the last time. And when you consider all the things Aaron
Rodgers has said over the past few years. Including most
recently, back in June,
when he was doing that golf thing
with Mahomes and
Tom Brady and Josh Allen. Somebody asked him,
does he think about retiring? He says all the time
I think about all the time,
he's been talking about it
as much or more than Brett Favre did in the Twilight of
his career.
And you got the broken thumb that we're hearing all this
about a avulsion fracture. No, I can't believe he's playing
all this set up. This big been set up to either
bask in the glory
of a Willis Reed
type of a performance or set the stage to go on IR.
Then you throw this
rib thing on top of it, he
thought he had a punctured lung. I mean miles, I
when I saw him run off the field toward the tunnel last night. I
think it's foolish to not at least accept the possibility
that that's it. Now that we're never going to see him again.
We have to at least entertain that possible and I watch her play
on Sunday against the Bears and throw four five touchdowns.
Yeah, I mean you you really want to entertain that
possibility you that was the first thing you texted as soon
as he ran off the field so I'm not I'm not saying that it's
not possible, it obviously is and especially when you're
talking about ribs. We know from all the
things that happened last year, right? Think about to a tongue
of Aloha there are a couple other players where it was like
okay you know the ribs seem to be all right, maybe it's To be
this, maybe it's going to be that. And then after
the recheck or
they come in again on Monday, Tuesday, whatever it was and
then, oh my gosh, no, he's going to be out for three weeks
or so or whatever it happens to be. So when you're talking
about that area of the body,
there's so many things that you can't just tell when you're in
the stadium and you're getting those x-rays. So it's not
completely out of the realm of possibility that this is
the last time we see Aaron Rodgers know, but at the same
time he's talking about, you know, as long as we are still
mad. Mathematically in it. I want to be out there so
yeah I understand where you're going but I also would like to
pump the brakes on that just a little bit.
I want to study because I like being able to see and hear
the words, there's such a disconnect at times between
what gets put on paper or on your computer screen
and what actually is said, how it's delivered
the facial expressions, the body language. So let's let's
take a look at that. We're all out of order here but that's
okay. Let's have a listen and a look at Aaron Rodgers,
talking about his supposed desire
to keep on going
as Long as the Packers are mathematically alive. Here it
is.
And it was in the first half and then got kind of
reactivating the third quarter
just having a hard time breathing and rotating my upper
body. So
it was weird but punctured lung as well.
So I want to get that checked out.
Guess again tomorrow.
So think they announced oblique and Press Box but as it's
a remedy re not know. Blake. Yes I know but give you think it's
broken as I thoroughly indication.
It was hard to tell on the x-rays.
So I knew some more tomorrow you know, as I check out fun
tomorrow,
expect plays weekend. They want to take my mind there but as
long as
as long as we're mathematically alive, but I like to be out
there.
I mean sometimes you just say the things that you feel like
you have to say, so you cling to some hope because you don't
want it to end that way, you don't want it to end with
a whimper. You want to go out with a bang.
So
I I'm inconclusive as to
what that really means.
He seems very concerned about what's going on in there.
Obviously the x-rays only tell you so much CAT scan today.
And if he spent a large chunk of the game thinking that he
had a punctured lung, he was in some severe pain, broken ribs
is something I had a long time ago. I fell down a hill
and I had multiple broken ribs and it hurts like hell, I never
I had a punctured lung course, I wouldn't know what
what that felt like. I never felt like I had trouble breathing.
I can only imagine trying to play football feeling like you
can't breathe that. Half of your lung capacity is shut down
or close to it.
So there's a concern there and on top of it
this thumb injury
that keeps getting.
I don't know. It's getting worse but it's not getting any
better.
And all of a sudden we've been hearing
all these details about it when we are nothing for weeks.
I just feel like that's part of the set up to the slip to
injured reserve. Once they are
done for practical purposes and there's a real difference
between being mathematically eliminated and being done.
