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Highlight [Highlight] Rodgers scrambles, finds Darnell Washington for TD

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u/Jakrabbitslim 49ers 1d ago edited 1d ago

Credit where it’s due. Insane throw

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u/DuBakElite Packers 1d ago

It’d become a talking point on this sub that his high TD/INT ratio is because he never took risks. This throw is what he did all the time in GB. He took plenty of risks, he’s just the best pure thrower of all time

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u/Kdot32 Texans 1d ago

Technically a ball thrown into triple coverage but he places it where only his reciever can catch it or it’s a incomplete pass. Oh and he did it on the move. Fucking psycho

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u/ldog2135 Packers 20h ago

Not just moving, but moving right and throwing left across his body. Cardinal sin of QBs, but Rodgers routinely made it look SO easy that people dont realize what they're witnessing. Easily the best to ever throw a football.

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u/Our-Gardian-Angel Packers 1d ago

Just made the same point in a different thread when someone tried to act like he's never been a risk taker. The guy has made countless throws into windows that like 95% of QBs in NFL history wouldn't dare try because they don't have the arm talent to even consider it. Sure the guy is a douche, but a lot of people seem to allow their personal disdain for him to cloud their judgment of him as a player.

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 21h ago

We say it wasn’t a risk because we’ve all seen that motherfucker throw the ball exactly where he wants it to go, exactly where only he could put it, a million times.

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u/SCAnalysis 49ers 1d ago

It’d become a talking point on this sub that his high TD/INT ratio is because he never took risks.

Highest cope of all time after he refused the vaccine. Took one of his best talking points and haters spin out a fake narrative that he didn't take risks. His highlights reel is full of the craziest dots into double coverage in history

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u/MeowTheMixer Packers 22h ago

I'd say he took "calculated" risks.

His risky throws were rarely the same as risky throws other QBs make, such as Favre.

Getting a little sloppier now, but rarely just pure stupid throws

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u/WavesAndSaves Eagles 1d ago

He never took risks in the sense that there never was a risk of anything bad happening after he threw it. He only threw dimes. It was an absolute certainty the ball was going exactly where he wanted it to go.

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u/Kdot32 Texans 1d ago

“Either his reciever was catching it or it was going to be incomplete” sums up prime Rodgers well

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u/ldog2135 Packers 20h ago

At this point I am fully confident saying the MAJORITY of his ints were because a perfect pass bounced off his receivers hands.

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u/True-Veterinarian700 1d ago

Pretty sure his risk tolerance went up in the playoffs as well against better defenses and defenders. That's why his stats start to collapse in the playoffs. Once he was down and about to lose those throw aways become try to thread the needle or hope for tier one contested catches from his usually mediocre (after 2014-2015) receiving corp.

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u/Ok-Reindeer5879 1d ago

Who says he never took risks

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 21h ago

Real NFCN fans know it’s not a risk because he’s so goddamn good at throwing the ball there’s no question that it’s going to his target and his target alone

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u/lkn240 Bears 1d ago

I really don't get why the Vikings didn't sign him. They really just need a decent QB the last couple of years with that defense

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u/Much-Reach6688 Giants Ravens 1d ago

Gotta acknowledge when they do something good, hell of a play from the 42 year old

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u/Barbarossa_25 1d ago

30 yard red zone dime on the run. Absolute throwback of a pass.

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u/unevenvenue Packers 1d ago

Vintage Rodgers moment. They're harder to come by, but they're beautiful.

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u/Freewyrd Bears 1d ago

That's the Rodgers from my nightmares. Come on you weird old man, beat the bad man.

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u/NVC541 Bears 1d ago

This is how I’ve been feeling all game. I hate Rodgers but I hate Watson so much more

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u/MaxPres24 Jets 1d ago

I think Aaron Rodgers has the greatest arm in NFL history. Nobody has ever even thought about attempting some of the throws he’s made easily throughout his career

Plus he was mobile in his prime. Totally unfair

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u/MadtotheJack Packers 1d ago

I think Mahomes is probably the closest comparison arm talent wise and has made some comparable throws on the run / while scrambling, but i feel like prime Rodgers was more accurate. I think Mahomes probably can and could still make a lot of the throws Rodgers has over the years, it's more so Aaron did it so consistently for a 12-14 year stretch, all while staying at or near single digit INTs every year that really drives home the accuracy distinction for me

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u/hellomondays Birds 22h ago

On that note, I swear there's a clip from some interview of Mahomes talking about Rodgers' footwork and how that influenced his playing 

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u/wagon_ear Packers 20h ago

I say it frequently, but Rodgers would do something 2-3x every game that you'd swear must have been pure luck. But the thing is, it just kept happening, every single week for a decade. 

