Former Packer Disses Mitch Trubisky On Social Media.........
Dec 17, 2018 16:36:48 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2018 16:36:48 GMT -6
I really don't know. But I noticed him miss a a surefire TD pass yesterday in the 2nd half--a tough throw but one of those he used to make almost routinely--and something isn't right with him. The Bears D is awesome no doubt but we have all seen Rodgers do better than 1 TD and a 60 QBR against great defenses in the past. There's something not right and the Cheesehead fans are having a hard time grappling with it.
I'd say that at least in part it's a combination of Rodgers simply aging and due to injuries sustained over time losing some of his edge and his mobility. Mitch is beginning to show that same kind of speed and elusiveness Rodgers once had in his prime and is now beginning to diminish. It happens and Mitch "out Rodgered" Aaron Rodgers yesterday.
The rest I would attribute to a decline in the Packers overall talent level. Rodgers no longer has one of the very best OLs to work behind and some of their starters were also out which I'm sure contributed to his lack of protection. His receivers are also not as good as some groups he's had in the past and he still lacks a consistently productive RB each game.
But an NFL critic made another observation.
In his opinion Rodgers is unwilling to take some of the risks he took in past years. It was his opinion that he's been avoiding riskier throws he used to make that contributed to the "big play" offense he's been known for and one that could routinely score almost at will. We don't see that now and this person speculated that Rodgers is intentionally avoiding risk in order to avoid picks and extend his streak of passes/completions without being picked. We ended that yesterday.
It's obvious that due to some poor drafting, losing starting caliber talent to FA, and being hamstrung at times by a GM who disdained signing his own top FA this is catching up to them in much the same way it began to with the Bears later in the Lovie era. IMHO it's a decline that was bound to happen as Rodgers ages with a team who depends almost entirely on him to win games for them on his own.
Now let's see whether or not at times Rodgers becomes even more surly than Cutler became as losses mount and more and more fans and media look at him as part of the problem. I've already seen this beginning.
