Quote (Detroitt @ Jun 26 2015 03:50pm)
I would not take Aaron Rodgers, he is great and all but the past few years teams have beat his offense soundly if they have a good front four. I hate to use the word choke but he has had a few chokejobs in his career.
2008 - Ill give him a complete pass here, it was his first year.
2009 - He had a great season, Ill give him another pass losing 51-45 even though he fumbled the ball that was returned for a TD to end the game in the playoffs
2010 - Won the SB
2011 - Now here is where it gets very interesting and the chokes begin. After averaging 35 points in the reg season and begin the playoffs at Lambeau, they lose to the 9-7 Giants 37-20. This was obviously a choke.
2012 - Lost to the 49ers 31-45 at Candlestick. Similar to the Giants, the 49ers have a good front four.
2013 - Lost to the 49ers 20-23 in Lambeau. Obviously, the same front four.
2014 - Lost to the Seahawks 22-28 in CenturyLink. Another dominant defense.
Lets look back as early as the 2014 season. The Packers played a top 5 defense four times during the reg season and went 1-3 (the sole win against the Lions at Lambeau) averaging TWELVE points a game in the losses.
Teams with good defenses have proven that with a front four Aaron Rodgers can be beaten time and time again, history shows how the 49ers and Seahawks have Rodgers number.
Rodgers is a great QB but doesn't perform well against a good defense in the playoffs and that's why I would never choose him because during the playoffs a team is bound to go up against a defense like Seattle or San Fran.
Anybody who says Rodgers is the best QB today is foolish. Brady, by comparison, went 13-15 for 124 yards and 2 TDs against the Seahawks while his team was down 10 points against the best defense this league has seen for 15 years. Similar to Peyton, Rodgers may have better stats when it doesn't matter as much, but when you need a QB to take down the greatest defense you could possibly face then Brady is the man for the job which is why he is hands down the best in the game today.
Rodgers stats against the same Seahawks D in 2 games this season: 2 TD-3 INT 184 yard average 62.7% completion
While the all time greats usually still have good games against the best defenses, Rodgers' history shows he seems to always succumb to them.
2009 - you give him a pass but make a negative comment about his fumble. there was a blatant facemask in that strip fumble that couldn't be called simply because it was overtime in Arizona, 99 times out of 100 that play is an automatic first down
2010 - won the Super Bowl, more than Stafford will ever do with Megatron so sit down
2011 - the Giants have always had the Packers number, just like the 49ers. I loathed playing them even in Lambeau. look at the turnovers that happened in that game
2012 - the 49ers did have a great defense, so putting up 21 on an elite D is not something to scoff at. the MAJOR problem was the Packers had absolutely zero answers for Kaepernick scrambling
2013 - year of many injuries that fucked the Packers hard, surprised that game was even close
2014 - 22 points on Seattle's #1 defense that saw back to back super bowls is nothing to scoff at. the onside kick was catchable, special teams major error. the 2 pt conversion was unconvered. McCarthy playcalling was far too passive with two 4th and 1 situations on the goal line getting settled for field goals