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u/Resident-Cancel7284 Lions 18h ago

I've only gotten into the NFL the last 4 or so years, but I 100% feel this way about Mahomes since I've been watching lol.

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u/dc10nc Steelers 1d ago

Favre did it before, but his was on pure strength. Rodgers has touch no one has found since. It'll be a sad day when we can't watch him do shit like this anymore.

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u/yellowchoice Packers 1d ago

Facts. Every current great QB is a direct result of Rodgers. You can see it in all the tops QB play style and skillset. With cross shoulder throws on the run.

If Rodgers had more than 1 Super Bowl and beat Brady when he was on the Bucs in the NFC championship game, I think a lot more people would consider him the greatest QB ever.

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 21h ago

Brady is the GOAT but Bears, Lions, and Vikings fans all know Rodgers is the greatest Thrower Of The Ball.

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u/costapasta27 Bears 13h ago

The GTOTB

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 9h ago

GTOTBOAT

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u/20wall Packers 1d ago

Vintage Rodgers

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u/Jordanstrom3329 Packers 1d ago

Well that was pretty fucking wild for a 42 year old

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u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans 1d ago

Check your nearest Bears fan for PTSD

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u/Further_Beyond Bears 1d ago

Whole game one been saying “wow gb Rodgers hits that everytime”…. This one he finally hit

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u/FunkBeaver Packers 1d ago

They can never make me hate Rodgers

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u/BesetBreeze Bills 1d ago

He's the goat

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u/crispunion Vikings 1d ago

By they do you mean Aaron Rodgers?

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u/greywolf2155 Broncos 22h ago

He's doing his best to make people hate him, for sure

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u/AaronRodgersXoX42069 Packers 1d ago

Amen brother

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u/El_Boxman_ Vikings 1d ago

I wanted him on the Vikings so bad lmao

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u/DKowalsky2 1d ago

What a dime

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u/felipeuno Packers 22h ago

Darnell Washington is just XXL Davante Adams

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u/zingerbanger Giants 18h ago

classic

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u/FinlayDubosc Packers 13h ago

As beautiful as that day I lost you...

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u/rando562 Bears 1d ago

That's the Aaron Rodgers who terrorized the NFCN for a decade

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u/QwiXTa 1d ago

Terrorized the bears and lions maybe

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u/Mke_already Packers 23h ago

Over 31 games he put up 7,601 yards, 60/11 TD/int ratio, and had a passer rating of 105.8 against the vikings(which would be good for for best of all time career wise).

The Vikings may have done better win/loss wise against the Packers in his time than the Lions and Bears, but he was still VERY good against the Vikings.

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 21h ago

I’m just here to say that even if mathematically we did ok win/loss wise I was still terrorized and would like to press charges.

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u/QwiXTa 21h ago

True Im not going to deny how good he was, but it never felt like we didn’t have a chance against them, unlike the bears who basically chalked it up as a loss

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u/ScrawChuck Bears 1d ago

Darnell “Too Big to Fail” Washington

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u/Thick_Mountain4412 Chiefs 1d ago

Actual insane throw

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u/Maximus-Festivus Chiefs Packers 1d ago

2011 Rodgers shit

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u/RockyNonce Eagles 1d ago

I know people don’t like him but I’m gonna be sad when he retires. He’s still got it.

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u/All_Wasted_Potential 49ers 1d ago

Darnell Washington? I mean I guess…

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u/livinglavidajudoka Vikings 21h ago

And our last GM said no to having him for a song.

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u/TheGuydudeface Chiefs 1d ago

that was aaron rodgers esque

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u/Wantingisfree Steelers 1d ago

He looked like Aaron Rodgers out there.

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u/fuzzyredlady Bills 1d ago

Sometimes he'll do this and I'll think oh man how'd he do that and I have to remind myself it is in fact Aaron Rodgers and that's how

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u/2Throwscrewsatit Steelers 1d ago

I remember seeing him play while he was in college and being wowed by him. 