The Packers are done, but they're not mathematically
eliminated, right? The Bears are done,
but there are not mathematically eliminated
and, and yeah, there have been teams that have risen from
the done
and got into the playoffs somehow some way but
Having that extra game,
it takes longer to be
technically done, even though you're practically done so
II. Don't I mean, if they would beat the Bears this weekend
with Trevor similar Nathan Peterman at quarterback, it
just feels doesn't play and they go into their bye week.
Five and eight.
They're not mathematically eliminated. But
you know I know and you know and this is the other side of
it to Mi
organization may want to see more Jordan love after last
night.
cuz I think anybody partial to wearing
Cheese on their scalp.
Would like to see more of what we got. A glimpse of last night
from Jordan love.
Absolutely. And frankly, I mean, the Packers need to know
something about Jordan love and how he plays because they have
to make a decision on his fifth year option.
So I don't know what exactly that means. But I mean
practically, you do need to figure out something about
whether or not Jordan. Love can play quarterback in
the National Football League.
And if that means that Aaron Rodgers has to go on injured,
reserve to kind of preserve that image or what have you and
have him not necessarily be benched, then perhaps, that's
what you do. I don't know. But yeah. And when Jordan love
comes in and
he provides that spark and you can see that he does have some
chemistry with Christian Watson. I think in part because
he was the quarterback
for the entire offseason program except for
the mandatory minicamp. All right, he's been taking Snaps. He's
been working with these dudes. I think that that makes
a difference. I mean, look at this,
he's ways off and he's running and it was on time on target.
It's exactly the thing that you want from your quarterback. He
provided a spark. It did Jordan love you provided a lift
so I don't know, man. I'm not sure exactly what this means
for the Green Bay Packers. But yeah, I think to your point of
you want to see Jordan Love play.
Yes. Does that mean you want to push Aaron Rodgers? Out of
the door.
I don't think that that's exactly what you want to do.
Just based on what he means that franchise. But sometimes
you gotta do things that don't really feel great in order to
preserve your long-term interests.
And
yeah, that's why they drafted, Jordan love and the First
Place, rewind to April of 2020, they wanted Justin Jefferson.
Oops, that didn't happen and to make matters worse. He ended up
with their division Rivals.
Then they wanted
Brandon, I uke, well, Twin. The 49ers traded up before
the Packers could.
So plan C wasn't get. Another receiver.
Plan C was trade up to get Jordan love. So
this has been in the works and it upset Aaron Rodgers. It
created a lot of drama. It put a red-hot poker on his butt. 22
straight MVP awards. It did have a benefit
but now it gets a little bit awkward
because now you may want to find a way, you know,
back in February of 2008, they found a way
to do the old. Michael Scott, closing the door on Robert.
Dunder, they were able to find a way to get rid of Brett
Favre. The problem is Robert, Dunder, started, banging on
the door saying,
can someone call me a cab
and Brett Favre started. Banging on the door saying
I want back in, I want to play. So it was, it was
strange to say the least and Rogers has a lot of power here
because of his contract. So it's something I want a fully
study and breakdown and
About it PFT but they're going to have a hard time here if
Rogers senses that they're trying to float him on a sheet
of ice the way they did to Brett Favre. Some what will be
15 years ago when this eventually unfolds. But I, I'm
intrigued by Jordan love, how can you not be intrigued by
what we saw last night? And maybe the Eagles were playing
a little soft, maybe they were complacent, maybe they were
thinking the game was over the moment that Aaron Rodgers left
and they weren't out there
applying the same kind of focus.
Focus and effort. But man. Jordan love was throwing
missiles all over the place. Sideline throws me Chris
Collinsworth kept saying that he was right. Jordan love
looked awesome. Last night in
The Limited work that we witnessed and came down to
an onside kick, and they may have had a chance to get down
the field and score game-tying touchdown after they were left
for dead. So,
there's a lot of good last night
in what we saw from the Packers
before. Aaron Rodgers left,
they kept fighting back and then one
wants Jordan love came in.
You know, they got nothing to be ashamed of.
You know they had plenty to be ashamed of in their loss at
home to the Titans
a week and a half ago. Sure. They got nothing to be ashamed
of last night. The only problem is they're
they've now fall into four and eight and you know it's a tough
I mean Road
the final five games
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