All right. Long post. Skip it if you're still understandably flamed up from last night.
1. What we're seeing with Rodgers is the same thing we saw from Favre around 1999-2001. QB's get older. The hits accumulate and while they're still pro-bowlers, they can't be super-human every single game. I believe A-Rod will need more help around him on the line and from the WR's going forward than what he's gotten in his career prior. And more help on defense. As we've seen the last five years, we can't ask him to put up 35 points every night.
2. I respect the heck out of TT and MM. But there usually comes a time in sports when guys have been together too long. These guys have done a great job. But we've reached an inflection point where you've got to ask if the team hasn't become too familiar with MM and if the roster hasn't gotten too stale with what TT does with personnel.
3. To point #2, John Schneider is rumored to have that out in his contract allowing him to take the GB GM job. Of the three most important guys in the Packers organization (TT, MM and Rodgers) I believe Rodgers has the best chance to rejuvenate his skills back into a SuperBowl in the next three years. With the Starr/Favre thing last night as the backdrop I think it's time to pass the sword to Schneider. Say an FU to Seattle for messing with Holmgren back in 1997-98 and start fresh for Aaron with a new regime.
Moving from Favre to A-Rod was painful for many but needed. And it didn't diminish #4's legacy. Moving from TT/MM to Schneider (and whoever he wants to hire as coach) is the same thing.