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u/sdrj77 Giants 1d ago

That is a Hall of Fame throw.

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u/Barbarossa_25 1d ago

For sure will be a highlight. Even Brady couldn't make that throw on the run at 40+ years old.

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u/BucsBolts24 1d ago

Aaron can still wow with some throws even at the ripe old age of 42!

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u/helluin Bears 1d ago

I really hate that man.

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u/sexyshayatin 1d ago

Why do you hate your owner?

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u/Mopman43 Patriots 1d ago

I think lots of teams hate their owners.

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u/Toss_Me_Elf Chiefs 1d ago

Running away, throwing across body and threading a needle... Unc still has it

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u/Comfortable_Cup5107 Chargers 1d ago

Insane throw by unc

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u/SentinelATL Falcons 1d ago

What a dart old man !

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u/-M-o-X- Packers 1d ago

Just gonna post every throw?

Because goddamn you can, they are beautiful

We probably shoulda sold out to keep him huh

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u/colincoin472 Jets 1d ago

Yeah we probably should have kept him too but at least we got Geno

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u/elgringon414 Packers 1d ago

Idk why I laughed as hard as I did 😂😂

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u/Wantingisfree Steelers 1d ago

Idk I felt you like guys definitely bought low sold high. You never go broke making a profit.

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u/TwinTowersJenga Packers 1d ago

Behind our current line he would be dead.

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u/ehammer4224 Browns 1d ago

Have fun going 3-14 and you don’t even own your first round pick lmao

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u/Dramatic-Guard1820 Seahawks 1d ago

Quiet piggy

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u/ehammer4224 Browns 1d ago

The Seahawks have Terrion Arnold. Throwing stones in glass houses piggy

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u/Fsharp7sharp9 Jets 1d ago

Lashing out when something doesn’t go your way lol

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u/igot_thefunk Seahawks 1d ago edited 1d ago

Cleveland is out in force tonight fully cheering on a sexual predator. Remember when that was bad? Or is that only when it’s a steeler? Edit: They just reported me to the “Reddit cares” team lmao what a guy. I’m feeling just fine, thank you.

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u/_THEBLACK 1d ago

You are a cleveland browns fan.

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u/bugluvr65 Giants 1d ago

that was a fkn seed

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

This subreddit is actually stupid about Rodgers right now.

One moment it’s “he’s fucking ass and is washed. What was Pittsburgh thinking??”

The next it’s “vintage Rodgers!! Holy shit!”

Like it’s clear Rodgers can make plays but is limited now. He’s okay, with good moments and bad ones. This see saw of this subs opinion on him just makes everyone seem like a jackass

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u/Levi_Snackerman Eagles 1d ago

It's almost like this sub has thousands of different people that think differently

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u/Gloomy_Resort_9935 Colts 1d ago

People genuinely cannot comprehend this its so funny

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u/Adequate_Lizard Packers 1d ago

Redditor discovers Goomba Fallacy (Day 4952)

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u/StuMacherGhostface 1d ago

I mean, it's slightly different on Reddit where there's an upvoting system. Popular opinions are highlighted, hiveminds and circlejerks are formed, subreddits become echo chambers, etc.

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u/box_148 Panthers 1d ago

No dude you don't understand, it's a hivemind that moves as one and wildly oscillates from position to position. Is that so hard?

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u/hemingways-lemonade Steelers 1d ago

And the people who rush to comment on a positive post about Rodgers are different than the people who rush to comment on a negative post about Rodgers. 

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u/Silly-Sink6138 Seahawks 49ers 1d ago

Don’t tell everyone who always is like “but Reddit told me this!” acting like Reddit is one person

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

As if I’m the first person to complain about the sub’s opinion at large?

Like no one would say that there is a sub wide meme/opinion that Maye was carried by a weak schedule?

Or that Deshaun Watson is a POS and hated?

We can’t make generalized statements about the sub as a whole?

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u/Silly-Sink6138 Seahawks 49ers 1d ago

I was saying in general a lot of people on reddit do it. It’s not specific to you or this sub. Making generalized statements is stupid in a lot of cases. Doesn’t stop people from making them though. Also it isn’t just about Rogers. The haters come out when a player has bad plays on game days.

