When the initial crushing news of Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ broken collarbone came, it was said he would be lost for the season.
That still appears likely, but there may be a glimmer of hope. Ian Rapoport is saying there’s a chance Rodgers could return this year.
#Packers QB Aaron Rodgers (collarbone) will have tests to determine the next course of action. Chance he returns late, but just a chance.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) October 16, 2017
This wouldn’t be uncharted territory. Rodgers broke his collarbone in 2013. Various quarterbacks, but mainly Matt Flynn, managed to keep the Packers in the NFC North race. Rodgers returned for the final regular season game to lead the Packers to a win over the Chicago Bears.
That gave them the division title at 8-7-1.
They’d lose a tight contest to the San Francisco 49ers in the playoffs the next week.
Our assumption is Brett Hundley, when he actually has some time to prepare, is better than the castoffs the Packers employed in Rodgers’ absence in 2013. So maybe the Packers hang around again and can get some Rodgers’ magic late.
That was the problem in 2013. Had McCarthy brought in Flynn earlier instead of being content with his QB room, Flynn could have been brought up to speed sooner and maybe won another game or two. Seneca fucking Wallace, really McCarthy? Where’s that circus music already?
Well, our self described “highly successful NFL coach”, now gets a chance to really showcase his coaching prowess. Spoiler: A single broke collar bone has transformed the Packers into the Cleveland Browns. To keep interest in the season there are several gas stations that will be giving a cent off every gallon of gas for each missed tackle the Packers tally each week. Would have saved almost a quarter a gallon this past game. So there’s that. Enjoy the rest of the season everybody!
That is exactly right. The Browns. We will all get to see it when they play each other. Browns will be getting a W.
Injuries happen in the NFL and the league may not consider the hit by Barr illegal. I would point out that Barr made a move that clearly showed an intent to injure. Barr’s head was on the back side of Rodgers shoulder when the initial contact was made. Barr moved his head to the top of Rodgers shoulder with the intent to drive Rodgers into the turf with Barr’s weight on top. The way the hit initially occurred Barr’s natural motion should have been to roll away from Rodgers after taking him down. Penalty or illegal? Probably. Intent to injure? Yes..
Barr redirected his weight to fall on top of Rodgers and drove him into the ground, even if just for a moment, when it was unnecessary. Fuck him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SXUg1sOBuU
After that shit with Trevethan and now this, I was hoping someone would have taken out one of those shitbag Vikings.
Agree fuck him, and yes as PF4L has said for sometime when this type of shit happens someone from the Packers needs to take those guys out. A few years back one of the Lions DL, and it wasn’t Suh took a cheap shot at Rodgers. One or two plays later EDS drove the guy to the ground right in the back with prejudice. No penalty, but the message was sent. The Lions player left the game not to return. Need more of that on this team.
Going out on a limb here and opposite most of the knee jerk reactions across the internet. I think, offensively, we’ll manage ok (manage is the key word there).
It absolutely sucks and there’s no doubt this is going to be impactful, and maybe I’m in the minority here, but I saw a lot of things to like from Hundley yesterday – all things considered. I saw him demonstrate some elusiveness, the ability to get out of the pocket and extend plays (whether they had positive yardage result or not), the presence to step up into the pocket (his TD throw to Adams), and when he was afforded time (almost never) he made some great throws. The quick strike to Cobb across the middle comes to mind, and the handful of back shoulder throws to Adams and Jordy in press coverage that kept the chains moving were impressive to me, considering the usual amount of practice needed with your targets to perfect that timing. There was a particular third down throw in the fourth quarter, where he scrambled out of the pocket to his right, and in pursuit, threw a laser to Jordy along the sidelines that split two defenders. Jordy couldn’t reel it in and it fell incomplete, but he put it in and incredibly small window and the only place that gave Jordy a chance.
