Aaron Rodgers - How good is he?
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Aaron Rodgers has some hop in his step
Now bear with me, because Aaron Rodgers was playing quarterback for the Green Bay Packers and they were running the same offense that they used to run with Brett Favre. That part is good.
The Packers had the same offensive line they have had for 5 years and they were solid, so the comparisons at quarterback could be valid.
There was only one problem. The Green Bay Packers were playing the Detroit Lions. Last week the Lions fell behind 21 -0 in the first quarter. This week it took until 6:47 of the 2nd quarter to fall behind 21 - 0. The Packers were feeling bad for their division rivals, so they held back a little.
Ahh, the Lions. As my best friend RonB says, “The Lions are even hard to watch in Hi-Def.” Or something like that.
Anyway, Aaron looked great, he really did.
Rodgers was 24-of-38 for 328 yards, three scores and a fumble in his first start on the road and his first fourth-quarter comeback.
“We just kept pushing the envelope and I think that speaks volumes about the coaches and everybody involved to have confidence with Aaron to stay aggressive,” coach Mike McCarthy said.
Greg Jennings caught six passes for 167 yards, including a 60-yard gain to set up Mason Crosby’s go-ahead field goal with 5:17 to go.
Donald Driver, James Jones and Jordy Nelson all had TD receptions from Rodgers.
“We have a lot of confidence that he’s going to find whichever one of us is open,” Jennings said.
Aaron showed good elusiveness when trapped and made good decisions with the ball. He could throw hard and accurate with the short passes, just like Brett Favre, only maybe not quite as hard.
Aaron did not look long as many times as Brett does, but when he did, he could make the throw and it was accurate. The Packer offensive line kept him out of any serious trouble, although he did have one ball knocked out of his hand.
If Aaron had played for anyone else the last few years, he might have started.
Aaron Rodgers even began to establish his own identity.
Rodgers took a step out of Favre’s shadow in his highly anticipated debut last week and moved closer to establishing his own reputation in his first road game.
After a three-and-out, he stepped up in the pocket to avoid a sack, scrambled to the right and threw a sharp pass in the end zone to Jones.
Rodgers looked right and threw left on the next drive for a 2-yard pass to Driver.
He perfectly lofted a pass to Nelson for a 29-yard score to give the Packers a 21-0 lead with 6:47 left in the first half.
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