State of our former QB, Aaron Rodgers

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I would fully understand the Vikings elevating McCarthy to their starting QB had they been coming off of a loosing season and were in rebuild mode. However, that isn't the case, they went 14-3 last season, guided by a Veteran QB, Sam Darnold, whom actually played pretty well and was rewarded for such by the Seahawks with at 3 year $100.5M contract.

As a Packer fan, I obviously want to see McCarthy fail this season and beyond. As an NFL fan, I don't think putting a QB, coming off of a major injury, in his first year of playing (in the NFL), in charge of a 14-3 team to be a wise move by an organization.
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I'd agree with that, and honestly I often feel like teams just get enamored with the idea of a player having a "first round grade". Regardless of what the player shows in camp (or actually in-game), teams will have a tendency to look back and think "Well he wasn't a first round prospect for no reason" and seem to assume that there must be SOME way to get it right and tap into that potential.
In the case of the Vikings for instance - regardless of what they've actually seen out of McCarthy, they're probably telling themselves that they made this big investment in him, they had him graded as a first round player, and other teams did too...so the talent must be there, they just have to figure out how to unlock it and come good on their investment.

I remember hearing a guy on ESPN radio a few years back (I can't recall who) who said something like "NFL teams view first-round QB flops the same way a lot of women view attractive but emotionally immature/unavailable men: they all think to themselves 'I can fix him'. No matter how hard a QB flops, if they were taken in the first round, some team is gonna convince themselves that it'll be different for them" :D
Agreed and that's an emotional roadblock rather than a logical one. I mean, look at what happened to Trey Lance in SF. The Niners gave up a lot to take him third overall. I don't think he's in the league anymore. And the Niners got very lucky with Mr. Irrelevant, Brock Purdy. Brady was a seventh round pick as well.

Finding a franchise QB is as much art/luck as it is science. Some guys just excel in the pros, despite all indications otherwise.
 

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AR loves to control the narrative, as well as play mind games with the media and fans.

Girlfriend: "Aaron did you buy milk?"

AR: "Yes, I did"

GF: "I don't see it in the fridge, what did you do with it?"

AR: "You asked me if I bought milk, I said that I did"

GF: "Did you drink it all?"

AR: "Yes"

GF: "I don't see an empty container in the trash, what did you do with it?"

AR: "I always throw the empty containers away."

GF: "Did you take out the trash?"

AR: "Yes"

GF: "I just checked, the trash cans are empty, where is the empty milk container?"

AR: "What empty milk container?"

GF: "The one you said that you just threw out."

AR: "I never said I just threw one out."

GF: "Wait, you said you bought milk, drank it all and then threw out the container."

AR: "No I didn't. You asked me if I bought Milk. I have, many times. Then you asked me if I drank all the milk, I said Yes, because I try to always drink all of the milk. Then you asked if I threw the empty container away, I always do."

GF: *puzzled look* "Aaron, did you buy milk like I asked you, when you were at the store today?"

AR: "What store?"
 
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That's a big commitment.
I’m married. To Yeshua Jesus!
I’m actually the Bride though, I’m not sure I’m up for this!
(Here’s hoping my Lord has a sense of humor because he’ll need it with me!)
 

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I’m married. To Yeshua Jesus!
I’m actually the Bride though, I’m not sure I’m up for this!
(Here’s hoping my Lord has a sense of humor because he’ll need it with me!)
Who or what is Yeshua Jesus? Yeshua sounds like a take on ayahuasca..... FWIW.
 
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Who or what is Yeshua Jesus? Yeshua sounds like a take on ayahuasca..... FWIW.
Lol. His real name is Yeshua. Pronounced Yee-Shoo ah That’s what they named him in Hebrew. Interesting note when God was asked his name or how he should be called? He Answered: “Yud Hey Vav Hey” which looks like YHVH which is where derived Yahweh or a spin off of you’ve likely heard would be Jehovah. Anyway good question.
I’m the reader for my online Bible study and I most often use a Jewish Study Bible. It’s tricky as I’ve been reading our lessons since 2015 and I still mess the names up some and sometimes flip back to a more popular version so I’m not tongue tied.
 
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Lol. His real name is Yeshua. Pronounced Yee-Shoo ah That’s what they named him in Hebrew. Interesting note when God was asked his name or how he should be called? He Answered: “Yud Hey Vav Hey” which looks like YHVH which is where derived Yahweh or a spin off of you’ve likely heard would be Jehovah. Anyway good question.
I’m the reader for my online Bible study and I most often use a Jewish Study Bible. It’s tricky as I’ve been reading our lessons since 2015 and I still mess the names up some and sometimes flip back to a more popular version so I’m not tongue tied.
Interesting, thanks. I'm an atheist (well, raised Catholic so I'm still recovering). Whether or not one believes in his divinity - Jesus led an interesting life and his lessons have transcended time. That's impressive.

I always thought Yahweh was the Old Testament name for god.

Back to football and sorry for the digression.
 
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Interesting, thanks. I'm an atheist (well, raised Catholic so I'm still recovering). Whether or not one believes in his divinity - Jesus led an interesting life and his lessons have transcended time. That's impressive.

I always thought Yahweh was the Old Testament name for god.

Back to football and sorry for the digression.
I See.
I was one the most unlikely persons to ever be saved. My Dad dropped out of Catholic Seminary for Priesthood. Him and another guy got caught cheering after hours listening to a football ball game on a transistor radio and he was going to have to take courses over for penance. He was discouraged and dropped out of Seminary and enrolled in High School his senior year and met my Mom and 6 kids later here I am.

The truth is if it wasn’t for Football I wouldn’t be alive.
I was literally saved by a TD!
 

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He was discouraged and dropped out of Seminary and enrolled in High School his senior year and met my Mom and 6 kids later here I am.
That's interesting, my parents were also Catholic and had six kids, and I was the youngest of them.
My dad died when I was relatively young, but I always feel one of the main legacies he left me with was my being a Packer fan.
 

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I See.
I was one the most unlikely persons to ever be saved. My Dad dropped out of Catholic Seminary for Priesthood. Him and another guy got caught cheering after hours listening to a football ball game on a transistor radio and he was going to have to take courses over for penance. He was discouraged and dropped out of Seminary and enrolled in High School his senior year and met my Mom and 6 kids later here I am.

The truth is if it wasn’t for Football I wouldn’t be alive.
I was literally saved by a TD!
If he were cheering for Notre Dame would that have been forgiven?
 

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I See.
I was one the most unlikely persons to ever be saved. My Dad dropped out of Catholic Seminary for Priesthood. Him and another guy got caught cheering after hours listening to a football ball game on a transistor radio and he was going to have to take courses over for penance. He was discouraged and dropped out of Seminary and enrolled in High School his senior year and met my Mom and 6 kids later here I am.

The truth is if it wasn’t for Football I wouldn’t be alive.
I was literally saved by a TD!
Wow, you may be here due to the punitive/irrational actions by a Catholic Seminary. At least your Dad had the good sense to get out. That's why our parents yanked us from Catholic school after 4th grade. They wanted us to get an education and not mauled by sadistic/unhappy/incompetent nuns. (Jesus those nuns were brutal. And in those days they wore those robes and a tight-fitting habit, not a head hair in sight. I'd be looking to hit someone too in that situation.)

Well believers and atheists alike, we all have football, specifically GB football, in common. There are Packer fans across the globe. I've met a few in my career travels. They were always fascinated to meet someone who was actually from WI. A typical question was - "How close do you live to Lambeau Field?" - as if the entire state existed with Lambeau Field as its heart - and within walking distance. Well, that's probably true.
 

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