I mean I got to play the same way.
I don't play the way I played in 2011. It's
you know, I got a
I got a play on time and guys got to get open.
So no, I'm not going to change the way I play.
We just
have to realize who's out there who were thrown to and how
we're going to actually make some hay and score some points.
I didn't lose a fumble, all last year
and hadn't thrown a pick in a division game, and I don't know
in a while.
So that's kind of the standard that I hold myself to
regardless of who's out there with us.
So that's why that's frustrating, you know,
I don't look at it as
tase. Not here, I got to do even more
Play. Perfect, football.
I've just always held myself to a standard of taking care of
the football. And that wasn't good enough on Sunday.
Yeah, at first, I thought he was going to in a roundabout
way. Blame the receivers for the fact that he didn't have
his usual perfect outing against a division rival. At
least he acknowledges that
it is on him to a certain extent that he had the fumble.
He got devoured by Vikings Defenders at a time when it
felt like I'd hackers were trying to push the
pendulum the other way. Oh yeah. And
you know, with the interception you just never know because it
look
again. This is why he should have been The offseason
program. This is why he should have had
his receivers, take them to Peru for some Ayahuasca,
I don't know, but you got to get to the point where, you know,
where the windows are, you know, where you can place
the ball, you know, who you can trust and who you can't trust.
I remember when
everybody was losing their minds because Marcus Mariota
when he was a rookie with the Titans, he didn't throw
an interception. He went umpteen practices, without
an interception. Roger said at the time, I want to throw
interceptions in practice because I need to know
who I can trust and where to put the football. Ball.
And and again, they had an opportunity in training camp to
get there, but it clearly wasn't enough and
I think they'll be fine,
but you can't just piss away games.
Sorry. Scotland in September and just assume everything will
work out and you'll be the one to see it again.
They
think that game. You lose in September can bite you in
the butt in January, when it's time to figure out whether you're
home or on the road or by or no by, and
They just need they need to figure it out but and I think
I think they should be fine against the Bears all due
respect to the bears but alarms are going to go off
if they look the way they did at home against Chicago
the way they looked
on the road in Minnesota. Yeah I agree I wouldn't be surprised
if Chicago hangs around and makes things interesting there.
They got a good defensive coach and let's not forget, you know,
the Bears offensive coordinator came from Green Bay. He's gonna
be able to tell that you birth loose and go. Hey, hey,
when they get in this formation, they want to do this rod.
Has likes to check to this. When you do this,
they're going to, they're going to be ready for it.
You know. I got questions about the Packers. I got questions
about Green Bay, I do. You know,
I challenged Aaron Rodgers to go. I think he does got to play
different than he's been playing as of late. I do with
this group. Yes, no I yeah, there was the play, he took
some hits, there's no doubt about that. I understand that
the play where he gets
stripped sack fumbled. And we showed a second ago or is it
you know, za'darius Smith runs over the guard and then runs
over JJ Dillon, you know, he's got Christian walk.
And going down the middle post. And it's that's who he's gonna
throw to. I mean, I don't know if he's gonna catch her, he's
gonna throw the ball in the money. But if he, if it's on
the money and he catches, it's going to be a touchdown,
but my major Point here is,
you know, this is a team that's good. You've heard that we know
that we've talked about, you've heard me over the last, you
know, year to go,
you know, I don't know
if they can win the Super Bowl, but I'm just being like
efficient. And we're going to stay ahead of the chains and do
all that. No, they sometimes look like they want to play
a style like the Patriots played in like 2016 2017 and I want
to go. Your offense is just not as good as the Patriots was
the Patriots. Offense was very creative with McDaniels and
they could be in third and five and always have a play to get
the first down, or whatever
my issue. And I said, this, on my podcast yesterday because we
have my, you know, what the f happened Wednesday podcast
where I break down a lot of film is
it's the throws. He doesn't make that bother me.
That's what bothers me about Green Bay.
And what I mean by that and you heard me say this when I did,
my quarterback rankings and went back and watched film, and
we showed some clips from the 49ers game, where, you know,
it is too much about efficiency and completion percentage and,
you know, you've just brought up. Yeah, I want to throw some
interceptions and practice, he knew that might need. These are
all few more interceptions in the game this year.
Again, the team, the teams that went to the Super Bowl
last year, he led the league in interceptions.
Brady was, you know, double-digit interceptions.
I don't.
That this is all he was always a bad thing. It means you're
being very aggressive and putting pressure on the defense
Rogers and my opinion you know especially against the good
defense has
doesn't put enough pressure on them anymore
it's to Dink and dunk the offense
and yeah the offense is part of that but Rogers is part of that
too. There was a handful of plays in that game where I went
you're Aaron Rodgers
That Guys open 15 yards down the middle
the protections pretty good. You need to throw that ball.
