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Rodgers is who he is, doing what he's always done. Rodgers is not happy because his team is losing. What's different this time is they are losing in the wrong ways. And he's playing with rookie WRs, and a TE with whom he hasn't found the chemistry, a RB who is practically a rookie, and an O-Line not up to previous standards. People who get paid to talk about this stuff have to come up with something to get people to listen, and that means controversy.
Here's an observation from the Dallas-New Orleans game, which you can take or leave.
New Orleans offense was coloring inside the lines. They were trying to do what they've been doing, keeping Brees clean in the pocket, slicing and dicing with short passes, then taking the occasional shot downfield. Actually, it's what they've been trying to do for as long as I can remember, it's just now they have better horses. Oh, sure, they sprinkle in some gadget plays with Hill and the like, but those are becoming predictable and we know their bread and butter. Dallas came up with a great game plan and happen to have the right horses for it, in particular those LBs doing what was called for.
No matter how creative you may be in your schemes and game plans, you eventually become predictable and color within your own lines. Some DC figures it out and gets it right. It becomes a coach vs. coach game. Playground ball is not schematic and it can't be schemed against. It's my horses vs. yours, and Rodgers is a great horse to start with but not sufficient. Green Bay just doesn't have those horses right now. Maybe some year 2 jumps and a better player or two on the O-line gets you there, or maybe that doesn't happen.
Now, this is not to say that Rodgers has nothing to learn or no adjustments to make, but now we're talking matters of degree. And you assume he's never done what you describe when the situation dictates. Elsewhere I did a breakdown of the 6 quarters stretching from the second half of the Dallas game through the Bears game in 2016...ball control passing par excellance. Defenses adapt, though, and they don't play that kind of 2 high safety all day anymore. So, you take more shots. When I read your post, and there are others like it, I see a call for Rodgers to change his character of play. That's unreasonable, likely to fail miserably if forced, and it does not account for the surrounding talent.
Let Rodgers be Rodgers and don't expect winning without a sufficiently talented and experienced supporting cast. Lots of great QBs have suffered a lot of losing years for lack of surrounding talent. The QB does not do it alone.
As for McCarthy, if he believes he's heading out the door, expect him to want to display his own brand of creativity to show he's not some old stick in the mud.
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