Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been taking a beating this week. You could say it’s a deserved beating after last Sunday’s performance against the Minnesota Vikings, which was arguably the worst of Rodgers’ career.
Rodgers was extremely testy when questioned about it earlier this week. However, quarterback coach Alex Van Pelt revealed another side of Rodgers on Thursday — one who feels terrible about his play.
“Tom (Clements) and I could sit in a room with him, with Coach (McCarthy) and let that tape roll and not say a word, and he knows exactly what he should have done and what he shouldn’t do. You don’t want to be the master of the obvious, but at the same time you’re coaching the younger guys in the room, too. You make comments on it, but there’s no one that feels worse in the room than he did after the game the other night, and that’s the truth of the matter.”
While we expect a player like Rodgers to come out and have an amazing game after dealing with this sort of adversity, that hasn’t happened in some time. The last time Rodgers had a game with a QB rating above 100 was week 6 of the 2015 season.
The situation reminds us somewhat of Davante Adams’ 2015 season, which was terrible. Adams came out and said he was angry about his play, but his play didn’t improve.
Rodgers isn’t Davante Adams, but he’s playing like him.