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brush

(57,492 posts) Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:29 AM Jan 2022

Do we dare go there and use the choke word on Aaron Rodger's...

failed playoff performances? Arguably the most talented thrower of the football ever, when it comes to the playoff big games, he doesn't come through.

The Packers scored a touchdown on the first drive of the game but scored just 3 points in the last three quarters of the game Saturday night against the 49ers...at home at Lambeau Field.

3 POINTS. That's it. And last year he came up small too. His coach didn't trust him enough on fourth down to go for a touchdown, so he settled for a field goal which left them still behind in the score late in the game.

Can we go there finally?

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Do we dare go there and use the choke word on Aaron Rodger's... (Original Post) brush Jan 2022 OP

Rather be Woke than Choke aeromanKC Jan 2022 #1

Stick to the point. If you're on DU we assume you're fully vaxxed... brush Jan 2022 #3

My entire F'n post advocated being vaccinated and F Rodgers for being a lying anti-vaxxer fraudster aeromanKC Jan 2022 #6

Ok, I get what you were doing there with your first post. brush Jan 2022 #7

His playoff record is probably quite similar to Peyton Manning's is my guess Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #2

Denver's defense was also superb when Manning was there. TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #15

At a minimum, choked. There is nothing less than choked.... Tetrachloride Jan 2022 #4

I think they are pretty close but Manning with 2 super bowl wins bottomofthehill Jan 2022 #5

Agree on all counts (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Jan 2022 #8

I think he is an asshole. nycbos Jan 2022 #9

Rodgers has a history now of always coming up short... brush Jan 2022 #10

7-9 in playoff games Ferrets are Cool Jan 2022 #11

Any of the teams that were playing yesterday Blue Owl Jan 2022 #12

In the first quarter IIRC, SF had gained -7 yards (!) tishaLA Jan 2022 #13

He sucked Saturday night. TheRealNorth Jan 2022 #14

aeromanKC

(3,479 posts)

1. Rather be Woke than Choke

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:34 AM

Jan 2022

And give me the arm jab over the throat jab any day of the week!!

brush

(57,492 posts)

3. Stick to the point. If you're on DU we assume you're fully vaxxed...

Reply to aeromanKC (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:37 AM

Jan 2022

and I hope boosted.

Now what about my football question?

aeromanKC

(3,479 posts)

6. My entire F'n post advocated being vaccinated and F Rodgers for being a lying anti-vaxxer fraudster

Reply to brush (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:52 AM

Jan 2022

AND F Rodgers for being in the MVP discussion. He can't even get his team one F'n win in the Playoffs. At HOME!! With the BYE!!

F Rodgers the CHOKESTER!!

brush

(57,492 posts)

7. Ok, I get what you were doing there with your first post.

Reply to aeromanKC (Reply #6)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:56 AM

Jan 2022

It was a reference to Rodger's inoculated rather than vaccinated status.

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. His playoff record is probably quite similar to Peyton Manning's is my guess

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:36 AM

Jan 2022

Main difference is it took Rodgers less years to win a Super Bowl. By the time Manning beat the Bears in the SB there had been talk for years that he was a great regular-season QB, but a playoff choker, and people questioned if he could ever win the SB.

He went to the playoffs a LOT of years but only made the SB three times, and won twice. Two appearances were at the very end of his career, too.

But yeah ... Rodgers at this point I think we can safely say he is a bit of a choker when the chips are down.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)

15. Denver's defense was also superb when Manning was there.

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 07:13 PM

Jan 2022

Hell, the defense carried Tim Tebow to the playoffs the year before Peyton got there.

Tetrachloride

(8,447 posts)

4. At a minimum, choked. There is nothing less than choked....

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:48 AM

Jan 2022

that makes sense

bottomofthehill

(8,822 posts)

5. I think they are pretty close but Manning with 2 super bowl wins

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 11:48 AM

Jan 2022

May have a higher winning percentage. As he had to go 4-0 twice to win the two Super Bowls, he had a lot of playoff appearances, but you need a lot of losses to offset the two times he won out. I think Rodgers needs a few more playoff appearances and another SB win to be considered Manning’s equal.

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

8. Agree on all counts (nt)

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #5)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:09 PM

Jan 2022

nycbos

(6,345 posts)

9. I think he is an asshole.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:40 PM

Jan 2022

And I think a lot of us were glad to see the Packers lose.

But to put it all on Rogers it's an accurate because that takes away the performance of San Francisco's defense and their special teams.

brush

(57,492 posts)

10. Rodgers has a history now of always coming up short...

Reply to nycbos (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 12:53 PM

Jan 2022

especially since he's supposed to be so great.

Ferrets are Cool

(21,957 posts)

11. 7-9 in playoff games

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:44 PM

Jan 2022

That is subpar no matter how you slice it.

Blue Owl

(54,734 posts)

12. Any of the teams that were playing yesterday

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 01:49 PM

Jan 2022

would have KILLED the Packers pointwise -- Rodgers often gets in a funk, and despite some great passes and a few good running plays, they don't get the points to show for it...

tishaLA

(14,321 posts)

13. In the first quarter IIRC, SF had gained -7 yards (!)

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 06:55 PM

Jan 2022

and all Rodgers had to show for it was 7 points.

I was always a big fan of Rodgers before this season and defended him against a friend who said that he's only won one SB blah blah blah. I always held firm that it wasn't because of his performances, but because the team around him wasn't good enough and held him back from winning more. That may or may not be true, but yesterday he was small in the biggest moments.

TheRealNorth

(9,629 posts)

14. He sucked Saturday night.

Reply to brush (Original post)

Mon Jan 24, 2022, 07:10 PM

Jan 2022

Reminded me a lot of Brett Favre's last game with the Packers (2007 NFC Championship against the NY Giants).

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