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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 2, 2011, 6:26 pm
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Rodgers not worried about new deal
Nov 01, 2011 -- 10:10pm
GREEN BAY – While the Green Bay Packers have more
immediate free-agency decisions to make – tight end
Jermichael Finley, for example, spoke about his desire to be a
“Packer for life” earlier this week – at some
point, the team will have to address the fact that quarterback
Aaron Rodgers has outperformed the contract he signed in 2008
that runs through 2014.
Speaking three years and one day after signing that deal –
a six-year, $65 million contract that he signed after making
just seven NFL starts – Rodgers said Tuesday on his weekly
radio show on ESPNMilwaukee and ESPNMadison that he’s not
thinking about when the team might tear up the remaining three
years of his deal and sign him to a new extension.
“It’s not something I think about,” said
Rodgers, who is represented by David Dunn, who handles many of
the top quarterbacks’ contracts. “We were so blessed
to be able to have that contract done in 2008. We knew at the
time that was more money than I ever could have imagined signing
for, and it was a no brainer for me. But we knew if I performed
the way I felt I was capable of performing, that by league
standards that by the time I got into my third or fourth or
fifth season, that I’d be underpaid by league standards.
“But I don’t look at it that way. I look at it as
I’m fortunate to make the kind of money I make and be in
the situation I’m in and be with the Packers’
organization. I want to retire as a Packer. They know that, the
fans know that, my teammates know that, and this is where I want
to be. I’m not worried about (a new contract). We’re
still a few years away from me completing this deal, and
whenever it comes time to make a new deal, I’m looking
forward to maybe signing my last deal, playing it out, and
retiring.”
While the Packers have already signed wide receiver Jordy Nelson
and right guard Josh Sitton to contract extensions, Finley,
center Scott Wells, running back Ryan Grant and backup
quarterback Matt Flynn are all set to be free agents after the
season.
Rodgers, who turns 28 on Dec. 2, said he doesn’t plan on
playing more than another 10 years.
“I like to focus on the here and now. I think that’s
important to stay in the present,” Rodgers said.
“You’ve also got to think about your end-of-your
career and post career goals. I don’t really see myself 10
years from now still playing ball. I don’t. I’m in
my seventh season. When you come in the league you want to get
to five, and feel like that will be an accomplishment. When you
get to five, you kind of want to get to eight. You get to eight,
you get to 10, you think, ‘Man, that’s a decade of
playing football.’ And anything after that is an added
bonus.
“I just don’t see myself being 37 and still playing.
Not that I wouldn’t enjoy it if I’m still healthy
and playing the way I want to play, but I just see 12, 15 years,
something in there, and it being quite an accomplishment, and
something that I can be proud of.”
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 2, 2011, 7:02 pm
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Green Bay Packers WR James Jones: Packers receiver James Jones
talks about his new son named Lightning and getting ready for
the Chargers after the bye week.
<b>Baby named "Lightnng" That sex must have been great.</b>
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: Fearless Freep
Date: November 2, 2011, 10:11 pm
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Heh.
If only he could "appear" as lightning on the grass. Jones
relies on his stature and (sometimes suspect hands) rather than
his speed - father projection onto the son?
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: wmljohn
Date: November 3, 2011, 11:25 am
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--- Quote ---
> Rodgers, who turns 28 on Dec. 2, said he doesn’t plan on
playing more than another 10 years.
>
> “I like to focus on the here and now. I think that’s important
to stay in the present,” Rodgers said. “You’ve also got to think
about your end-of-your career and post career goals. I don’t
really see myself 10 years from now still playing ball. I don’t.
I’m in my seventh season. When you come in the league you want
to get to five, and feel like that will be an accomplishment.
When you get to five, you kind of want to get to eight. You get
to eight, you get to 10, you think, ‘Man, that’s a decade of
playing football.’ And anything after that is an added bonus.
>
> “I just don’t see myself being 37 and still playing. Not that
I wouldn’t enjoy it if I’m still healthy and playing the way I
want to play, but I just see 12, 15 years, something in there,
and it being quite an accomplishment, and something that I can
be proud of.”
>
--- End Quote ---
OMG! I am starting to have Farve flashbacks when Rodgers is
already starting to talk about retirement!
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: otto105
Date: November 3, 2011, 12:06 pm
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Swing and a miss.
#Post#: 41376--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 3, 2011, 6:59 pm
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--- Quote from: wmljohn link ---
>
> OMG! I am starting to have Farve flashbacks when Rodgers is
already starting to talk about retirement!
