Who had the better season: Favre or Rodgers?

[tubby_mcgee 701]

Discuss.

[TennisMenace 156]

No brainer - Rodgers

[tubby_mcgee 701]

No brainer - Rodgers

 

 

Why is it such a no brainer (what's your reasoning)?

[tplbge 2]

Who took a playoff team out of the playoffs and who took a non-playoff team to the verge of making it?

 

Why is it such a no brainer (what's your reasoning)?

[Phurfur 70]

Who took a playoff team out of the playoffs and who took a non-playoff team to the verge of making it?

 

Your insight into the game of football is mind boggling.

[Sho Nuff 720]

Id say about a toss up really.

Favre was better in a few situations and still has that leadership quality. His team won, so many will view him as having the better season.

Rodgers, while not specatular, was pretty darn good much of the year. His struggles late in games will be the reason you can't just look at numbers and say he was better.

[tplbge 2]

Your addition to this thread isn't.

 

Your insight into the game of football is mind boggling.

[My Negro! 3]

Rodgers..no doubt!

[Phurfur 70]

Your addition to this thread isn't.

 

Hey, you're the one who made the stupid statement.

[tplbge 2]

No, it's your stupid opinion.

 

Hey, you're the one who made the stupid statement.

[Walter34 3]

Rodgers has the better stats by far, but as some mentioned, there is more than just stats to consider with a qb.

 

Favre has intangibles in leadership which certainly contributed indirectly to the Jets success. His penchant for sucking in crucial games couter balances his general leadership.

 

Rodgers was decent most of the year, but in a limited sample of one season, he doesnt seem to have "it". The NFL is al about wins and losses and while you can point to the defence in GB or other factors, Aaron didnt do what was necessary to win the games that were close.

 

Overall GB made the right decision to banish Favre and give the bal to Rodgers. For this year however, I would give both a mediocre grade.

[parrot 789]

Pennington.

[Ramrock 17]

I agree Pennington

[redtodd 7]

Who took a playoff team out of the playoffs and who took a non-playoff team to the verge of making it?

 

The 2nd one is Kris Jenkins. What do I win?

[Vikings4ever 550]

Pennington.

McNair!!!

[MTSkiBum 1,620]

Favre had a top 10 rushing attack to aid him.

 

Rodgers had to deal with a rushing attack that was 21rst in the league.

 

Even with those shortcomings Rodgers had much better stats.

 

 

 

Both the jets and the packers are tied at #5 in the league for scoring offense. I think the records are more a result of packers having a bad defense and the jets having a slightly above average defense.

 

 

I would of rather had rodgers on my team this year than Favre. If the jets had rodgers they would have the playoffs locked up. If favre played on the packers they would be battling for a top 3 draft pick.

[stonewall 647]

I have been a fan of his for years......but Favre is finished. His greatest asset, his 50-caliber arm, is gone.

 

Rodgers had a terrific year for his 1st under center, and will be a top 5 QB in most fantasy circles next season.

[BMoney 0]

Id say about a toss up really.

Favre was better in a few situations and still has that leadership quality. His team won, so many will view him as having the better season.

Rodgers, while not specatular, was pretty darn good much of the year. His struggles late in games will be the reason you can't just look at numbers and say he was better.

 

 

and ironically...both played the 2nd half of the season with shoulders that may need surgery....

 

the packers have been around since Christ was a kid..and this year is the biggest drop off of wins in back to back years for the pack..13 to 5...even 13 to 6 would be the biggest plunge...

 

people will say rodgers because of what theyve done for fantasy football....and yet, he keeps his job..he must have naked pics of TT somewhere...

[49ER MAN 0]

Rodgers has the better stats by far, but as some mentioned, there is more than just stats to consider with a qb.

 

Favre has intangibles in leadership which certainly contributed indirectly to the Jets success. His penchant for sucking in crucial games couter balances his general leadership.

 

Rodgers was decent most of the year, but in a limited sample of one season, he doesnt seem to have "it". The NFL is al about wins and losses and while you can point to the defence in GB or other factors, Aaron didnt do what was necessary to win the games that were close.

 

Overall GB made the right decision to banish Favre and give the bal to Rodgers. For this year however, I would give both a mediocre grade.

 

After one season, you can honestly say that Rodgers doesn't have "it"? I am not so sure I agree with your statement. Yes, there were times late in some of the losses where he forced passes and they got picked off. However, there were other times where Rodgers would put his team tied or ahead and the defense couldn't do it's job.

