Aaron Rodgers And Desmond Bishop Begin The Quest To Go Back-To-Back
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 1:00 PM PST
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Aaron Rodgers is coming off a season (hell, a year) that belonged to him. It started by clinching a playoff berth in Lambeau, which paved a road through Philadelphia and Atlanta and Chicago, all the way to Dallas, and his first ever championship and his first Super Bowl MVP. Then he went out and won 13 straight games for the Packers, sewing up home field advantage on Christmas night. It was an absolutely remarkable campaign.
Does 2012 promise more of the same? Possibly. Desmond Bishop and the Green Bay Packers defense might have to start playing better though. Bishop (a Pro Bowl candidate early in the year) went out with injury sometime later in the season, and they haven't been the same since. Teams have been able to grind clock and keep the ball away from Rodgers, which in turn keeps defenses fresh and ready to go after him when he has the football. The quest starts against the New York Giants this afternoon, a team that probably will epitomize that formula to the letter.
Lose, and a long and disappoint offseason awaits (even if he's probably about to win the league MVP in a few weeks). Win, and we could have a lot of severely torn Cal fans out there for the NFC Championship Game (but what else is new? We always have deep questions to answer).
This is your open thread. Should be fun. GO BEARS!
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TROLLS!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions
TROLLS!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
TROLLS!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 1:22 PM PST up reply actions
Torn
Want Bears to succeed but Giants win is much better for Niners. I guess I’ll choose the happy-either-way option.
How about
Packers win, beat the niners, and the niners never make the mistake of passing on a Cal QB again. In 2016, the Niners pick Zach Kline, and he wins 6 Super Bowls after Aaron Rodgers retires.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
Also, Luck flames out and ends up a backup QB for the last place team in the Ecuador Football League.
TROLL ON YOU BEARS. - atoms
After Rodgers retires he buys the 49ers and makes them change their colors to blue and gold.
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
hahaha. i could go along with that.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 1:29 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I agree that Baalke is probably directly responsible for the Alex Smith debacle (and no, despite what happened yesterday I don’t think he’s anything more than about league average). I agree that it would be an amusing karmic turn for Rodgers to knock Baalke’s team off a potential Super Bowl appearance.
But although I’m no longer a rabid 49er fan, I grew up watching playoff games at Candlestick and I’ve got some great memories from that era. Seeing the crowd out there yesterday brought back some good feelings, and I wouldn’t mind seeing it again.
How about
49ers as a joke offer Alex Smith and Navarro Bowman to the Packers for Aaron Rodgers and Desmond Bishop. Along with the offer, they send hookers and booze. Packers management is totally drunk and accepts trade. Bishop and Rodgers go to the 49ers and lead them to five more Super Bowl championships.
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In 2016, the Niners pick Zach Kline,
The 49ers are going to have the # 1 pick in the draft in 2016?!?!?
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harbaugh with a fluke season this year?
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 1:50 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
I thought the Dennis Erickson effect had more to do with taking advantage of a shitty schedule and getting blown out by all the good teams you play.
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 1:58 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
But as coach of the 49ers, Dennis Erickson lost to good teams and bad teams.
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Wrap up young man.
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 2:11 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Because you really want to give Aaron Rodgers a short field.
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 2:14 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Hahahahaha Giants were robbed.
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 2:20 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Memo to Green Bay skill players:
Stop fucking up.
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 3:19 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Damn Lambeau is dry
meanwhile it’s snowing like the Arctic here in Seattle. WTF
In other words, Go Bears!
seattle cousins/friends saying the same thing on fb.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 1:56 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
my friend posted “i can’t see my car.”
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:17 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Checking in from Seattle
I concur. It’s winter wonderland outside my window right now.
I about 25 mi. North of Seattle proper so it’s a tad colder up here. We’ve had some melting but the flakes are falling right now.
I’m in Bellevue and the snow is not melting but it stopped snowing like 2 minutes ago.
In other words, Go Bears!
Interesting. Mukilteo here. Moved from California a few years ago. I’m still shocked about how fast the weather changes here.
Moved here 2 1/2 years ago. Seriously it was such great weather all last week.
In other words, Go Bears!
I moved around the same time (Aug 2009). I can’t complain about the weather this winter. Even with this, my kids totally dig the snow.
by Bears916 on Jan 15, 2012 2:40 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
dli to nicks hail mary troll pass.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 3:10 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
We're probably doomed already
When was the last time all eight home teams won their playoff games?
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 1:36 PM PST reply actions
According to this source...
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Only four football games left in the next eight months. Five if you count the Pro Bowl.
