This years Packer team reminds me of the 1998 Viking team that went 15-1. Unbelievably fun to watch Offense… no Defense.

As a Viking then NFC North fan I say… “try to keep them off the field Aaron”.

Go Pack and go Lions!

(Hope it’s in the AFC.)

Go Pack Go!

I totally agree with you on your analysis of McCarthy letting Rodgers do a lot of the playcalling with Flynn. That shows humility, trust and McCarthy acknowledging Rodgers is one very intelligent person.
Not taking anything away from Flynn. He will be an outstanding QB in the NFL. But without Rodgers helping and encouraging him on the sidelines, he would not have had the success he did. They are both a great team, “partners in crime” both on and off the field.
I just got done watching a taped Larry McCarren show. Flynn was the guest. He said him and Rodgers are best friends. Flynn said when he threw that 5th TD and came to the sidelines, Rodgers was laughing and joking with him. Rodgers said dude, you get the chance you have to go for #6! Flynn didn’t dissapoint him. That’s the kind of unselfish relationship those two have. That shows why Rodgers deserves to be MVP. He does so many unselfish things that go unnoticed. Without Rodgers guidance and help, Flynn would not have had the record breaking performance.
It will be sad to see them split, but Flynn will make someone one great QB because he learned from the greatest.

I’m pretty much exclusively a pro NFL fan. So I’m curious … in the college game, is the QB’s helment equipped with sound from the coach? If so, then it’s on the coach.

BTWay … I think Green Bay’s idea to delegate lots of offensive play calling to Aaron in last Sunday’s Lion’s game is a stroke of genius. It keeps Aaron razor sharp mentally. It shows tremendous humility on the part of the coach. Great teamwork. Great creativity. This Packer organization impresses on lots and lots of dimensions.
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The whole team was fired up and ready to play, everyone stepped up, including Flynn!

It was one game.

It’s not like Matt Cassell, who did it for a season.
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You are absolutely correct, but the majority of the ignorant posters on here don’t understand the game.

It’s not like Matt Cassell, who did it for a season.

Then I hear people saying Matt Flynn can be a starting QB on another team.

Make up your minds.

majikbullet says:Jan 2, 2012 12:34 PM

Frank Booth is spot on!!!

For those cutting on Rodgers look into the Vikings season a little, Christian Ponder looked pretty good in his first start of the season too, but obviously that didn’t last too long. No film to gameplan against makes a lot of QBs look better than they are.
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This has to be a joke. Folks this Majikbullet character was the biggest Packer Hater imaginable up until last year. This clown was calling for the firing of Thompson for EVER. He loathed Aaron Rodgers and stated he was a Viking fan because Favre was there and would remain one due to their superior front office. I’ll leave it at that. I knew he would be a Packer fan again. Just like I knew many other prognostications of my own would come true. With that I bid you a warm welcome back. Toota lu!
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Easy pal, I felt like you last year, and when they switched the system up last year and you had to re register I chose to take his name to get under his skin. Just relax, not the same guy!

Everyone seems to think they need to use the lousy franchise tag, they are assuming is for Finley on Flynn. I don’t think they will use it on either one. I honestly don’t think Finley is much more than a big WR who has dropsie problems. I prefer Crabtree over him for TE. Crabtree is an animal. He can block and catch. Maybe he’s not quite as quick at getting open but he can catch. We have many WR’s that are capable of getting open I see Finley being shown the door.
Back to Flynn:
I can definitely see TT working out a way to sign him and giving him an average starters contract. That is one way I can see them holding him for trade bait and the route I think Thompson will go with Flynn. Where do I think he might go? I think The Chiefs would be a good place. As far as Minnesota, I’d give him to Minnesota for Adrian Peterson Don’t be at all surprised if he ends up in Dallas, either. He was born and raised down there, Qb’d for the LSU Tigers and his family is in Texas. Believe me Texans love their own and he would be an immediate favorite with Tony Romo having another so-so season. The funny thing that most people don’t realize is Tony Romo is from Burlington Wi and played for Eastern Illinois. Romo for backup, lol. No, I’d rather keep Harrell and get a defensive stud or #1 draft pick from Dallas. Just a few thoughts, but #1 I’d definitely find a way to sign him so I could get value for him and I’m sure that’s what TT is thinking!

Frank Booth is spot on!!!

For those cutting on Rodgers look into the Vikings season a little, Christian Ponder looked pretty good in his first start of the season too, but obviously that didn’t last too long. No film to gameplan against makes a lot of QBs look better than they are.
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This has to be a joke. Folks this Majikbullet character was the biggest Packer Hater imaginable up until last year. This clown was calling for the firing of Thompson for EVER. He loathed Aaron Rodgers and stated he was a Viking fan because Favre was there and would remain one due to their superior front office. I’ll leave it at that. I knew he would be a Packer fan again. Just like I knew many other prognostications of my own would come true. With that I bid you a warm welcome back. Toota lu!

Does this mean you are back in the fold after briefly turning to the dark side?

If so, welcome back buddy!

I was at the early August 2008 intra-squad game at Lambeau. Three QBs played in that scrimmage: Aaron, the second string guy (whose name I can’t remember and can’t find on GBay’s web site), and 3rd string rookie Matt. That scrimmage was played as Brett was landing at the Green Bay airport just before his trade to the Jets was arranged. My untrained-eye impression that evening: none of the three QBs completed many passes in the scrimmage, but the strongest, most decisive throws definitely came from Matt Flynn.

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That second string guy was Brian Brohm — a second round draft pick the year Flynn was selected in the 7th — no doubt sitting at home now saying “why not me!?”

