I disagree.This season is lost. The defense is putrid. The offensive line is banged up. Special teams vary between not very good and truly awful (with the exception of Masthay, who has done well, and Crosby, who has done okay.) They have lost at home to mediocre teams. They have lost on the road to worse than mediocre teams. Key skills players (Cobb, Findley) are out. The coaching is questionable at best.
I'm sure Rodgers wants to play, but I think it's pointless to put him out there. If they have to put Newhouse in the game the line goes from bad to a positive death trap for quarterbacks.
If I were McCarthy here's how I'd manage it: if the offensive line is able to field five guys not named Newhouse I'd let Rodgers play (assuming he has FULLY healed from the collarbone.) The minute an injury forces Newhouse in the game out goes Rodgers and in comes Flynn or Tolzein or a stuffed polar bear, or Tebow. The stuffed bear would be less likely to throw interceptions and wouldn't get injured while being sacked, btw.
If I were a ticket holder I'd want Rodgers back for the home games just so I didn't feel like I had p*ssed my money away. But not if they can't protect him adequately.
Ya mean in the Super Bowl?Since nobody here knows the true extent of the fracture, it's purely guessing to predict his return. As Forget Favre says, he'll play when he's released to play, but I suspect it will be in 2014.
The chaos we see now at quarterback -- 2 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 0 wins in 5 games -- began in the offseason.
General manager Ted Thompson ignored the disaster plan.
Green Bay gave Aaron Rodgers a $110 million extension and then forgot to buy the insurance.
TT didn't ignore it. He went through Coleman, Harrell, Young, Wallace, Tolzein, Flynn, and Matt Brown looking for a solid back up.
Not ignoring the position at all.
TT didn't ignore it. He went through Coleman, Harrell, Young, Wallace, Tolzein, Flynn, and Matt Brown looking for a solid back up.
Not ignoring the position at all.
Wow! Just two more names added to that list and you've got a baseball line up. Brutal!
Any more "Tom Matte" clones available?
Yooperpackfan
Alright, then which all-pro QB just waiting for a team should he have picked up? He handled the back up position just like the Packers have for 20 years and just like almost all teams do.
I had no idea that the Packers and "almost all teams" obtain their back up QB 6 games before the season begins.Yooperpackfan
Alright, then which all-pro QB just waiting for a team should he have picked up? He handled the back up position just like the Packers have for 20 years and just like almost all teams do.
I had no idea that the Packers and "almost all teams" obtain their back up QB 6 games before the season begins.
Harrell was first signed by the Packers 3 and half years ago. They cut him 3 times. Nice to be a homer, but this is far from having to be clairvoyant.Were they supposed to be clairvoyant and know that Coleman and Harrell wouldn't get any better?
The goal is to give game experience to a developing backup. I've said it before in other threads and I'll say it here too: The goal of that mindset, at least for me, is not to shoot for draft picks they are but a byproduct. No one is sullying anything; jeez. Without AR I would expect to lose the rest of the season. But I wouldn't object to being pleasantly surprised either.If Rodgers is cleared to play he will play because he is the starting QB. No team tries to lose games for the sake of draft picks and our team shouldn't sully themselves by trying it either.
To be clear I didn't say sitting Rodgers is sullying the team, I said sitting Rodgers in order to try and intentionally lose a game in order get a higher draft pick next season is sullying the team.The goal of that mindset, at least for me, is not to shoot for draft picks they are but a byproduct. No one is sullying anything; jeez.