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Interesting but at the same time, why not give the kid a chance to compete? Nothing to lose for SF and maybe something to gain if he plays well.

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49ers Are Giving All The 1st-Team Reps To Trey Lance Over Sam Darnold

San Francisco 49ers third-year quarterback Trey Lance has been taking all the first-team reps at OTAs, according to ESPN's Jeff Darlington. During an
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Rodgers already an issue. The Jets claim he has a calf injury, but Rodgers had admitted 'he doesn't do OTAs'. He bragged he won MVP without doing off-season workouts. So it looks like the Jets are lying, or Aaron is lying, and he's not injured at all, and he's just skiving off OTAs. It's ridiculous; he's in a new team, and hasn't played with these guys but openly bragging he basically doesn't need to put in any time with them.

Skip and Shannon stick the boot into him here.


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Roberto71 said:
Rodgers already an issue. The Jets claim he has a calf injury, but Rodgers had admitted 'he doesn't do OTAs'. He bragged he won MVP without doing off-season workouts. So it looks like the Jets are lying, or Aaron is lying, and he's not injured at all, and he's just skiving off OTAs. It's ridiculous; he's in a new team, and hasn't played with these guys but openly bragging he basically doesn't need to put in any time with them.

Skip and Shannon stick the boot into him here.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2FWl5mbJc
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WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING??!?! :coffee:
 
Roberto71 said:
Rodgers already an issue. The Jets claim he has a calf injury, but Rodgers had admitted 'he doesn't do OTAs'. He bragged he won MVP without doing off-season workouts. So it looks like the Jets are lying, or Aaron is lying, and he's not injured at all, and he's just skiving off OTAs. It's ridiculous; he's in a new team, and hasn't played with these guys but openly bragging he basically doesn't need to put in any time with them.

Skip and Shannon stick the boot into him here.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg2FWl5mbJc
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He was limping a bit. I don’t care if he doesn’t want to so wind sprints all day, he’s out there with the guys. A lot of talk from the offensive players that the film room is where they’re getting a lot from him, making sure that everybody is on the same page.
 
jetsknicks1 said:
He was limping a bit. I don’t care if he doesn’t want to so wind sprints all day, he’s out there with the guys. A lot of talk from the offensive players that the film room is where they’re getting a lot from him, making sure that everybody is on the same page.
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Come on....you can't enjoy hearing about his attitude issues. He's burned his bridges with the Packers, doesn't give a shit about them now
 
I would tend to agree with Rodgers on this one.
I’ve never cheered for him and never will, but Hall of Fame QBs who have 15 plus years in the league don’t need OTAs.
They need their 25 year old receivers to run the right routs, learn the verbiage, and be where they need to be at the right time.
Again I’m no Rodgers fan, but if his pass catchers are doing their job I’ll bet my money that he will do his. He’s gonna be there for training camp. This issue is overblown.
 
Roberto71 said:
Come on....you can't enjoy hearing about his attitude issues. He's burned his bridges with the Packers, doesn't give a shit about them now
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Rodgers came out of his isolation therapy session with no knowledge that the Packers announced they were moving on from him.
He said he came out refreshed and he's ready to play again...for the Packers.
Unless I missed something, seems to me the Packers burned that bridge. And they were willing to assume a $40M dead cap hit to do it.
 
Roberto71 said:
Come on....you can't enjoy hearing about his attitude issues. He's burned his bridges with the Packers, doesn't give a shit about them now
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I also consider the source. Sharpe & Bayliss? Give me a break. There’s nothing about any attitude issues coming out of the team or the people who cover them. I’ll take their word over those two tools.
 
jetsknicks1 said:
I also consider the source. Sharpe & Bayliss? Give me a break. There’s nothing about any attitude issues coming out of the team or the people who cover them. I’ll take their word over those two tools.
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Anyone who has followed the NFL over the last 5 seasons is well aware of Rodgers love of drama. He has and always will blame anyone but himself for any and all controversy.

Packers' Aaron Rodgers Is 'Selfish,' Disliked by Teammates, Coaches, Ex-NFL GM Says​

MIKE CHIARIJUNE 16, 2021


AP Photo/Mike Roemer
A former NFL general manager suggested Wednesday that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not well-liked among those who have played with and coached him over the years.
According to Matt Lombardo of FanSided, the ex-NFL GM said: "The guy's selfish. Teammates don't like him. Coaches don't like him. It's all about Aaron. They all deal with him, because he's a superstar. He helps guys make money and put food on the table for their kids, and people respect him for that."
Rodgers, who has spent his entire 16-year NFL career with the Packers, has told some within the organization that he no longer wants to play in Green Bay, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The 37-year-old Rodgers is coming off winning his third career NFL MVP award, but he did not report to the Packers for mandatory minicamp, increasing concern regarding whether he will ever play another down for the only NFL team he has ever known.
After posting fairly modest production in 2019, Rodgers rebounded with arguably the best statistical season of his career, as he completed 70.7 percent of his passes for 4,299 yards, 48 touchdowns and just five interceptions while also rushing for 149 yards and three scores in 2020.
Rodgers led the Packers to a 13-3 record, an NFC North title and the NFC Championship Game for the second consecutive season, but Green Bay once again fell short of the Super Bowl, losing at home to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The reasoning behind Rodgers' reported desire to leave Green Bay remains unclear. There was speculation that the Packers' decision to select quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft may have played a role, but that may not be the case.
During a recent appearance on ESPN's SportsCenter, Rodgers praised Love and followed it up with a somewhat cryptic response regarding why he is having issues with the organization:
"With my situation, look it's never been about the draft pick, picking Jordan. I love Jordan; he's a great kid. [We've had] a lot of fun to work together. Love the coaching staff, love my teammates, love the fanbase in Green Bay. An incredible 16 years. It's just kind of about a philosophy and maybe forgetting that it is about the people that make the thing go. It's about character, it's about culture, it's about doing things the right way."