>
--- End Quote ---
LMAO.
#Post#: 41413--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 4, 2011, 10:27 am
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Rodgers honored: Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was named NFC
offensive player of the month for October. He was 97 of 136 for
1,455 yards with 12 touchdowns, two interceptions and a 129.4
passer rating during October. He also won the award in
September.
#Post#: 41626--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: wmljohn
Date: November 7, 2011, 8:34 am
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Good start to November as well...
I love having him back on my fantasy team. And to think I
picked him up off the waiver wire when Favre was still
around....
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Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 7, 2011, 11:56 am
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Wise move, wml.
#Post#: 41647--------------------------------------------------
Re: Green Bay sucks (4.12.11 - 9.10.15)
DIR By: packrat
Date: November 7, 2011, 11:56 am
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By Mike Spofford, packers.com staff writer
Posted 11 hours ago
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SAN DIEGO – Of the 68,908 fans in attendance at Qualcomm
Stadium on Sunday, there’s no telling for sure how many
were Packers fans, but there were plenty.
One-third might be a ballpark guess. Half would be an
overestimation, but there were enough that at times it
didn’t exactly feel like a road game to the Green Bay
players.
“We definitely heard them,” linebacker A.J. Hawk
said. “We heard the crowd. They were awesome. We could
feel that yesterday when we got to town, that we had a lot of
fans here.
“I don’t know if they came from all over if there
were a lot of California Packers fans. It was a fun atmosphere
to play in, and I’m sure our fans got pretty nervous there
toward the end.”
Nervous yes, but they hung in there. When Charlie Peprah
intercepted a pass in the final minute to seal the 45-38
victory, the cheer bordered on a full-throated roar.
“It was remarkable, the fan support that we get whenever
we go on the road, and especially here,” said linebacker
Clay Matthews, a southern California native.
“There’s something about the Packers contingency out
here. It was amazing.
“We were hearing the ‘Go Pack Go’ chants, they
were cheering for their players. That’s what makes this
organization, this team and these players so unique.”
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers put it best: “When you’re
on the road, up by seven and they have to go to a silent count,
that says something about your fans.”
Nifty feet: Rodgers’ 247 passing yards were a season low
for 2011, but his 52 rushing yards were a season high and tied
his career high.
Rodgers also had 52 rushing yards at home against Minnesota in
2009. On Sunday, he got almost half of his 52 on a 25-yard
scramble to convert a third-and-9 late in the first half. The
conversion helped lead to a touchdown with 18 seconds left in
the half that gave the Packers a 28-17 lead at intermission.
The 25-yard run was by far Rodgers’ longest of the season.
His previous best this year was an 11-yard touchdown run against
Denver in Week 4.
Rodgers also had scrambles of 9, 11 and 4 yards in the first
quarter on Sunday. He actually had a career-high 53 rushing
yards until he took a knee following Peprah’s interception
for a loss of one on the final play of the game.
New leader: The Packers’ struggles with rushing the passer
are perhaps best illustrated by the fact that an unlikely
candidate is now the team leader in sacks.
Inside linebacker Desmond Bishop got one of the Packers’
two sacks on Sunday and now has four on the season, tops on the
team and a new personal career-high.
Because of the position Bishop plays, he’s not an
every-down rusher and only comes after the quarterback when a
blitz is called. Two defensive linemen and two outside
linebackers are the standard four rushers when the Packers are
in their usual nickel defense.
“Guys up front are getting double-teamed and I’m
sure they’re double-teaming Clay,” Bishop said of
the reason for the more frequent blitz calls. “It’s
hard to get pressure when the quarterback is on time with
everything.”
Bishop had three sacks last season and added another in the
playoffs, giving him four in 20 games. His four in eight games
this year speaks to his efficiency when he’s asked to
rush.
“I think it’s been pretty effective,” he said.
Another hundred: Receiver Jordy Nelson led the Packers in
receiving yards on Sunday with 105, his second 100-yard game in
the last three contests.
Through his first three seasons in the league, Nelson had just
two 100-yard games and the first one didn’t come until
Week 16 against the Giants last season, when he had 124 yards.
He added 140 in the Super Bowl.
Nelson now has four 100-yard games during the Packers’
current 14-game winning streak. That’s second on the team
over that span, behind only Greg Jennings’ six.
Injury update: Linebacker Frank Zombo left the game in the
second half with a hamstring injury. That’s Zombo’s
third injury this season, following a broken shoulder blade and
a hyperextended knee.
It was the only Packers reported injury.
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