That seems like too long to wait.
Packers defense is… porous.
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It was fantastic."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 1:49 PM PST via Android app reply actions
Dom Capers does look a lot like Bob Gregory!
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 1:51 PM PST up reply actions
This first drive is the perfect way to beat Aaron Rodgers
Keep him off the field
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Barring Pac-12 officials in the replay booth, this will be reversed.
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If I'm Mike McCarthy
I’m kinda pissed I had to waste a challenge on that.
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Not gonna work if they don’t score touchdowns.
…or get big turnovers, I guess.
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It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 1:55 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Fumble by Cobb should be reversed
Knee down AND ball came out when his elbow hit
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I wonder if Rodgers wagered with Jermichael Finley
on the Holiday Bowl.
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Poor Lo.
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I don't think he overthrew it
I think he just threw it over the wrong shoulder. Or Jennings turned the wrong way. Or they just weren’t on the same page as to which shoulder the ball was being thrown to.
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Had a bad feeling about this game all week long
The Packers defense is bad.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 2:10 PM PST reply actions
well…ny just gave rodgers a short field.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:13 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Coughlin got trolled
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:20 PM PST reply actions
TwistNHook was in the replay booth!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:23 PM PST up reply actions
kuhn not much of a lambeau leaper.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:27 PM PST via Android app reply actions
he hella big
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:27 PM PST up reply actions
Green Bay be trollin
onside kick so it takes the giants less time to get across the field
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:29 PM PST reply actions
GREAT TROLLING SUCCESS!!!!
Short field + FG no good = only 2 minutes off the clock
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:33 PM PST reply actions
He was clearly trolling the giants by running it
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
See what I mean?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:38 PM PST up reply actions
wisconssin not drunk enough. the miller’s all frozen.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:46 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
but…the complete lack of pass rush is annoying to watch.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:45 PM PST via Android app reply actions
I just want them to fuckup Manning
nothing permanent…just fuck him up and knock him off his game because the pass coverage stinks
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Are you saying you want Green Bay PD to pepper spray his eyes?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:48 PM PST up reply actions
y
yes and yes and yes. could they also pepperspray his jockstrap?
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
Wasps in helmet?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
Terrible defense intercepts it!
Great Green Bay trolling success!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:48 PM PST reply actions
Bishop laying the hits!
Forced that pick.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 2:49 PM PST reply actions
I think Desmond Bishop was the one who nearly scked Manning forcing the bad throw that was picked.
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In the game of trolls...
You troll for lulz
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:50 PM PST up reply actions
But aren't they dead?
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Next step:
Defense trolls the cheeseheads
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 2:55 PM PST up reply actions
stop trollin us says wisconssin.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 2:55 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Dear Packers D
tackle first. big hits are nice, but not at the expense of tackling.
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
They watched Donte Whinter too much yesterday.
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big stop to hold for only a fg.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 3:01 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Let's go Rodgers troll them with the 2 minute drill!!!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:01 PM PST reply actions
go trolls go! go trolls go!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:02 PM PST up reply actions
fg kickoff bounces off the crossbar.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 3:02 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
trololololol
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:10 PM PST reply actions
Packers DBs sTROLLing back to the Endzone on a hail Mary situation
Tony Gonzalez? University of California?
they're clearly trolling the fans so that Rodgers can troll them with 4 td's in the 2nd half
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
(Charles Barkley voice)
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
It’s Rodgers and Bishop and no one else.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 3:20 PM PST up reply actions
Hey nerds, Cal women are playing on FSN/CSNCA if you’re looking for halftime entertainment.
The #1 greatest threat to America: BEARS
You know what the Packers could use?
The BCS. #whatnooneisthinking
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 3:15 PM PST reply actions
Packers vs. 49ers in the superdome?
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:16 PM PST up reply actions
Not sure if you can shake off whatever has the Packers sleepwalking in just a halftime break. And I know you can’t fix the pass rush or the pass D generally. Crazy, but right now you’d have to call the 49ers the favorite to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. (Not a huge favorite, obviously, with two contingent events.)
I'm so torn
I want good things for Rodgers and Bishop and I hate the Giants but at the same time Giants winning is the best for the Niners.
In other words, Go Bears!
This OLine is trolling ROdgers
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OLine is mad because Jack In the Box won’t serve Chumbacos
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:38 PM PST up reply actions
damnit I trolled myself again!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
First you get the Jumbo Jack and then you add 2 tacos…
What do ya get?
JUMBACO! JUMBACO!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 3:49 PM PST up reply actions 2 recs
Funny how it works
Packers might’ve been better off struggling the first part of the season like last year. Seems the team that wins December plays the best come the playoffs.