All you got to throw that ball
and you can't go.
Oh wait. Oh look. I looked here now. My second reads over
the middle and he's open but I don't know what he does and he
throws the ball back into the flat or to the swing route or
whatever
you know it's too conservative that way and if they want to
win and be the number one seed this year I would say that he
can't play that way
because the receivers are not good enough. I don't think
they're running game is like special like it's the 49ers or
anything like that and they're going to take over that way. So
I'm Interested to see how this goes, as the year goes long.
Yeah, I know he'll be efficient and good against the crappy
teams of the NFL, the Lesser demons is in the NFL,
but you and I were holding green bed at the Super Bowl
standard. And that, that to me, is where
he is not on the level anymore
of Mahomes, Josh Allen
or Justin Herbert,
he's just not. And you know, I love Aaron Rodgers
but I love to keep it real more.
I mean, he's my favorite quarterback of all time
but he's not on their level.
Those guys go. Oh wait,
the first read wasn't open.
Okay, wait I will cast still got time. Let me I'm gonna put
pressure on the defense and make them regret, you know, not
doing something different or leaving this guy open down
the middle.
And to me, that's something to watch for, at least in Green
Bay, Mike started, talk so long, but I had a lot to say
there.
What they did to start the game. Yeah. Right.
The go route by Christian Watson, I almost wonder Chris. Yeah,
whether they specifically plan that play, they selected that
play. That wasn't an audible, that was something they meant
to do right out of the gate. No, ya don't for days, if not
weeks, if not months
that they were going to let Christian Watson run? Right by,
Patrick Peterson looks good, they were going to get
a touchdown on the first play. Yep. And
it was going to be on a deep attacking ball.
Be that would coax Aaron Rodgers to go down the field
more often. Maybe, I can't help but wonder whether or not there
is a broader push and pull going on here between coaching
staff and Aaron Rodgers to get him to pull the trigger. And
see this
is one of the realities of the coaching staff being caught in
the middle of the dysfunction that I think still lingers to
a certain extent between Rogers in the front office, they
probably tiptoe around him. They probably Kid Glove
treatment him more than they should. Like, nobody wants to
To say something to Aaron.
Rodgers is going to piss him off
and and every once in a while, you need somebody, who's
willing to be a jerk to say and to just challenge him to
presses buttons,
your Aaron Rodgers for crying out loud.
Throw the ball down the field. Exactly. Right. There's if you
throw an interception. Yeah, who cares. If when you're
watching the game back, you don't hear Joe Buck and Troy
Aikman fawning all over you for having
sixty two touchdown passes against five interceptions over
the last 37, regular-season game exactly gives a crap about
Any of us that's I'm with you there. That's the point.
That's the that's what I'm talking about, you know,
that's where it to me. I've gotten great respect for Brady
because I feel like there was a time in his career where he did
he did care about that. A little. And then he finally
went with why do I care? I can still throw, you know, lasers
and bombs all over the football field
and defenses, are more scared and makes my life easier.
You know, again,
I'm one of those that do if you're throwing for 71% you
through only four or five interceptions. During the year,
you didn't take enough chances. You're not aggressive enough
that that to me is life in the NFL right now. Maybe if you get
on a great team that's just unbelievable system. The team
so G and maybe you can play that efficient way
of okay dinky or dunk here dink here?
Oh look, I threw her 70%
and I'll but that's to me where Borough special
burrow through for 70%. But was also one of the NFL at League
average leaders in yards per pass in yards per attempt, he
was pushing the ball down the field. That's why that was
special
Me. It was like, whoa, he was accurate and throwing high
level passes on a consistent basis.
And, you know, as we've talked about a lot, the number one
thing in,
you know, a football game and determining, yeah, winner loss.
I know, is the turnover margin 100. I get it. The second
thing, though, is explosive plays and
20 + yd plays and to me, that's where again,
the Mahomes the Josh Adams, the Justin Herbert's, the Joe
boroughs of the Old right now man. You watch a game of them
to go, huh?
Well he threw five in her side, five turned the ball over five
times and the game, but still made so many unbelievable,
great throws, and great plays that they're they were able to
win the game because
it's just explosive play here. Explosive play there, they
change field position. The defense has to adjust the way
they play because they're going.
