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He's in there with Rivers, Eli and Cutler. Big Ben is a little beyond them, but he had a lot of help from that D to get where he's at. Those are the guys that 5 years from now will be the standart of the league, when Manning, Brees and Brady are gone.
Rodgers has the talent to be among those - yes, however ... he is NOT there yet ... - If you mention those and Rodgers, you will also have to mention Romo ... - and we all know how the media and fans have been all over him as being a "choker", yet not much is different in terms of capability and talent ...
Only reason being ... Romo is "held" accountable much more than Rodgers is and probably ever will ...
Right now Rodgers is being overrated and his stats, while impressive fail the most important stat of them all ... - Wins ...
Jennings voicing his ambitions and "concerns" seem to "support" this ... as I'm sure Jennings isn't the only player who has ambitions on that team (all pro football players are ambitious) ...
More so, I think one of the reasons that Jennings is voicing his concerns is because it would seem that Rodgers doesn't seem to have "enough" confidence in his receivers in regards to passing to them and trusting his receivers to make the plays ... - Granted, given past history, fans might understand why, but the "fact" remains ... - as it would seem one of the reasons the o-line and receivers are "struggling" is because their quarterback tends to hold on to the ball a little longer than necessary looking for the "big play", while not wanting to throw the interception ...
That mentality may get you impressive stats ... however as last season showed and thus also 4 games into this season would suggest ... impressive stats doesn't benefit the team as a whole, because it doesn't result in a win ...
One has to wonder how the o-line would look, if the check-downs were utilizied ... And how the fans would see the same o-line if you subtract half the sacks (and fumbles) ...
Again, Jennings (and Woodson) voicing their concerns openly when they are usually among the more quiet players on that team, suggest that the issue is larger than what it appears to be ...