For those cutting on Rodgers look into the Vikings season a little, Christian Ponder looked pretty good in his first start of the season too, but obviously that didn’t last too long. No film to gameplan against makes a lot of QBs look better than they are.

Jim Schwartz is a whiny douche with a stupid face

PS thanks Matt Flynn
-A Falcons fan

The Lions were missing Corey Williams, Best, LeShoure and Delmas. I guess the Lions had their reserves out there too. It’s just that Green Bay won the Super Bowl last year with Jennings, Finley and Grant out.

Truthfully, the Lions secondary was exposed in a big way, but something doesn’t make sense: How can you go from shutting down a red hot Philip Rivers to getting torched by Matt Flynn?

The most frustrating thing about this is the fact that Stafford accomplished something that only 3 other Quarterbacks in the history of the game have done and it was overshadowed by a backup QB (who will be overpaid next season) torching an inept defense.

If Rodgers had kept up with those crazy numbers he would have thrown for almost 6000 yards at his current 9.2 yards per pass average. Most likely more INT’s obviously, but a crapload more TD’s as well.

I just think Rodgers did more with his attempts this year than Brees, plus Rodgers missed one game and sat out another 3/4 of a game because of being pulled late in blowouts.

Both are deserving, but Rodgers should be MVP this year.

#2. From the High Stakes Gambler: Both teams accomplished what they wanted. GB kept their starters healthy and Detroit didn’t show anything by playing a vanilla defense. Hmmm, Could it be Detroit really wanted to play New Orleans in a warm dome over the Giants? I wonder what the spread is on this one? Everyone should be betting on New Orleans to cover it easily? From prior experience these ones usually go the opposite and perhaps Detroit might even win outright? A lot of money and hype to be made on a rematch in Lambeau? Just a thought

Any team that needs a decent QB will trade for him before he hits the open market.

And the Brees-Rodgers MVP discussion was settled in week 1. So soon you forget.
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MVPs aren’t decided in week 1.

The rules won’t allow the Packers to trade Flynn before he becomes a free agent without a tag on the player. It would be tough to franchise tag Flynn because he’s not worth the average of the top five QBs in the league. Other teams know this and know the Packers couldn’t keep him with such a tag.

For those jumping on the Flynn bandwagon keep these QBs, who also showed similiar but breif displays of brilliance, in mind: Kevin Kolb, Matt Cassell, Rob Johnson, Derek Anderson & Scott Mitchell. Things change when teams have tape on you and have a chance to game plan against you.

The Road To The Superbowl
Goes Through Lambeau Field
The Lombardi Trophy
Is In Green Bay
Where It Belongs &
Where It’s Gonna Stay!
Go Pack

Based on that logic, if Flynn had performed badly, I guess we’d have to assume that the Packers run an absolutely horrible system and Rodgers just happens to transcend it.

Aaron Rodgers didn’t have the best single-season passer rating of all time by being a system quarterback, if there is even such a thing. He’s been incredibly accurate and throws very few interceptions. I guess the Colts must run a horrible system since no other QB’s have been able to even play adequately within it.

Apparently Frank Reich proved that Jim Kelly was a system QB when he stepped in and brought Buffalo back from a 35-3 defecit in 1993.

Which teams have the best systems, where you can just plug in one QB after the other, regardless of their talent? I haven’t seen one. The geniuses out there sure talk about it a lot, but no one can provide an example. And to try and use Matt Flynn’s single game performance as evidence that Aaron Rodgers is just average is silly. Try turning on the TV and watch a game every once in a while.

Also, anyone notice that every time the Lions lose a game, it’s the refs fault? I need to get the Detroit fans perspective right:

-Suh isn’t dirty

-If a backup quarterback performs well in one game, it proves that the starter is just average and is good because of the system

-All Detroit losses are due to the referees or some other outside force

-Matt Stafford is the toughest QB ever, even though he’s missed 19 out of 48 starts due to injury

-Detroit is actually a very nice city

Motor City Kitty fans forget that terrible call where the dude juggled it out of bounds and was challenged and not overturned.

Complain about the officials but just remember the Packers beat them without thier 3 best players on the field.

Yeah totally zebras fault they lost that game.

You see the Packers beating the Saints? Really? With that defense?
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LOL…..if you would do your research you would see that both the Saints and Packers give up 21 points per game, last time I checked that was all that matters.

And the Saints aren’t the same team on the road, ask St. Louis and Tampa Bay, as well as Seattle last year, and this time when they go to GB it won’t be 75 out, it’s January and the Saints will struggle to win on the road in any outdoor stadium in January.

So to answer your question yes, I see the Packers winning at home, if the game was in NO, then might answer would probably be different. Do your research before you look like a fool!

The fact is, we’ll never know if Chase Daniel could have thrown for 300 yds and 3 TDs today vs. Carolina’s HORRIBLE defense, because only Mike McCarthy has the confidence in his system/backup to put his guy out there. He prepared Aaron for the game, let him call the plays in the first half, so it’s not like Rodgers will be “rusty” in 2 weeks. But the coach understood what other coaches don’t, that if you’re going to play your back ups, you might as well play them the whole game. None of this, Rodgers plays 2 series B.S. What’s the point in that? If you want your 2nd String QB to play a lot, prepare him to start, and go out there and give it your best shot.

And, for the 15th time out of 16 games this year, the Packers’ best shot was better than their opponents.

Oh, and one more thing, I think the Packers offense can function just fine in January in Green Bay. Since December 4th they have scored 38 at NYG, 46 at home vs. Oakland, stumbled to 14 at KC, scored 35 against the Bears (Flynn played the entire 4th qtr in that game too, mostly just hand offs though), and 45 vs. Detroit.

The Saints aren’t the only team that can ring up the points.