Giants played like crap most of the year and look like worldbeaters now.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 3:36 PM PST reply actions
Well, the Saints were favored by a touchdown, turned the ball over 5 times and gave up two touchdowns in two minutes, so I think that was pretty anomalous.
Packers defense has been bad all year, which puts a lot of pressure on Rodgers to be perfect. It’s like LeBron in Cleveland. Very hard to do.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 3:40 PM PST up reply actions
Saints were a three point favorite, unless you mean that accounts for the home field. But regardless, nobody closed out the season stronger than the Saints, and then they couldn’t give the ball away fast enough all of a sudden.
I guess what I think is late season form is one factor among many, but I sure as heck would take home field throughout and take my chances.
WE HAZ DEFENSE?
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 3:59 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Hell if I know. Packers are dropping footballs at record rates.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 3:52 PM PST up reply actions
I just realized that Vanessa Hudgens is only 4 days younger than me. I didn’t even realize she was 18…
In other words, Go Bears!
thought she was hotter pre-18?
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 4:21 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
It’s kind of a minor miracle the Pack is still in this. If they execute and tie it up they still don’t really have answers for a Giants O that will turn aggro again, but they’re still in a much better position than their play deserves.
It’s not like the Giants are going to blow Green Bay out. Packers will always have a chance, even if they probably don’t deserve it.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
Packers D did stop the Giants for the last two drives
by LEastCoastBears on Jan 15, 2012 4:04 PM PST up reply actions
I’d say on the first one they stopped themselves…horrible conservative decisions. Yeah, second was good, although penalty aided.
But anyway, Giants have refused to fully exploit their pass offense edge. Bad replay probably cancels out Hail Mary. Everything else factored in, Giants should be up two scores.
The Niners made the right decision!
/supertroll
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:08 PM PST up reply actions
First you take a furd coach and get him hired by the 49er’s
What do ya get?
Jum Harbaugh! Jim harbaugh!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 4:11 PM PST up reply actions
I feel like the Niners can beat either team here.
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Of course, Pack prolly trolling Niners. Barely beat Giants, make us think we got a shot and then obliterate us on road.
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On the moon!
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Lambeau is not an intimidating place to play.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:15 PM PST up reply actions
Home>Road
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If they play like this, then yeah. GB playing like this wouldn’t score against the Niners. Given a wake up call and a week to get their shit together. Dunno. They did win 15 games. And the Giants did lose to the Skins at home in a playoff type game three games ago, plus losing to the Niners at Candlestick.
can’t do a thing when the skill guys arevdropping and fumbling the ball.
by j.lee on Jan 15, 2012 4:24 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
The Pack will not win this game at this rate.
WTF am I watching.
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This one is for all the Twistbacos!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 4:25 PM PST up reply actions
Everyone but Rodgers played against Detroit, so I don’t think it’s exactly that simple. Other teams have come off breaks and looked like they’ve played football before.
I think you have to ask what the coaching staff was doing with these guys the last two weeks. They didn’t have a bye last year, so they were in new territory.
Well, at least many of you won’t feel conflicted this week!
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Yuth!
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And Ryan Grant completes the self-destruction.
God, I hope the Niners fucking kill Manningface.
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It was fantastic."
-Toyama Koichi, US Presidential candidate from Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGZqOkeYbB0
by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 4:25 PM PST via Android app reply actions
What was worse today...
The Green Bay Defense at the end of the first half or the Green Bay Receiving corps?
What an atrocious performance.
That last defensive sequence at the end of the half was an embarrassment. The Giants were basically conceding the half, and GB defense decided not to tackle the runner and then of course allow the hail mary.
This
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he played well enough. he had little support from his offensive line and how many drops did his receivers have?
True but he overthrew the wide open receiver early and the pass to Finley was bad.
In other words, Go Bears!
Seven drops. SEVEN!
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It was fantastic."
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by AERose on Jan 15, 2012 4:28 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
Some of the footballs were not well-placed though.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:30 PM PST up reply actions
We’re not talking about the ones the receivers had to stretch for. There were seven passes that we flat out dropped. Add in three that were caught that were fumbled, I’m not sure what you’re expecting.
Not disagreeing with you. But Rodgers has missed a couple of throws too. And that fumble not recognizing where Osi was was killer.
Aaron will say as much in the presser. Not a bad performance, but he needed to be great, and this wasn’t good enough.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:34 PM PST up reply actions
Sure he missed a couple of throws to remotely equate that to basically ELEVEN drops / fumbles by his receiving corps. Additionally, the offensive line was woeful for good chunks of the game.
