Actually it seemed to me that in this game AR was under the most psychological pressure since the earlier MN games. Like both of those games his shaky start was part of the reason they fell behind, not so much the game in MN but certainly the Lambeau rematch.
In his early days #4 seemed to choke when up against teams with elite or outstanding QBs, like he felt he personally had to match them play for play in order to win. Lots of times it wound up costing GB the game as he would force bad throws or lose his pocket awareness.
AR may have felt similarly going up against a first-ballot HOF QB like Warner & it took until the 2nd half before he settled down. The team responded with outstanding efforts to get open downfield. They deserve as much credit for the comeback as AR.
Slow start is a problem for him, but mainly for McCarthy. His teams have started slowly almost every single game since he's been here.
As far as having to match everything Warner did, well, he did. Warner played the best game a QB ever had in post season. That by qb ratings. Rodgers was just about the same.
He failed in the key play, no doubt about it, but it was because of him we were in OT.
It's not the same with Favre and the Giants. Yes, Favre had an amazing REGULAR SEASON. But he has a mediocre post season. And then chocked.
That game, the defense also played mediocre, and the running game was terrible.
In the AZ game, the running game was terrible, and the defense was abismal.
The only bright spot was the passing attack.
That's the difference I see between both situations.
While in 2007, Favre failed, but he didn't play well, and the defense and running game didn't help.
Last game, Rodgers failed, but he played very well, and it's not that the defense and running game didn't help; he plain had to overcome them, to even keep us in the game.