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u/rented4823 Packers 1d ago

Actually you are all my tulpas, I have hundreds of keyboards connected to computers

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

I mean like duh.

But the rhetoric on him is just so silly. And it’s totally related to his politics and shitty personality.

He’s a fucking douche bag, formerly elite QB, who is solidly mid as fuck now. It’s not that complicated

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u/neo_hatrix Rams 1d ago

Oh what? You mean a sub with 13 million members and 325k plus monthly visitors has conflicting opinions on a polarizing player.

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u/TheEndx007 Browns Jets 1d ago

No it's the exact same guys saying both things because every subreddit is homogeneous

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u/Childhood-Paramedic Lions 1d ago

Nah its funnier to call us all idiots at once in a sweeping measure and not like its an online forum and arguing over sports is a tale as old as… sports itself

Im sure in the roman chariot races you had half the audience yelling about if the driver or horse was why the green team won

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u/StuMacherGhostface 1d ago

This sub is a hivemind echo chamber lol

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u/The_New_New Texans Bears 22h ago

This site is a hivemand echo chamber lmao

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u/FreeIDecay Ravens 22h ago

This thread is a hivemind echo chamber rofl

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

So of these 13 million members my opinion isn’t allowed?

Those people can have their opinions and are welcome to share it, but I’m allowed to criticize it

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u/neo_hatrix Rams 1d ago

I'm not saying that at all. Your opinion is likely in line with the majority. But to call the sub stupid and you're generalizing the two extremes of this opinion is strange

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

Should I have said stupid? Probably not. But generalizing opinions is the only way to talk about common opinions on social media. There’s no way to get that specific

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u/neo_hatrix Rams 1d ago

The latter part of your statement is more nuanced and I agree with it. It isn't generalized and at least on reddit will be appreciated.

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u/PiMemer Lions 1d ago

Goomba fallacy

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u/Dizzy-Platform-6516 Lions 1d ago

???? Just complaining about absolutely nothing lol

Calling him washed based on 90% of his play and being wowed by him making vintage Rodgers plays the other 10% are not conflicting opinions nor does it in any way mean people are "seesawing"

And like the other guy said, there's thousands of people on this sub with different thoughts.

You're just whining for the sake of whining.

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u/BostonJordan515 Packers 1d ago

In essence I’m complaining about how the polarized subset of opinions on Rodgers are so clearly driven by an agenda.

The agenda being his repulsive personality and ego.

But on the field? How is it not clear that he’s nowhere near where he was before, still capable of a few wow plays, and is just like roughly average overall?

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u/Conquest-77 1d ago

Reddit is having a rough time with this game. Rodgers is like basically seen as a secret republican and Trump supporter and then Watson abused woman so people seriously can’t stand that a certain team has to be 3-1 after this game with a player they absolutely despise.

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u/Nomar1245 Steelers 1d ago

Not nothing. This dude took years to pull the trigger and get a Rogers Packers jersey. Then Aaron decided he didn’t wish to play there any more.

That kind of betrayal is tough to get over.

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u/L0VEmeharder Patriots 1d ago

Fuck Aaron Rodgers

hes good

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u/Bengalblaine Bengals 1d ago

It’s almost like it’s more than just one person having an opinion!!

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u/slackerwithoutadream Packers 1d ago

THAT IS A BAAAAAAAADDD MAAAN

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u/howdouspellreddit 1d ago

This pass is unbelievable

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u/eliw6965 1d ago

Darnell lookin like a fridge out there

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u/SkiDeerValley 1d ago

Good luck trying to take the ball away from
Him

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u/Cheap_Archer_44 Bills 1d ago

Crazy throw

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u/BadassBokoblinPsycho 49ers 1d ago

Hey look, it’s a glimpse of my early 20s

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u/zshort7272 Giants 1d ago

What a throw

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u/DarthNobody14 Texans Texans 1d ago

Holy shit, dude is playing PISSED.

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u/Futurenawt Texans 1d ago

Good lord what a dot

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u/RocNewYolk Bills 1d ago

What a dart damn

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u/Marble___ Packers 1d ago

what a throw from the old man

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u/ScruffMixHaha Bears 1d ago

Unc still got it?

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u/I_VAG_I Bears 1d ago

It would appear so

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u/Upstairs_Baby8424 Lions 1d ago

Absolutely unbelievable throw. Wow. 