Yeah. I just think just like people blame an average QB when everything goes wrong (as Cal fans always do), we shouldn’t be so quick to absolve a great QB when the same thing happens.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:39 PM PST up reply actions
This year Aaron Rodgers has put balls into windows I’ve never seen before. Literally never, in 30 years of watching football.
If that’s the standard, then he didn’t play up to it. I don’t have a number, but I’d guess half a dozen balls that could have been completions if he was as good as he’s been all year. Especially the one to Jennings in the first half, and Finley in the second, both drive stoppers.
That said, the standard he set for himself is incredibly high. And of course, his receivers completely let him down and they deserve most of the blame.
But did Aaron Rodgers play as well as he’s capable? In my eyes, nope.
I don’t think anyone will say Rodgers played his best game every. But it is almost impossible to over come eight dropped passes and three caught passes that are fumbles.
Not a good game
That Finley overthrow was a killer.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:29 PM PST up reply actions
Not me
I wanted to see him win another SB. That required a GB win. Double disappointment!
by WifeisaTroj on Jan 16, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions
Welp
The decade-long streak of NFL MVPs not winning the Super Bowl will continue (whether it’s Brees or Rodgers).
Last one was Kurt Warner in 2001.
I just hope we don't get media trolling on Rodgers
Hopefully winning that ring and now the MVP will be enough.
by Avinash Kunnath on Jan 15, 2012 4:52 PM PST reply actions
The year before the Saints crapped out to a 7-9 Seahawks team and nobody said “DREW BREES IS THE WORST QB EVER”! I think we’ll be fine.
That said, :(.
That said, next week, :)!
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I doubt it. I do think that Rodgers is going to come back even more fired up next year.
by LEastCoastBears on Jan 15, 2012 4:59 PM PST up reply actions
Growing up in Oakland I was never much of a Niner fan, but if the choice is the Niners or the Giants, go Niners!
OT: Stefon Diggs just named a top 5. I think this is pretty significant
because so far he hasn’t narrowed it down to less than 15.
Still, Auburn is in the mix of schools spread across the country. Diggs said his Top 5 is Auburn, California, Southern California, Florida and Maryland. He’ll visit Florida next weekend.
Even the locals and alums were a bit fed up with the unis by the end of the (terrible, unsuccessful) year.
Yes one prominent BI poster said Cal should take Maryland’s lead and fire Tedford because in his eyes they had hired such a great head coach we should do the same.
It’s not going to happen, but there is some sentiment for a buyout after only one year. I’ll stick with Tedford and not so outrageous uniforms. Not that the uniforms were Edsall’s deal.
As a Maryland taxpayer I would prefer they focus on things like infrastructure maintenance… So unless they plan to use Edsall to fill in potholes, no deal.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
Just curious, where do you come down on the new home for the president of the university? I’m a VA taxpayer so don’t really care.
I hadn’t heard about it, mostly because of my ongoing efforts to give the WaPo the cold shoulder. I shall have to read up on it but I’m hard-pressed to imagine that’s more important than say teaching or financial aid.
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It's the shoes.
The shoes!?
It’s gotta be the shoes!
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It was fantastic."
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SAHPC kitchen
has…
JUMBACOS! JUMBACOS!
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by Redonkulous Bear on Jan 15, 2012 5:36 PM PST up reply actions
Let's focus now on what's important: NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AT CANDLESTICK!!!
In other words, Go Bears!
Ugh
Crapola.That game was an umpteen-multiplication of 4th and 9 at USC, 2004.
And now there is the potential for a major Harbaugh belly-flash warning in effect. On the bright side…
BISHOP!
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Golden Bears Football Schedule
| Fresno St. | Sat 09/03 | W 36 - 21 |
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Colorado
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Sat 09/10 | W 36 - 33 |
| Presbyterian | Sat 09/17 | W 63 - 12 |
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Washington
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Sat 09/24 | L 23 - 31 |
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Oregon
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Thu 10/06 | L 15 - 43 |
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USC
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Thu 10/13 | L 9 - 30 |
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Utah
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Sat 10/22 | W 34 - 10 |
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UCLA
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Sat 10/29 | L 14 - 31 |
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Washington St.
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Sat 11/05 | W 30 - 7 |
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Oregon St.
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Sat 11/12 | W 23 - 6 |
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Stanford
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Sat 11/19 | L 28 - 31 |
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Arizona St.
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Fri 11/25 | W 47 - 38 |
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Texas
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Wed 12/28 | L 10 - 21 |
