Who is making excuses ?
Using the term " excuses " is when you either didn't watch the game or you don't want to disrupt your hate Rodgers narrative. Excuses is just a convenient catchphrase
When you analyze a game you look at what happened . For me , that's factors that caused a team to win or lose.. Packers Special teams lost the game. Both defenses came to play , and were helped by bad weather and a bad field in the 2nd half.. Rodgers could've forced passes into tight coverage. Packers WRs weren't getting open. Rodgers throws pics into that kind of coverage , we have you starting a half dozen more Rodgers threads..
Sucks is what Tannehill did in reasonable weather conditions.. No excuses there I would agree with.. He personally gave the game away.. Should Rodgers have done what Tannehill did ? force passes into tight coverage in bad conditions.
Did Rodgers play great ? NO... But , he's not even close to why they lost that game...
The point is he should be the reason that they won the game. His offense (which has much talent) scored one measly touchdown. On the firs drive of the game, no less. Great QBs score points. They find a way. THey sure should be able to find a way to score two TDs in their most important game of the year, in their park, after two weeks to heal and prepare.
He's the MVP though, superstar of the league/team....Expectations gonna be a lot different than a Tannehill or a JimmyG or someone from that midrange tier.
His expectations are different than most QB's in playoff games. Yeah, it may not have been ideal conditions but he does have probably the best WR in the league at his disposal. Not like his #1 WR is Reche Caldwell out there. He didn't play well, that's for sure.
And I got no issues with him and try to avoid narratives about a guy choking or whatever, but b2b MVP's and I don't think anyone is gonna compare his performance on Sunday to Allen or Mahomes, it happens. But it has happened a lot with him in these end of the season games.
It would be a little easier to give Rodgers a pass and just say "You get there every year, you gonna take some L's to some good teams" if he had more than like 4-5 good playoff games in the last decade. None past divisional rd.
Only 1 team wins, but the only games you could probably say he has played well in the divisional round in the last 10 years are Dallas '14, @Dallas 16 (both not good defenses), '15 @Arizona (this was pretty impressive cause this team sucked with Nelson out for year, but they still scored 20pts and 7 was on a hail mary) and last year home vs Rams.
Getting easier to play QB so less duds from the stars but it is hard to win at this level. Manning had a ton of failures, even Brady has had some bad games, it happens but just saying I think most of us would've gone over .5 superbowl appearances for a big # on Feb 10th 2011 after he won his first SB at like age 28. Future is hard to predict.
His expectations are different than most QB's in playoff games. Yeah, it may not have been ideal conditions but he does have probably the best WR in the league at his disposal. Not like his #1 WR is Reche Caldwell out there. He didn't play well, that's for sure.
And I got no issues with him and try to avoid narratives about a guy choking or whatever, but b2b MVP's and I don't think anyone is gonna compare his performance on Sunday to Allen or Mahomes, it happens. But it has happened a lot with him in these end of the season games.
It would be a little easier to give Rodgers a pass and just say "You get there every year, you gonna take some L's to some good teams" if he had more than like 4-5 good playoff games in the last decade. None past divisional rd.
Only 1 team wins, but the only games you could probably say he has played well in the divisional round in the last 10 years are Dallas '14, @Dallas 16 (both not good defenses), '15 @Arizona (this was pretty impressive cause this team sucked with Nelson out for year, but they still scored 20pts and 7 was on a hail mary) and last year home vs Rams.
Getting easier to play QB so less duds from the stars but it is hard to win at this level. Manning had a ton of failures, even Brady has had some bad games, it happens but just saying I think most of us would've gone over .5 superbowl appearances for a big # on Feb 10th 2011 after he won his first SB at like age 28. Future is hard to predict.
Finally someone making sense! Christ the guy was running for his life on every other pass attempt! 5 sacks, countless hurries, rolling out/scrambling on virtually every throw. Throw in the bad weather and who would have done better!? Allen only had 10 points too in his bad weather game, without facing nearly the pass rush Rodgers faced.
It's always excuses for Aaron....
He played like shit - it is what it is. He makes one or two great plays and they win that game. He didn't even look to throw the ball to other guys besides Adams and Jones, and missed open looks against one of the worst secondaries in the league because he was too busy checking it down every play
His roster is stacked and his defense played great. Sure his special teams sucked, but he still had so many opportunities to win this game.
Did you see the Cincinnati offensive line against the Titans? And you think Rodgers had it bad? Burrow was sacked NINE times and only got 65 yards rushing from his team....yet he was 28-37 and 350....and he did that against a secondary that is MUCH better than San Francisco's.
Do you know why? Cuz he hung in there and made play after play. He doen's just check it down every play like Rodgers seemed to do on Saturday night.
Sometimes you have to throw the ball into tight windows. That's football. The Packers had beneficial mismatches all over the field. 49ers weakness is their secondary. How about you throw the ball and let your receiver make a play against a shitty defensive back. Burrow is sure good at that. But nope...Rodgers would rather preserve his great interception rate. Nice job not throwing a pick Aaron!
Conditions if anything would've benefitted the Packers. This is football - the weather is not an excuse. He's lost to two warmer weather teams in a row in a playoffs in his building. Also, didn't Rodgers play a pretty lights out game in cold as shit weather against the Vikings a few weeks before????
9 home playoff games as a favorite and his 5-4 straight up in them
He played like shit - it is what it is. He makes one or two great plays and they win that game. He didn't even look to throw the ball to other guys besides Adams and Jones, and missed open looks against one of the worst secondaries in the league because he was too busy checking it down every play
His roster is stacked and his defense played great. Sure his special teams sucked, but he still had so many opportunities to win this game.
Did you see the Cincinnati offensive line against the Titans? And you think Rodgers had it bad? Burrow was sacked NINE times and only got 65 yards rushing from his team....yet he was 28-37 and 350....and he did that against a secondary that is MUCH better than San Francisco's.
Do you know why? Cuz he hung in there and made play after play. He doen's just check it down every play like Rodgers seemed to do on Saturday night.
Sometimes you have to throw the ball into tight windows. That's football. The Packers had beneficial mismatches all over the field. 49ers weakness is their secondary. How about you throw the ball and let your receiver make a play against a shitty defensive back. Burrow is sure good at that. But nope...Rodgers would rather preserve his great interception rate. Nice job not throwing a pick Aaron!
Conditions if anything would've benefitted the Packers. This is football - the weather is not an excuse. He's lost to two warmer weather teams in a row in a playoffs in his building. Also, didn't Rodgers play a pretty lights out game in cold as shit weather against the Vikings a few weeks before????
9 home playoff games as a favorite and his 5-4 straight up in them
each game has different conditions which dictates how the game will be played , whether its the defense , weather , injuries, etc..
If the defense is playing great , you have an opposing defense playing great , probably playing better then they normally do , maybe the scheme is the reason .. Why would you try and throw into blanket coverage when you're controlling the game , pretty much up til the late blocked punt ?
Did you watch the game?
Their offense was doing NOTHING after that first drive. They had the one 75 yard play on blown coverage, but other than that it was a nothing burger.
They weren't in control of that game. Their defense was playing well; Aaron could've afforded to try and put his foot on their neck and blow the game open by making a great play here or there. He wasn't able to do that.
He had favorable 1-on-1 match ups all night long to exploit. Instead he tried to basically only throw to two guys. Made the job for the vulnerable Niners secondary so much easier. He trusted his weapons all year long, until he decided not to when it mattered most against a bad secondary
If your defense is dominating, that's more reason to be willing to take some risks -- knowing that your defense will probably continue to hold.