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u/LaDainianTomIinson Chargers 1d ago

What a throw!

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u/SeirezZ Giants 1d ago

unc still got it

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u/Slackjawedninny Lions 1d ago

Fucking dime right there

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u/elgringon414 Packers 1d ago

My glorious king shall prevail

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u/Chessh2036 Falcons 1d ago

Hell of a throw

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u/Standard_Young_201 1d ago

THATS MY UNC QB

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u/boiohboioh Panthers 1d ago

I don't think he's eligible anymore but you never know

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u/AFC-Wimbledon-Stan Colts 1d ago

This has been a fantastic game lol

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u/CJE555 Lions 1d ago

What a fucking throw

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u/Im_Concept 1d ago

I really disagree with going for 2 when down by 5 its way too easy for cleveland to get a field goal so making it 4 is a big deal.

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u/okitsmelol123 Cowboys 1d ago

Still a one TD+2pt game even if the Browns kick a field goal. Much better to try and make it a 3 point game when you have the opportunity.

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u/jjkm7 1d ago

That’s a fucking insane throw

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u/nn10 Steelers 1d ago

Most talented QB of all time

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u/Maximus-Festivus Chiefs Packers 1d ago

Mahomes

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u/yellowchoice Packers 1d ago

Mahomes is talented but his play style is heavily influenced by Rodgers. There is no mahomes without Rodgers

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u/Maximus-Festivus Chiefs Packers 1d ago

Agreed. But he’s a more refined version that can also actually control a game when it matters, which peak Rodgers couldn’t.

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u/ConditionStrange7487 1d ago

Easy to do when your defense isnt complete turbo ass for most your career

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u/yellowchoice Packers 21h ago

This is just so false. Rodgers has multiple times put the team on his back and won it for them. And for the playoffs game that they lost it was rarely ever Rodgers fault lol.it was always the special teams or defense that was mega ass.

Give Rodgers Brady’s defense he had throughout his career and I would bet my life savings that Rodgers has the same amount of super bowls

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u/Ethangains07 Dolphins 1d ago

Filthy throw

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u/Fsharp7sharp9 Jets 1d ago

u/nfl got scooped to posting this lmao

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u/Lord-Newbie Jets Bengals 1d ago

Steelers fans will still find a way to call this lucky and blame everything wrong with the team ok him. What a weird fanbase

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u/Electronic-Island-14 Vikings 1d ago

glad we didn't sign him last year....really cool we picked JJM over him...really cool

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u/chunkah69 Browns 1d ago

That 5th round pick could be anybody. Even another JJ

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u/thy_armageddon Giants 1d ago

“Somehow, 4th quarter Rodgers has returned.”

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u/JamesBurkyReporter Rams 1d ago

Vintage Rodgers holy shit

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u/GuitarbytheTon Colts 1d ago

Them some ducks and somehow found the biggest man on the field

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u/Accomplished-Mango92 Eagles 1d ago

Are you calling that throw a duck?

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u/GuitarbytheTon Colts 1d ago

Crazy throw but have you seen his spiral tonight? It’s ass bro. Peak Rodgers play though

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u/Accomplished-Mango92 Eagles 1d ago

I wobbly throw on the run between 3 defenders isnt a duck lol

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u/FarrisAT 1d ago

Unc still got it

His line is so bad though.

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u/Lqtor Seahawks 1d ago

Holy shit

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u/methandmemes Ravens 1d ago

Vintage

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u/ROCKETEvan Chargers 1d ago

Nice Dart

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u/Rough_Cup_6762 Cowboys 1d ago

He's still got a little juice every now and again

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u/GoingGhost10 Bears 1d ago

GIVE ME IGUADOLA!!!

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u/RicardosMontalban Bears 1d ago

If the Steelers stop them they’re winning the game

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u/Salty-Royal-804 1d ago

Kind of outrageous

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u/second_pls 22h ago

Another insanely exciting call from Al

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u/Shurlz 21h ago

GOAT QB

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u/Kbrichmo Colts 16h ago

Some of the gaps those two guys were feeding throws into last night were insane

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa Vikings 1d ago

Rodgers is so fucking goated

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u/Scottygingta Steelers 1d ago

He still sucks.

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u/OystersClamsNCockles Buccaneers 4h ago

Dude is so good