I think everyone is starting to forget, even making it there, let alone win it all is as hard of a task as any.
How did we only have 2 under Farve and Rogers?
I’m happy that it was at least a reverse Elway situation (even though Elway got 2, I think). Too many aging, great QBs chasing a ring toward the end of their career, where that part of Rodgers’ legacy was addressed earlier on.
He had the talent to win more and certainly had the opportunity to, but that’s the game.
Meh, it would have been cool to have more obviously but I think a lot of teams would still take the success we had with him. Every game we had a chance because we had Rodgers. Some of the most mind-bending throws the sport has ever seen because of him. Rodgers is the reason why I fell in love with the sport. The NFL is better with him playing in it.
We might have only gotten one ring. But at least the majority of the seasons in the past 15 years were a blast to watch. Not too many teams can say that.
💩ing the bed on defense mostly.
Needed to spend more draft capital on the defense!!
Mediocre and sometimes bad defense and special teams. I can only think of maybe one playoff loss where the offense could have done more to win.
When you pay your quarterback, your window gets a lot smaller
Focusing on this will just drive you crazy. Instead, focus on the fact that we’ve been able to go into every football Sunday for 30 years (and hopefully more) knowing that we will probably be happy at the end of the day. Focusing on just the Super Bowls discounts all the fun games we’ve been able to see along the way.
Some people might call this “coping,” but I don’t care.
I think MLF is done fucking around if the past couple weeks of FO action is any indication.
Dude has a hungry team of young blood and he’s meaning to make the most of it.
Rotations of bad defense… bad special teams… hero ball mishaps … injuries.
Getting to the Super Bowl is an achievement for most teams.
Getting to the post season is an achievement for some teams.
Mike McCarthy
How many 1 seeds did we have under Rodgers that lead to absolutely nothing lol
10+ years of organizational miscues and front office incompetence
Overrated
We basically spent the entire 2010’s drafting defense and relying on our HoF QB to keep the offense afloat, the way the Chiefs work now and the Patriots did when they won 30 superbowls.
The problem is we missed on essentially every pick. If we choose Watt instead of KK we almost definitely win 1, probably 2 superbowls. But then you can say that about a half other things.
The fucking NFC West is how…. Especially the Niners.
It takes *way* more luck than people generally attribute. So many stars have to align; matchups, injuries, weather, player execution, etc. Qbs like Dan Marino and Philip Rivers got nothing while guys like Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon coasted on extremely talented teams. I mean goddamn, Jim Plunkett has 2 rings!
Ted Thompson
Literally me
I think one of the real questions is how did Mike McCarthy only get 1 Super Bowl win with Aaron Rodgers AND Brett Favre
Fuck it, I’m going to claim 2014* in my heart as another championship.
He didn’t get it done at crunch time
Well at least one of those times was rigged (they had to make sure Tom Brady got his flowers)
It’s a team game. Even if you had the best QB to ever touch a football, that doesn’t guarantee anything if the team around you isn’t good enough. One person can’t do it all. There’s also an element of luck. Brady (and Mahomes to an extent) are kind of anomalies. But also, look how much the rest of the division (and the NFL to an extent) hates us: it’s because we’ve had good teams around great QB’s for basically 30 years. They were almost always a guaranteed playoff team. Rodgers and Favre elevated the team, but they can’t do it all, and if you’re having an off game, the rest of the team needs to take some of the load. And it just didn’t happen all the time. It’s unfortunate that Rodgers only has one ring (and same with Favre), but we’ve had far more consistent success than almost any other team.
Also we’ve had some pretty fucking bad DC’s.
01/18/2015. Brandon Bostick.
Pain.
Rumor is that Rodgers basically blew off the play calling under MLF. In an alternate universe, maybe they get past TB or SF if he sticks to the game plan. Without any evidence, I’m sure the same thing happened with McCarthy too, although it’s really hard to say since there doesn’t seem to be anyone talking about the post SB era other than to bash the coach.
McCarthy is a really bad playoffs coach and their defenses were never good enough to elevate the team above regular season juggernauts.
2014 hurts the most. Next are: 2021, 2011 and 2022
Dom Capers.
Poor defense and overall shitty luck. Like Brady is great and all but when you dive deep into his playoff runs there is so much shit that goes his way where guys like Brees and Rodgers were pretty unlucky in that regard.
