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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rmontro" data-source="post: 791285" data-attributes="member: 12340">None of this is surprising.  Rodgers is hurt right now so his play has been down, and the media is always going to take shots at players when their play is down.  If Rodgers was playing great, Cowherd would be praising him.  Bayless though, consistently hates on Rodgers, no matter how he plays.I thought Cowherd's commentary on Rodgers today was more interesting - he was comparing him to other quarterbacks.  Comparing him to Favre (Favre has more MVPS, more Super Bowl appearances, didn't miss games, plus other longevity records), Brees (Brees has more yards per game, has five 5,000 yard seasons to Rodgers zero, better all time completion percentage), Brady (five rings, eight Super Bowl appearances), and Mahomes this year (putting up way better numbers than Rodgers).My take on this is that Rodgers may be the best quarterback in history, but the way the NFL is emphasizing the pass and the offense right now, the margin isn't as wide as it used to be.  And it's harder now to capitalize on him, because big numbers are being put up all around the league.  In other words, we can't depend on just having Rodgers to win.</blockquote>

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