Great news, though... for the 1st time in 3 seasons the Packer's starting QB is at voluntary workouts which began yesterday!
Let's focus on the really important stuff
"And so for the success of any championship team, there has to be a commitment as a group that you're going to be the hardest working group and the hardest working team to play against. Now it sounds easy and it sounds simple, but as days go by, and the year drags on, mentally becomes more and more tough. You have to have the right frame of mind. You have to be strong-willed, and you have to believe that the practice you're putting in and the time you putting in is going to make you a better player and a better team the next day. Nobody thought of practice as, oh gosh, I got to practice today. I want to make the Hall of Fame. It was all about taking in the knowledge of what's going to make us more successful as a group, what's going to make our path to lifting the Stanley Cup the best path possible. And that was easy. That was through hard work and commitment. There's no shortcuts. There's no angles. You have to put in the time." - Wayne Gretzky
Practice with a purpose, to make "the group" better.
I truly love Gretzky but all of his commitment wasn't good enough to win another Stanley Cup in 11 seasons after he left Edmonton and wasn't surrounded by superior talent compared to other teams anymore.
Now in a situation where you have new receivers and/or a new QB, I feel strongly that you want your vets and new guys, of those 2 groups, to spend as much time together as they can. I don't remember the game it happened in, but I remember there was some talk after, of Rodgers hand signals and if the receivers understood them yet.
There would have definitely not be any talk about hand signals during OTAs even if Rodgers showed up for them.
Side bet, if Rodgers is traded to the Jets BEFORE OTA's....he will attend them. Why? Not because he needs the practice for himself, but he needs to practice with his new teammates. Not to mention, to show his new fan base and coaches, he is all in.
Rodgers will be a new addition with the Jets, therefore it makes perfect sense for him to attend OTAs.
If OTAs were as worthless as many people claim....I see zero reason why they even would exist and be utilized by so many teams.
There aren't worthless for a lot of players. Veterans showing up for them doesn't make a difference though.
But I'm not surprised the Packers might breath a sigh of relief breaking ties with this era, because while there was a lot of success, it was also frustrating and exhausting.
They might end up looking back with a lot of melancholy in some years if they end up struggling in the near future though.
As I've said before, maybe the biggest problem with Rodgers is that he was overhyped. It created expectations that were not met.
Rodgers won four MVP awards while playing for the Packers and you still consider him overhyped? Wow. Unfortunately they ended up winning only one Super Bowl because the front office wasn't able to surround him with better talent for most seasons.
Wasn't Rodgers vacationing in Hawaii with Shailene, Teller and his wife back in 2021, while his teammates worked out? Oh wait, the receiving room decided they'd do what Rodgers did and not show up either. Great leader!
Once again, Rodgers missed only one mandatory minicamp during his tenure with the Packers while being in a dispute with the team's management. Yet Packers' fans vilify him because of it while using Brady as an example of how to be a leader despite him taking an
11-day vacation during training camp last season because most media outlets support that narrative.
I'll stick to my previous statement, those that want to apologize for Rodgers, do so because his behaviors mirror their own.
Let me ask you a simple question. How much voluntary work have you done for the company you work for despite not being paid any additional money for it?