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I think everyone is starting to forget, even making it there, let alone win it all is as hard of a task as any.
How did we only have 2 under Farve and Rogers?
I’m happy that it was at least a reverse Elway situation (even though Elway got 2, I think). Too many aging, great QBs chasing a ring toward the end of their career, where that part of Rodgers’ legacy was addressed earlier on.
He had the talent to win more and certainly had the opportunity to, but that’s the game.
Meh, it would have been cool to have more obviously but I think a lot of teams would still take the success we had with him. Every game we had a chance because we had Rodgers. Some of the most mind-bending throws the sport has ever seen because of him. Rodgers is the reason why I fell in love with the sport. The NFL is better with him playing in it.
We might have only gotten one ring. But at least the majority of the seasons in the past 15 years were a blast to watch. Not too many teams can say that.
💩ing the bed on defense mostly.
Needed to spend more draft capital on the defense!!
Mediocre and sometimes bad defense and special teams. I can only think of maybe one playoff loss where the offense could have done more to win.
When you pay your quarterback, your window gets a lot smaller
Focusing on this will just drive you crazy. Instead, focus on the fact that we’ve been able to go into every football Sunday for 30 years (and hopefully more) knowing that we will probably be happy at the end of the day. Focusing on just the Super Bowls discounts all the fun games we’ve been able to see along the way.
Some people might call this “coping,” but I don’t care.
I think MLF is done fucking around if the past couple weeks of FO action is any indication.
Dude has a hungry team of young blood and he’s meaning to make the most of it.
Rotations of bad defense… bad special teams… hero ball mishaps … injuries.
Getting to the Super Bowl is an achievement for most teams.
Getting to the post season is an achievement for some teams.
Mike McCarthy
How many 1 seeds did we have under Rodgers that lead to absolutely nothing lol
10+ years of organizational miscues and front office incompetence
Overrated
We basically spent the entire 2010’s drafting defense and relying on our HoF QB to keep the offense afloat, the way the Chiefs work now and the Patriots did when they won 30 superbowls.
The problem is we missed on essentially every pick. If we choose Watt instead of KK we almost definitely win 1, probably 2 superbowls. But then you can say that about a half other things.
The fucking NFC West is how…. Especially the Niners.
It takes *way* more luck than people generally attribute. So many stars have to align; matchups, injuries, weather, player execution, etc. Qbs like Dan Marino and Philip Rivers got nothing while guys like Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon coasted on extremely talented teams. I mean goddamn, Jim Plunkett has 2 rings!
Ted Thompson
Literally me
I think one of the real questions is how did Mike McCarthy only get 1 Super Bowl win with Aaron Rodgers AND Brett Favre
Fuck it, I’m going to claim 2014* in my heart as another championship.
He didn’t get it done at crunch time
Well at least one of those times was rigged (they had to make sure Tom Brady got his flowers)
It’s a team game. Even if you had the best QB to ever touch a football, that doesn’t guarantee anything if the team around you isn’t good enough. One person can’t do it all. There’s also an element of luck. Brady (and Mahomes to an extent) are kind of anomalies. But also, look how much the rest of the division (and the NFL to an extent) hates us: it’s because we’ve had good teams around great QB’s for basically 30 years. They were almost always a guaranteed playoff team. Rodgers and Favre elevated the team, but they can’t do it all, and if you’re having an off game, the rest of the team needs to take some of the load. And it just didn’t happen all the time. It’s unfortunate that Rodgers only has one ring (and same with Favre), but we’ve had far more consistent success than almost any other team.
Also we’ve had some pretty fucking bad DC’s.
01/18/2015. Brandon Bostick.
Pain.
Rumor is that Rodgers basically blew off the play calling under MLF. In an alternate universe, maybe they get past TB or SF if he sticks to the game plan. Without any evidence, I’m sure the same thing happened with McCarthy too, although it’s really hard to say since there doesn’t seem to be anyone talking about the post SB era other than to bash the coach.
McCarthy is a really bad playoffs coach and their defenses were never good enough to elevate the team above regular season juggernauts.
2014 hurts the most. Next are: 2021, 2011 and 2022
Dom Capers.
Poor defense and overall shitty luck. Like Brady is great and all but when you dive deep into his playoff runs there is so much shit that goes his way where guys like Brees and Rodgers were pretty unlucky in that regard.