Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Aaron Rodgers

Okay, Matt Ryan and Drew Brees you can have your Pro Bowl selections. And Michael Vick, you can have your starting spot, you earned it. But, Aaron Rodgers, you would rather be spending Sunday, January 30th preparing for a Super Bowl match up rather than playing in the worst professional "all-star" game there is. No one cares about the Pro Bowl, and my guess is that Aaron Rodgers really doesn't care about it either.

Let's take a look at Rodgers last 4 games. 2 regular season games and 2 road playoff games. Rodgers has thrown 11 touchdowns, 1 pick, and rushed for 1 touchdown. He has a completion percentage above 66% in each game and his most recent game completing a ridiculous 86% of his passes. His passer rating in his last 2 games is 122.5 and 136.8, respectively, with a perfect passer rating being 158.3 those are pretty good numbers. And in all 4 of those games his back was against wall in lost-and-you're-playoff-hopes-are-gone scenarios.

Nevermind that Aaron Rodgers is not only my favorite quarterback, but my favorite athlete in all of professional sports. He deserves the accolades being given to him. He deserves all the hype that is being said about him. And he deserves to win a Super Bowl.

After taking over a storied franchise in the Green Bay Packers, as well as replacing a storied quarterback in Brett Favre, he has made a name for himself. When football fans think of the green and gold they no longer think of number 4, their minds are on number 12. They are done with guy who has retired two, three, who knows how may times and who is at the center of some shady speculations with Jets employees. They love Aaron Rodgers, he is their guy and he will lead them to the Promised Land someday. And that someday very well could be on February 6, 2011.

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