That is up to the coaches as well as Gute, who finds the players, not Rodgers, if that is what you are implying. I seriously doubt that coaches don't try to put players in the best formations, play calls that fit their particular skill level, as they can.
If you want to know what I'm saying, you have to go back to what was originally being discussed. The question was if Rodgers is not trusting his young receivers and therefore not throwing to them. I am not taking a side in that discussion. Lazard was brought up as an example to prove that Rodgers did trust his inexperienced receivers.
Maybe Gute is the responsible one, if the receivers he picked aren't putting in the work. Shouldn't we be drafting receivers with a good work ethic?
As PB2000 accurately alluded to, you're never going to have everyone with the same work ethic as others. Gute definitely should be held accountable for a portion of the issue at wide receiver.
It's pretty simple. Make good route adjustments, get separation in the right way, compete well at the ball, catch the ball. Nobody's perfect. The more often you do these things, the more trust, the more often you'll see the ball.
Gute and TT, neither of them have invested the proper resources that the position should get since 2014 (Adams). I think Rodgers somewhat set both guys up for that. He has been able to do more with less for years. They also got used to a pretty good duo or trio of WR's throughout most of Rodgers career. Last year he had one really good WR and the rest were nothing but hopes and prayers.
No need to be impertinent.
It was widely reported at the time. I got it from TV, but here's a sample article. In it, Rodgers says "I actually sit next to him in the team meetings, and we've struck up a pretty good friendship". Nothing wrong with that, I'm just wondering if Rodgers noticed his hard work because of that. Maybe someone not in that position doesn't get that opportunity, of Rodgers lobbying for him. Maybe that person works just as hard, maybe he doesn't, maybe he does but lacks talent, as you say.
We've seen enough examples of Rodgers willingly throwing it to other receivers that I don't think it's just that.
Rodgers didn't vouch for Lazard simply because he likes him more. It's because he was impressed by his work ethic. In the linked article I posted, he also said he was impressed by his confidence and saying he wanted the ball (can you imagine a WR not wanting the ball?). My point was maybe there were other receivers who had good work ethic, but just weren't noticed as much because they weren't as close in Rodgers' sphere.
How do you define "not noticed much"? Is that a "Aaron didn't praise me, he must not like me" or "Aaron isn't throwing to me, because we aren't buddies"? I did not notice Rodgers not throw to any of the WR's that made the field last season. What did happen though is that guys like Shepherd, Alison and MVS became unreliable targets and he went to them less, but he didn't stop giving Alison and MVS chances. Shepherd stopped getting chances because he was cut and put on the PS.
Why one would attempt to make more out if it than this, I'm not sure.
The impertinent part was saying I apparently had some scouting secret that would guarantee a 100% success rate. The WR group was not very good, I don't think anybody is going to disagree with that. But the GM is responsible for the roster, yes? Whether he drafted him or not. Doesn't mean he isn't doing a good job, you can only fix so much at one time. But as Harry Truman said, the buck stops here.
First off, I didn't say "not noticed much", I said "not noticed as much". And in this case, I would define it as "Aaron didn't lobby for me to be put into the game so he could throw to me".
I have no problem at all with Rodgers vouching for or throwing to Lazard. All I've been saying throwing to Lazard doesn't prove he doesn't have his favorites. I don't know how much clearer I can make it.
You call it favorites. I call it him knowing who's going to produce.
like most of you should be doing to Gary
