When it comes to a starting qb, the bar is set high as it should be for leadership. Pouting on the sidelines of winnable playoff games doesn't cut it, whether its Favre in 2007 or Rodgers in 2020 and 2021 vs SF. Who cares if they had some great 4th quarter comebacks in their career. You play the game to win championships and pouting on the sidelines in the biggest games will define their tenure and character. Lets hope Love learned how to instill confidence if he gets to the playoffs, rather than being a prima donna crybaby. You still have to perform so leadership isn't everything but its important.
Once again, Brady has done all of that in his career as well. That didn't prevent him from winning seven Super Bowls though.
You recently suggested you think Love will be so bad that the Packers might get the overall #1 pick in 2024.
That doesn't mean I suggest Love will end up being a bust though. Unfortunately I believe the team lacks overall talent, making it extremely tough for Love to succeed this season. It's entirely possible that he shows some promise despite the team finishing with a terrible record.
Just take a look at Rodgers' first season as a starter for some evidence. While that team finished only 6-10 they had more talent than this year's roster in my opinion.
Rodgers hasn't had any great 4th quarter comebacks in the playoffs. He only had one playoff 4th quarter comeback - when he trailed by a measly 1 point entering the 4th quarter against Dallas in 2015.
I am hoping CAPT (or someone else) could tell us how many times AR either tied or took the lead in the 4th qtr. of a playoff game only to have the D give up the winning score. I honestly do not know the answer and will admit to having selective memory if this never happened or rarely happened.
Glad you asked. Let's take a look at Rodgers' performance in the postseason to figure that out.
In his first playoff game at the Cardinals in 2009, Rodgers brought the team back from a 38-24 deficit entering the fourth quarter (they actually trailed 31-10 in the middle of the third) to force overtime with the game being tied at 45. Unfortunately he was strip sacked resulting Arizona scoring a touchdown with the refs missing a face mask.
In 2013, the Packers entered the fourth quarter trailing 13-10 vs. the Niners. They took the lead once on a Kuhn touchdown and tied the game another time at 20 just for the defense to not being able to get off the field with San Francisco winning the game on a field goal with time running out.
Next season, the Seahawks took a 3-point lead with 1:25 left in the fourth quarter but Rodgers was able to get them into field goal range to tie the game. Of course the defense wasn't able to prevent Seattle from scoring a TD in overtime with the offense never getting the ball back.
The following year, the Cardinals kicked a field goal to go up by seven with 1:55 left but Rodgers orchestrated a touchdown drive despite being down to Abbrederis and Janis as his main targets, completing not one but two Hail Marys to tie the score. Once again, the defense allowed a TD on the opening drive in OT.
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