Reminded today of what Aaron Rodgers told me over a year ago in a sit down. Rodgers on NFL protests: “It was never about the anthem, it was never about the troops. It was about social equality and racial injustice.”
Ted Thompson's final month as Packers GM, December 2017:
Signed TE Robert Tonyan to practice squad.
Signed WR Davante Adams to contract extension.
Signed C Corey Linsley to contract extension.
ESPN just now: “Did the Packers let Aaron Rodgers down in the 2022 draft?”
JFC.
They drafted 3 WRs and 3 OL. 2 studs on defense, which should be elite.
Aaron Rodgers is a huge winner of this draft
This loss is on Matt LaFleur. Sorry. Harsh, but true. He promoted the assistant to the guy he fired on special teams, and it produced an unrelenting nightmare, culminating in this absolutely avoidable defeat.
Packers asked a star player and beloved person in the locker room to take MASSIVE pay cuts in back-to-back years because of a cap/contract situation of their own creation
Aaron Jones will get no hate or animosity from me
“Hey J.J., we’re a little cap-strapped, but does wearing the green and gold and chasing a Super Bowl with Aaron Rodgers sound appealing for one year and a peasant salary?”
I wonder when Matt LaFleur is going to start getting the national respect that Sean McVay and Kyle Shanahan once received. The Packers coach, who is now 16-3 in his first 19 games, sure deserves it.
Aaron Rodgers on Patrick Mahomes: "I don't want to disrespect him with this, but I see a lot of my young self in him. He rolls around, runs around, makes plays. He has a big arm. He's talented. Plays with a great swagger. He's fun to watch."
How
@AaronRodgers12
finished his MVP speech: "Just encourage people to read books, to meditate, to speak things to life, manifest desires of your heart, question everything, and spread love and positivity."
Davante Adams.
You know how tough you have to be to take that vicious hit to the head, come back in the game and then catch two huge passes in the middle of the field with the game on the line?
According to
@PFF
,
#Packers
CB Jaire Alexander gave up just 35 catches over 563 pass-coverage snaps in 2020. QBs averaged 4.9 yards per attempt against his coverage. 13 pass breakups and only 1 penalty.
No. 1 rated CB in the NFL by overall grade and coverage grade.
Players with at least 13 sacks, 35 QB hits and 17 TFLs in a single season:
J.J. Watt (2012, 2014, 2015)
Aaron Donald (2018)
Za'Darius Smith (2019)
That's it
Jordan Love didn't have a great night and deserved both of his interceptions. But how Brock Purdy escaped tonight with no turnovers will never make sense.
Jamaal Williams said "a lot" of teams want him in free agency.
He said it was "just sad" he won't get to keep playing with Aaron Jones and the rest of his teammates with the Packers.
ESPN's
@AdamSchefter
says Aaron Rodgers has told some teammates he doesn't plan to return.
Hmm. That's probably a bigger step than just telling the guys running the team he doesn't want to be there, right?
Davante Adams got a well-earned and well-deserved payday and a chance to play ball with his college QB.
Packers got two high draft picks, $20M in cap space and avoided paying a 29-year-old WR QB-level money.
A sad outcome but a good outcome for player and team.
2011. 2014. 2020. 2021.
All Super Bowl-caliber teams. All wasted opportunities.
Nothing may ever top 2014, but this latest wasted opportunity feels like a very close second in terms of throwing away a real chance to get back.
49ers are favored to beat the Packers. They should be favored.
49ers also lost a month ago to the Falcons. At home. As 10.5-point favorites. Despite leading 19-10 in the fourth quarter.
Anything can happen Sunday.
If it's over...
Aaron Rodgers threw 520 touchdown passes and rushed for 39 touchdowns (559 total) over 252 total games (regular and post), and the Packers were 158-85-1 when he started. 11 playoff trips. 10 Pro Bowls. 8 NFC North titles. 4 MVPs. 1 Super Bowl.
#Packers
get a future starter at CB, Day 1 starter for OL, and an ideal slot/gadget WR during first two days. I think just about everyone would have signed up for this going into the draft.
Big news here. Packers getting back P Corey Bojorquez, G Ben Braden, LB Oren Burks, TE Tyler Davis, and TE Marcedes Lewis from the COVID-19 reserve list today.
Down 17-0. Facing one of the best defenses in football. No Aaron Jones. No Christian Watson. No David Bakhtiari. No Elgton Jenkins.
18 straight points, including back-to-back 80-yard TD drives from Jordan Love.
That's going to do it. Preston Smith was awesome tonight. Adrian Amos was awesome tonight. Za'Darius Smith was awesome tonight. Darnell Savage was awesome tonight. Brian Gutekunst looks like a genius.
James Jones on NFL Network just now: "I speak with Aaron all the time. It has nothing to do with getting the GM fired. It has nothing to do with a new contract and getting money...I think it's fixable."
Undrafted rookie DL Jack Heflin, who a scout called a "trash can full of dirt" during the pre-draft process, led all
#Packers
defensive players with 6 total pressures and 4 QB hits during the preseason.
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LB De'Vondre Campbell the last four games:
vs. DET: Interception in fourth quarter
at SF: Fumble recovery in fourth quarter
vs. PIT: Fourth-down stop on JuJu in fourth quarter
at CIN: Interception in overtime
Ummmmmmmmmmmm,
@RapSheet
just said the Packers releasing Jake Kumerow almost immediately after Aaron Rodgers praised him was described as a "death knell" in the relationship.
Randall Cobb ran 24 routes and had just one target. Allen Lazard ran 31 routes and had just one target.
Josiah Deguara ran 20 routes and had just one target.
75 routes, one total catch.
Packers are not mathematically eliminated but this is the perfect opportunity to play Jordan Love the rest of the way.
Your soon-to-be 39-year-old QB has two bad injuries.
Your 2019 first-round pick just led two terrific drives.
12 will fight it but it's time.
Packers put out a powerful statement featuring a dozen current players and then matched their words with action, donating a half-million dollars between the team and Mark Murphy to support local social justice/racial equality causes. A proud day for the franchise.
30 years of HOF QB play and "only" 2 Super Bowls under Favre/Rodgers was not torture. It was heartbreaking often, but the Packers also dominated for 3 decades, beat up on rivals over and over, went into every season as a contender and climbed the sport's highest mountain twice.
Jordan Love's first regular season as the
#Packers
starter in 2023:
372/579
4,159 passing yards
32 TD passes
11 INTs
64.2%
7.2 YPA
96.1 passer rating
4 rushing TDs
36 total TDs
10 games 100.0+ passer rating
10 games 0 INTs
11 games multiple TDs
9-8 record (playoffs)