Now, I’m not going to pretend he was mistake free. There are a laundry list of areas to improve, but I think he has all the tools and capacities you look for in a QB1. He was thrown into the fire with practically little to no preparation, and I think we’ll see him get better and better moving forward as he gets his reps and game-planning geared as the starter.
And let’s be honest here, the mind-blowing amount of injuries to the O-Line didn’t help his cause, and I don’t think it Aaron would have fared much better either. Maybe Aaron pulls a magic throw or two out of his hat during the game, but the Viking’s D-Line absolutely owned the pocket all game long. If Aaron doesn’t get injured, he running for life just like Hundley was.
And that’s the biggest area of concern to me and the key going forward – honestly, it was the biggest offensive concern even before Aaron went down. Hundley has the tools, but if we can’t piecemeal a MASH unit worth of an O-line in front of him and afford him the time to operate, it wont make a difference.
Secondly, regardless of what happens on the offensive end, the Defense is absolutely going to be the downfall of this team – with or without Aaron. The defense makes this whole scenario a moot point.
By the time he could come back, why bother. packers will long gone for play-off, division that time. Why risk Rodgers to further injury. We have NO defense or running game, O-Lineman who can’t come out of tunnel with suffering a concussion or high ankle sprain.
Since 2010 I have been bitching about this Packers brain trust. Hell even Colin Cowherd said that the team without Aaron Rodgers is a fucking joke today! Mark Murphy needs to go fuck himself and not us for a change! Fire that CTE riddled fucktard TT. Then let that fucking McGlurpy loose to wreak havoc on all of the fast food places, and spare us his unfounded arrogance about how great he is and how awesome his play calling is; IT IS NOT. Dom Capers? Fuck him! just fuck him . . . He would have a hard time pitting 4 of our guys against 1 of some other teams player, your choice. The NFL game has moved on since the 80’s . . . We need to find an NFL brain trust that realizes this NOW! While we are at it, get rid of this inept training staff. They are in over their heads. We should also consider getting a new medical staff that actually KNOWS what the fuck they are talking about and attempting to diagnose. This team has ridden Aaron Rodgers coattails for 8 fucking years! It is time to help him get back to the SB . . .
Do you remember that one time that Brett Hundley almost got traded in the preseason??? Yea, so does Brett Hundley …
So, why was Hundley not prepared to step in at any moment? Preparation of the entire team, including back-ups, is the responsibility of the coach. I understand that there might be a “warm-up” period or some time for nerves to settle. I would consider the first pick to be part of that process. After that, the “preparation” part should take over. Hundley, and the entire offense looked totally unprepared for injury substitutions.
Same can be said for the defense.
Looks like MM and his staff are totally unprepared.
Another part of preparation is having adequate personnel.
I understand that yiou can’t anticipate the magnitude of the injuries, but TT let too many reliable “bigs” walk away without even an offer. He chose to keep the guys we have and are now on IR. Now we Ulrick John playing right tackle? I agree with Monty, who is Ulrick John?
Lots of blame to share here. Need a significant house cleaning at 1265 Lombardi Avenue.
Oh, forgot to mention that we are getting exactly what we paid for with the operation of the web site.
I defended the IT personnel a couple times, but it simply isn’t getting any better.
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I must be insane because I keep going back to the TotalPackers bookmark and expecting it to open this time.
At least he can still do commercials. LOL
Funny how some cheer when that long haired dick drives quarter backs to the ground after a pass and sees it as “part of the game”. Double standard but I guess thats nothing unusual for packer fans.
Officials finally call a fair game and the packers loose. The golden team is done. Whaooo!!! Maybe yall can finally come out of your moms basement on a Sunday afternoon.
What? What decade are you in? Though I am not surprised by your ignorance, I feel sad that you are so hopelessly unaware of just how shitty this team actually is without Rodgers . . . Golden Team? Go fuck yourself! Rodgers was golden, no-one else was even close. If Rodgers was on your team (your choice), you probably would have already won more than 2 SB’s. This team is NOTHING without Rodgers! It has been like this for years you dullard . . .