Oh man he's always looking for just the hammer shot here
and we can't play this aggressive defense or whatever
and and to me that's where you know Rogers and Green Bay. To
me. Mr. Ball a little bit and and I got to think LaFleur
wants him to push the
push the limit, you know, applied to the edge, a hair more
and I think he's going to have to do this year.
There was a game analyst who was a former player,
and I can't remember the guys name
and he used to get dragged in the early days of social media.
It would be far worse if he was calling games now. But
I remember that he tried to articulate
This point and it was in a very clumsy clunky way,
but the message was baked. Basically, don't be afraid to
throw the ball down the field because three things can
happen. Your guy can catch it, right? Which is very good.
It goes incomplete
which so what and if it gets intercepted it's like a punt.
Something to and pass interference which we know is
going to be called. That's right, right. So in number for
the possibility that you're going to draw a flag.
Clear-eyed,
and there was a throw Russell Wilson met the other night,
which was not to me a very surgical attempt to complete
the football, but
it was close enough that his guy got shoved and he drew a flag.
Yeah, and that's the other thing. So for things can
happen, two of them are good,
one of them can happen anywhere on the field and incompletion
and if it's an interception, it's like a punt. Yeah. So why
not? Why not? And it's the threat of it. That makes it
easier to do all the other stuff.
100%, that's what it is. That's right, Mike, that's right. And
then it lends to better play and big game football because
now that good defense isn't always going. Wait, they're
gonna throw it short, it's going to be dinking dunk, we
can play downhill,
they gotta back off and, you know, to make my point here,
you know, here we go. What? Just look at, look at the names
here of Brady through 12 Stafford through 17 Herbert
through 15
Patrick Mahomes through 13.
Okay?
Josh Jalen through 15 last year, Joe burrow through 14
you know and I know Aaron Rodgers threw only for
but that goes back to my point of
okay, that's great and find and dandy
when you're playing, you know,
the Bears are the Lions of 2021
but when you want to beat the 49ers
and some of the other really good teams and football here,
down the stretch and all that, that's to me, where, you know,
they dropped the ball right now and to me, that's where some of
the other
Guys, I just mentioned who have double-digit interceptions,
they're scarier to play because of that.
And then and I think they put more fear into defenses as of
right now because they're going oh man, there he's looking for
the 40-yarder, he's looking for the 40-yarder and he's going to
stay in the pocket for an extra half. A second
waiting for it to come open
and none of us not there.
He'll throw dinkin dunk passes. And to me, there's a difference
in that style of a football play.
I was a little startled to hear last Thursday night during
the opener that Matthew Stafford tied for the league lead in
interceptions last year, right? Trevor Lawrence
at 17th? Yeah, I was surprised that
the high wasn't above 20
right but still I was surprised that Stafford and Lawrence
tide. But but again, who cares? The Rams won the Super Bowl.
Yeah it doesn't matter.
They don't take the trophy away from you
because you tied for the league.
Read in interceptions, it happens and I agree with you
completely. There is some weird version that Aaron Rodgers has
to having those numbers show up. And maybe it's just a
little Wrinkle In His
Ultra sensitivity.
He doesn't want to give anybody fodder.
Well, criticize him, he's not going to throw those
interceptions because he doesn't want to be the guy
who's on the graphic, that shows the most interceptions
thrown
in a given season,
even if one of those guys wins the Super Bowl, I
XO, I do think there's this is kind of like part of his
legacy, right? He's not going to catch Brady as far as
winning Super Bowls but the one thing he is going to be viewed
as is the greatest touchdown interception ratio ever. Maybe
you know
the greatest quarterback rating ever. And I think he'd that's
his little. I'm gonna protect this because that's I'm going
to go down as the greatest in that area and okay cool. But
you know, to what your point is, I might cost you some big
games and
you might not get to the NFC championship.
Because you're too conservative against the 49ers
or might not get to that Super Bowl and winning the Super Bowl
because of that. Same problem.
Where were you giving me an Applause for?
I'm, it's like, congratulations, Aaron.
Rodgers, you've got the highest touchdown to interception ratio
in league history, something about which maybe four people
give a crap.
All that matters,
it's a team sport premised on winning. You want to win
football games, you want to Marshal your talents
with the goal in mind of doing everything, you You can to win
games
and that's a rank Island and you know, I
I doubt that
that anyone else out there and this is I'm not taking credit
for it. I'm giving you praise here. I don't think there's
anybody out there who analyzes the game that has figured it
out
and is willing to say it.
There may be others who have figured it out. They don't have
the guts to say it because we have to tiptoe around
the delicate genius. That is Aaron Rodgers. Whoo.
He's Aaron Rodgers. We can't although more and more people
are calling him out.
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