Be careful with that. The Athletic is attributing its report to an unidentified report on the NFL Network. Without access to the original NFL Network report, it's difficult to assess its reliability.
he's just repor5ting what he saw. That Athletic has an article. Its that rags duty to make sure its shit is in order. jus sayn. ;-)
Ask Matt Eberflus how attractive a top 10 draft pick is or whether he'd prefer working with a disgruntled 41 year old hall of famer.
Agreed. The QB can't be a locker room distraction unless he's elite. Rodgers is still one of the 32 best QBs in the league, but he's not elite anymore. He's actually pretty comparable in playing level these days to a certain former 49ers QB who had trouble finding work a while back.
Geez, I hope so, but we do still have people here who bought into the Rodgers experiment from the beginning and are not yet willing to admit it was all a mistake. You can find a couple in the dozen or so posts above this one.
When has Rodgers actually mentored anyone? What did he do for Jordan Love? What did he do for Zach Wilson? The hero worshipers paid him lip service while he worked his own show.
The problem is you’re arguing that Rodgers makes it a more attractive job that Taylor/Travis. Of course if those are the options, Rodgers is probably the best, I agree, but that’s not attractive at all. Although being honest Taylor has always been serviceable to good at times. The decline of Rodgers has made him serviceable to bad at this point of his career, and at his age it’s likely he’ll decline even more next year. But what’s clear is neither of those scenarios are good scenarios, and add the fact that we are facing major cap purge decisions, don’t have an impactful 1st round pick, and we’re short on draft picks overall since we traded quite a few for the garbage we brought in, the only way we can make this job attractive to a top tier candidate is to pay top dollar with a contract that is at least 6 years. Problem is every hot new coaching candidste could end up being the next Matt Eberflus, and we’d be stuck with that tor years. Like in the real game, sometimes punting is good. Get a guy like Rivera to hold the fort and instill some professional values into the organization, then fire him once we have our potential young franchise QB in our sights.
Let's finish the tank, then let the new GM decide when to cut him. If you cut him now, you have to take full dead CAP hit in 1 year. New GM will need to decide whether to split into two years with June 1 designation or swallow all now. We cannot overreact to this awful game. New GM has to decide what to do next. Also, Tyrod's performance on Sunday has me very concerned about winning this game with him starting. He showed elusiveness, which without Olu, is necessary to run this offense, because JD could not find a decent OT back-up again for the 6th time in 6 years. Let Rodgers start, finish the tank on Sunday, get as high a pick as you can, ideally top 5, and then let's focus on getting a new GM and HC. They will take care of the rest.
That's exactly what I'm arguing. Nonsense. Rodgers has not been "bad" this year. Statistically, he's league average. That's not "clear" to me; I think Rodgers is a very good scenario next year; particularly since he's already on the roster and we've already devoted money/cap to him. It definitely beats the hell out of Taylor, Travis, or a second round draft pick rookie quarterback. Yeah, that's not a solution I'm interested in. I'm not looking to hire the guy who my goal is to fire three years from now.
Eberflus was already the coach there. Not really sure what sense you’re making. That was an incredibly desirable job with the prospect of getting Caleb Williams and it’s probably the best available job this offseason. Way more desirable than the Jets job with or without Aaron Rodgers.
you are all over the place. You really liked what you saw Sunday with Rodgers or something? As for the Bears and their QB, Justin Fields might be a good option here next year- provided we get a better coach than Eberflus who is a bum
How so? My premise is the same as it has been for 16 weeks ... that Rodgers is playing better than most people on this board are claiming and that the majority of Rodgers complaints are because (a) of misplaced anger because we're losing, and (b) the media hates him and is doing its best to get the fans to hate him too. It's the same shit that happened to Rex. This week? Not really. But I place the majority of the blame where it is deserved ... the people who ensured our two offensive tackles were Max Mitchell and Carter Warren. That's not Rodgers' fault. Garrett Wilson catching a screen pass, running backwards five yards and then fumbling is not Rodgers' fault. The defense sucking, again, is not Rodgers' fault. You may think Justin Fields is a better option than Aaron Rodgers, but I'm telling you nobody in the NFL is thinking that. That includes any of our potential veteran coaches. I don't even think Woody is that stupid (but he might be).
IMO the epic statement “ we are a QB away from playoff contention” was the biggest and boldest miss evaluation of root cause ever. Should have said “ We are one GM and a total HC staff away from any possibility of success”
I said Fields is a good option to bring in, I don’t know if he’s better than Rodgers, maybe he is honestly, but you have to factor in that he won’t cost over $35 million like Rodgers will I think it’s similar to what Minnesota did with Cousins, instead of paying a fading vet a massive salary (like Rodgers), they let him go, took a flier on a talented, flawed, but cheap former prospect and look at them now.
Minnesota was a playoff caliber team last year AND has one of the best coaching staffs in the NFL. They did roll the dice with JJ/Sam and to be honest, I’m pretty amazed at the results. Lots of luck… Sam is balling out this year. I suspect the promise Sam has showed this year is attributed to his time in SF with Shannahan and then the opportunity in Minnesota with the probable coach of the year on KOC. I also fully expect Sam falls back to earth after they pay him this offseason. They will continue to groom JJ and then in 2026 fully give him the reigns. personally, run it back and then blow it up after next year if it fails. aaron Rogers is still a top 20 QB in the league….the defense took a major step back this year. Really disappointed in Q, Sauce, and the safety position is a major issue. Ps- fuck max mitchell and carter warren