 

Does Rodgers have the "it" factor? Maybe, maybe not. I think it's still too small of a sample of comebacks that the Pack needed to rally to win as I'd like to see how responds to more of these situations in 2009 and he will gain more experience in these types of situations.

[xenophobe 1]

I'm not really sure the answer to this question, but if we're asking because we're looking to evaluate if GB made the right decision, there is NO QUESTION that they did. The GB running game and especially their defense was a huge let down this year, and this year was shot regardless. And Rodgers showed some very impressive skills, but also clearly needs to develop some areas of his game, so this was the right move. We're also now seeing Favre waffle on his future again, and I'm sure GB is happy to be done with that headache.

[Walter34 3]

After one season, you can honestly say that Rodgers doesn't have "it"? I am not so sure I agree with your statement. Yes, there were times late in some of the losses where he forced passes and they got picked off. However, there were other times where Rodgers would put his team tied or ahead and the defense couldn't do it's job.

 

Does Rodgers have the "it" factor? Maybe, maybe not. I think it's still too small of a sample of comebacks that the Pack needed to rally to win as I'd like to see how responds to more of these situations in 2009 and he will gain more experience in these types of situations.

 

"but in a limited sample of one season, he doesnt seem to have "it". "

 

That is basically what I said. I dont put all of the losses on Rodgers - of course the defence was swiss cheese. Part of the value of a qb is making the right decisions at crunch time and winning the close games. This is where he seemed to strugge, though a handful of games is too small a sample to make a banklet judgment call.

 

Teams dont go 6-10 or 13-3 based on a singe player as BMoney's simplistic view seems to point to Favre would not have made any difference to their overal record this year. GB made the right move going with Rodgers despite the lack of success this year. Whether he is the long term answer is up in the air. He appears to be similar to a Hasseback where he is fairly decent, not elite, and tends to lose when it counts. Again, based on a very small sampe ...

[xenophobe 1]

"but in a limited sample of one season, he doesnt seem to have "it". "

 

That is basically what I said. I dont put all of the losses on Rodgers - of course the defence was swiss cheese. Part of the value of a qb is making the right decisions at crunch time and winning the close games. This is where he seemed to strugge, though a handful of games is too small a sample to make a banklet judgment call.

 

Teams dont go 6-10 or 13-3 based on a singe player as BMoney's simplistic view seems to point to Favre would not have made any difference to their overal record this year. GB made the right move going with Rodgers despite the lack of success this year. Whether he is the long term answer is up in the air. He appears to be similar to a Hasseback where he is fairly decent, not elite, and tends to lose when it counts. Again, based on a very small sampe ...

 

No doubt. Rodgers was impressive enough to keep them right in a lot of games when the defense had let them down, but puzzlingly hardly ever good enough to win those close ones. He's young and this is an area he needs to improve on. If he does, could become a very good QB some day. But it's also not a give that this will happen.

[hardcore 2]

Favre had the the best running OL in the game and he sucked. If Rodgers had naything like that, he would run circles around Favre.

Rodgers is already better than Favre by a margin

[n_omarley 11]

As far as which QB actually played better:

 

as people who watch Packer games know, Rodgers actually has done what it took to wins games, but the D/ST couldn't hold.

 

If a QB drives at team to score and take a lead with two minutes left, and the D holds on for the win, the QB gets credit for a comeback victory. If the D can't hold, and the team loses, the QB couldn't pull off the win. Seems kinda messed up. Just stupid sports talk.

 

Rodgers was probably the 3rd or 4th best player on a team with a solid offense, an underachieving defense, and horrible special teams. He played well enough to win more games; many other packers didn't.

 

I have not watched the Jets enough to judge the play of Brett.

 

 

As far as "who had a better year?":

 

I would think the answer is Rodgers. The Packers as a whole have been a disappointment. But Rodgers himself proved that he is a quality QB, and was rewarded with a huge contract.

 

Brett was one of a few Jets off-season additions that were supposed to take him to the playoffs. Through most of the season, it looked like it worked. But it looks like Brett's late-season decline will be one of the main reasons that they probably don't make the playoffs.

 

If that how it plays out, I would say Rodgers had a better year.

[mdm_1971 0]

I have to agree with most that Rodgers had the better season, favre showed he can not sling it down field any more which makes him less of a threat then in past years. Rodgers does have some things that he needs to improve but he did prove that he is willing to play injured. i think that helped get him some respect in the locker room. the defense let them down and the kicker let them down. rodgers got them in position to win a few games that they ended up losing because the defense broke down on their series in a few games not giving rodgers a chance to win the games.