The implication from Rodgers may be that he is unhappy that the Packers didn't inform him of the pick or ask him for his input ahead of taking Love, who is Rodgers' heir apparent.
Rodgers responded with an MVP performance in 2020, and the Packers are now in a position where they may have to become the first team in NFL history to trade a player the year after he won an MVP award.
Rodgers could be using his leverage to get something he wants, such as a new contract, but if the holdout continues into training camp, it will become a real possibility that he won't play for the Packers or perhaps at all in 2021.
Regarding Rodgers' holdout, the former NFL GM said: "The longer this goes on, it shows how selfish Aaron really is."
If Rodgers is serious about no longer playing in Green Bay, the starting job will belong to Love, who didn't take a single snap as a rookie last season.
That would conceivably damage the Packers' chances of contending for a Super Bowl in 2021, but there is a possibility it could turn out to be a positive, much like when the Packers selected Rodgers in the first round in 2005 and had him replace a Hall of Fame quarterback in Brett Favre three years later.
 
"The game was fixed" is a phrase Goodell and the owners never want to hear. If the average NFL fan becomes convinced that games are fixed it would be end of the NFL as we know it.
When I first heard of players being suspended for gambling I thought to myself how stupid it was for the NFL to publicize players who were actually betting on NFL games. I thought it should have been kept in-house but still dealt with severely.
The game has to be protected from players betting on or against their own team and from the notion that refs sway games purposefully. Putting a team in Vegas invited scrutiny.
Putting sportsbooks in NFL stadiums is worse. Having refs who grew up and lived all their lives in Green Bay assigned to a game between GB and the Vikings is a really bad look.
Give some people looking for evidence of fixed games an inch and they'll take a mile and claim these things prove that games are fixed.
 
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Anyone who has followed the NFL over the last 5 seasons is well aware of Rodgers love of drama. He has and always will blame anyone but himself for any and all controversy.

Packers' Aaron Rodgers Is 'Selfish,' Disliked by Teammates, Coaches, Ex-NFL GM Says​

MIKE CHIARIJUNE 16, 2021


AP Photo/Mike Roemer
A former NFL general manager suggested Wednesday that Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is not well-liked among those who have played with and coached him over the years.
According to Matt Lombardo of FanSided, the ex-NFL GM said: "The guy's selfish. Teammates don't like him. Coaches don't like him. It's all about Aaron. They all deal with him, because he's a superstar. He helps guys make money and put food on the table for their kids, and people respect him for that."
Rodgers, who has spent his entire 16-year NFL career with the Packers, has told some within the organization that he no longer wants to play in Green Bay, per ESPN's Adam Schefter.

The 37-year-old Rodgers is coming off winning his third career NFL MVP award, but he did not report to the Packers for mandatory minicamp, increasing concern regarding whether he will ever play another down for the only NFL team he has ever known.
After posting fairly modest production in 2019, Rodgers rebounded with arguably the best statistical season of his career, as he completed 70.7 percent of his passes for 4,299 yards, 48 touchdowns and just five interceptions while also rushing for 149 yards and three scores in 2020.
Rodgers led the Packers to a 13-3 record, an NFC North title and the NFC Championship Game for the second consecutive season, but Green Bay once again fell short of the Super Bowl, losing at home to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The reasoning behind Rodgers' reported desire to leave Green Bay remains unclear. There was speculation that the Packers' decision to select quarterback Jordan Love in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft may have played a role, but that may not be the case.
During a recent appearance on ESPN's SportsCenter, Rodgers praised Love and followed it up with a somewhat cryptic response regarding why he is having issues with the organization:
"With my situation, look it's never been about the draft pick, picking Jordan. I love Jordan; he's a great kid. [We've had] a lot of fun to work together. Love the coaching staff, love my teammates, love the fanbase in Green Bay. An incredible 16 years. It's just kind of about a philosophy and maybe forgetting that it is about the people that make the thing go. It's about character, it's about culture, it's about doing things the right way."

The implication from Rodgers may be that he is unhappy that the Packers didn't inform him of the pick or ask him for his input ahead of taking Love, who is Rodgers' heir apparent.
Rodgers responded with an MVP performance in 2020, and the Packers are now in a position where they may have to become the first team in NFL history to trade a player the year after he won an MVP award.
Rodgers could be using his leverage to get something he wants, such as a new contract, but if the holdout continues into training camp, it will become a real possibility that he won't play for the Packers or perhaps at all in 2021.
Regarding Rodgers' holdout, the former NFL GM said: "The longer this goes on, it shows how selfish Aaron really is."
If Rodgers is serious about no longer playing in Green Bay, the starting job will belong to Love, who didn't take a single snap as a rookie last season.
That would conceivably damage the Packers' chances of contending for a Super Bowl in 2021, but there is a possibility it could turn out to be a positive, much like when the Packers selected Rodgers in the first round in 2005 and had him replace a Hall of Fame quarterback in Brett Favre three years later.
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I can only concern myself with the here & now. When the Jets signed him I was worried about him showing up only when he absolutely had to (hello Lamar Jackson) but he’s been in the building since day one, hanging with his teammates, working on the practice field and in the meeting rooms to gel with the team.
 
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