worthy of Hard Knocks. If the Packers happen to be
the subject of the program, this year, here he
is yesterday talking about his young. Recent. We all knew, we
all know he's gonna have young receivers
here. He is talking about how the doing so far in Camp.
It's
unfortunately, some of the same guys that, that's, you know,
repeat mistakes. Our problem. So we just got to clean those
things up a little bit,
the young guys,
you know, they got to
Especially young receivers, we got to be way more consistent.
You know, a lot of
a lot of drops, lot of,
you know, Bad Route decisions, run the wrong route. So we
gotta,
we gotta get better in that area.
I keep dropping a boy and I can be out there.
So it's going to be the most reliable guys
that are out there,
the preparation, and the,
in the job responsibilities, most important
there's going to be physical mistakes. We've talked about.
But,
you know, if you're going out there and dropping the ball and
and somebody else, Sponges in the right spot all the time and
catching a ball.
That guy's going to play
preparation and job responsibility is the most
important. See those words ring Hollow to me when Aaron Rodgers
chose not to be there for all of the voluntary portion of
the offseason program where they could have begun the process of
working through
these issues of identifying,
who can be relied upon to catch the ball
and who can't. So
setting aside the question of whether or
Not. He should be calling these guys out in his locker room
press conference because some would say you deal with that
stuff. Internally, you don't call them out separate and
apart from that.
He missed opportunities
to work with these guys and maybe start coaching them
leading them, encouraging them to do, whatever they had to do
maybe during their six-week break yourself a jugs machine
or let's get together somewhere and we'll work on me throwing
the ball to you, so you can learn how to catch it and not
drop it. So,
Again that's why it's important to. If you're doing a lot in
not much time to try to get yourself ready for Week 1 and
it was opportunity missed by not having. Rogers, they're
working with these guys especially if they're
struggling. Am I wrong to say that?
I mean I am tell me. No, I don't think you're wrong.
I mean it I don't think it hurts that's for sure. No, I only see
positives of being there in the OTAs and, and throwing to your
guys, and, you know, it's the least starting
to lay down. A down. The fender Foundation
to, you know, what needs to be done for training camp? I still
think you'd have a lot of mistakes from Rookie.
You know, some of these young guys,
regardless, I do think that's going to be an issue. It's
a learning process is, you know, you know. Maybe would they be
a little further along or maybe a hair more comfortable? I'm sure
some of them are almost nervous. Catching the ball from
Aaron Rodgers. Exactly. You want to tell you work? All that
out.
I know you weren't making it right.
You show up for training camp
and all God. Here's Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, you want to please.
And want to be perfect. So you put more pressure on yourself
that way. But, but again, I don't, I didn't. Look at that,
at least throwing people under the bus, I think that was more,
just hey, it's what I like about Aaron Rodgers. He just
being honest, I don't think he went too
far or too critical there.
And,
you know, again, I think if
this is where Green Bay is screwed him over, he's been in
this situation just way too much, like, way more than any
of the other great quarterbacks in the history of football.
Where We're like
I do you know Tom Brady and Peyton Manning in them if they
had a deal with some of these issues and some of these
receivers that they've had their throughout the years, you
know, they'd be complaining and making their point known as
well too. So
these are going to be some of the growing pains certainly
but I'm with you. I don't let him off the hook there, you're
right, I think nerves. And just knowing a little bit of
a Nuance of what Rogers expects, you might be
a week or two further down the road. If you were there during
OTAs, I don't disagree. With that. Now I don't know if he
had time with him and I haven't heard that maybe at his house
or out in California but I don't remember hearing that and
I follow Aaron Rodgers and everything, he does pretty
closely
but yeah they're going to have Growing Pains. There's no doubt
about it and that's what's unfortunate and unfortunately
Green Bay's put him in that situation just one too many
times in my opinion
and we do agree on that
on that point that
the Packers have not surrounding it was sufficient talent but
but still anytime your phrase
that as the Packers have screwed Him over my initial
reaction is, hey, you know what, if my employer wants to
pay me 50 million a year. They can screw me over all they
want. I mean that's the other side of it too.
He's getting he's the highest paid player in the NFL.
He's got concerns about how these guys are performing in
training camp when he deliberately avoided
the opportunity to work with those guys in the offseason that's my
point. Yep you deliberately stayed away you're getting 50
million a year. You chose not to be there and begin this
process so they aren't
freaked out when training camp rolls around and All of
a sudden it's Aaron Rodgers instead of Jordan love, and you
want to please him, you want to catch the pass has more
pressure on you.
You missed the opportunity to work through those kinks in
the offseason program. Again, it all if I was a Packers fan and
that this is where
the Packers Fan circle, the wagons
and say screw you for criticizing our guy. If I was
a Packers fan, I'd be saying, man, how much they got to pay
this guy to get him to show up for the offseason program?
Yeah. Well, you know, again, I don't know where that
relationship is and,
you know, they tried to give him the old. ultimate
screw-over job to as far as trying to push him out of town
and he you know shoved it right up where the sun don't shine
right back at him
and
I'm not so sure this isn't you know still a little bit of
a bitterness but them
I don't know, I don't know where it is,
but I certainly can sit here and say,
you know, as you as you think back in time,
I don't remember Joe, Montana, ever having to deal with any of
this stuff with the 49ers, Peyton Manning
To me one of the three greatest quarterbacks in the history of
football. Never had to deal with any of this. Never. I mean
it was Reggie Wayne and Marvin Harrison and Brandon Stokley
and Dallas Clark boom.
Oh, I'm going to the Broncos.
It's Demaryius Thomas and a bunch of the Emmanuel Sanders
and Wes Welker again. And that's where I think Aaron
Rodgers has always been cheated and I feel Vermin even with
Brady Brett. He's never had that issue.
Except for one year as last year in New England's, the only
time ever. And you know again I'm not trying to let him off
the hook here.
But it just does annoy me
as a fan of Rogers
and a fan of all great quarterbacks where,
yeah, I think the organization has done him dirtier
than any other great quarterback and the history of
the game. That's just the way I look at it. At least I have
a feeling Joe Montana, would take issue with
he had to deal with Steve Young and it was an ugly rivalry in
the building. Yeah sure we're sure. I'm sure you've heard
the story. I mean my number one favorite Steve Young story has
to do with you and laissez-faire upbringing but
Number two, Steve Young story is he goes to Joe, Montana's
house for dinner
and one of Montana's kids, says, to Joe Montana. Is this
the guy? We hate. Ha. Ha ha, so great. Yeah. So and eventually
they moved on from Montana. They wanted to turn the page to
Steve Young so
because Steve Young showed that he was ready to go.
Yeah, the thing that is saved Aaron Rodgers more than
anything else he's increased his play, right? And Jordan
love hasn't shown them enough to make them say, We're ready
to move on from Aaron Rodgers in part because Aaron Rodgers.
Reacted. Yeah, I having two
consecutive MVP season.