have areas to improve. I posted the 2 articles to try and show that we have weaknesses and trying to get people to take off the goggles and see this.
"cheeseheads123" wrote:
How do you always conveniently lose track of any other stat when it gives you a chance to bash on someone you don't like. (Yes, I saw the Favre post, you're claiming not to be a Rodgers basher, but yet, you twist everything in a way that it'll look bad.)
Flacco had very mediocre stats. He gets into the play-offs with Ray Rice, Willis McGahee, a big bruising O-line and (one of) the best defenses in the league, yet, we can chalk that one up to him. Maybe we can even throw in some 4th quarter comebacks. The Cowboys would be perfect. Two 60+ yard runs from his backs. I love me some Flacco.
Then Ryan. Given, he had a decent rookie season, but his numbers don't rival Rodgers'. Not by far. Given, he's a rookie and Rodgers has been in the league for a while. That does indeed make a difference to me. However, the Falcons where 2nd in rushing yards, with the passing offense dragging them down to a decent 10th in overall yards. Their defense got all walked over, but a statistical abnormality got them in. Or some very good red-zone defense. You can choose yourself. 24th in yards, 11th in points given up.
I think that it's pretty safe to say that these teams didn't get in because of their QBs. Their defense and running game helped them out immensly.
Now to the Packers. 5th in points, 8th in passing yards and 17th in rushing yards. It's obvious how we're moving this offense. Looks like a play-off caliber team. This by itsself doesn't look like a SB winner, but it's very solid. Build a good defense around it or improve the running game and we can get to the big dance with Rodgers at helmet. Still, we didn't get into the play-offs. 26th in rushing yards given up, 22nd in points given up, 12th in passing yards given up and that makes for the 20th ranked defense.
Rodgers didn't play that well in the last part of the game. I give you that. I did some research a while back and he went something like 10/20, 1 TD, 2 Ints. Not too pretty. Does that mean that he's a stat guy? Or doesn't have any leadership ability? C'mon, what a bunch or bullcrap. Once again, he was a first year starter and his defense and running game failed him continuesly. Does he need some improvement? Obviously. Is he worse than Ryan, because Ryan was a 'rookie miracle'? I seriously doubt it. Had the defense not given up 4 games, we'd been 10-6 and everyone would've been happy. Even with those other 3 close games that he gave up. I'm blaming defense mostly, and Rodgers a little.