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The Official 2017/2018 NFL Thread
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Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
Brady, 40
Brees, 38
Rivers, 35
Rothelesburger, 35
Rogers, 33
Smith, 33
QB's just aren't declining like they used to... the decline of the decline?
They'll get a few years out of him.
(I didn't include Eli because, well, he looked like he declined... a lot.)
SteelerFanatic
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I think Aaron rodgers is the next Peyton Manning. Never got his full potential out. Manning should have won way more super bowls than he did.
Johndicezx9
Rolls with it...
I actually think a comparison to Favre is more appropriate, and not just because he's in GB.
P Manning made made it 4 Super Bowls, no easy feat. OK, he lost 2.
Favre made it 2, he lost 1, but never made it back in the 10 more years he played. Sure, he set all kinds of individual records, but never got another chance in the SB.
Rogers made it to one, and won, but that is now 7 years ago. GB is going through a house cleaning right now. McCarthy's still there, but Capers (DC) is out, and a few other coaches were let go as well on the offensive side, and this under a new GM. We never saw the Packers play without Favre once he started, but without Rogers, that team was awful, and they knew it. It may take another couple of years for them to get back, especially with Minnesota now in their way. I'll be curious to see how Rogers adjusts his game as he ages, and if the team around him can get him there.
SteelerFanatic
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Yeah, I think that's a good point.
I definitely agree that Favre's teams were better than Rodgers'. But Rodgers almost anywhere else would have been better than the Packers let him be. Honestly, I think him with the Vikings or Detroit would have been great for the game of football.
I definitely agree that Favre's teams were better than Rodgers'. But Rodgers almost anywhere else would have been better than the Packers let him be. Honestly, I think him with the Vikings or Detroit would have been great for the game of football.
Ridley
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Rodgers should have been in SF, which is where he originally wanted to play...being from NorCal and all.
I've always liked Rodgers, by all accounts he is a genuinely good person, the kind of role model that athletes should be.
Ridley
Well-known member
Absolutely correct. However, SF is where he wanted to go when he was drafted, but Smith was chosen instead. If Grop plays like he did in his 5 starts last year, the 9ers have found their QB.
Bowling4Bikes
Steee-riiike!
haha...reminds me of Grawp, Hagrid's half-brother from harry potter. I like that nickname
I remember when I first moved here twelve years ago, before I became familiar with American sports, I said to kids in middle school "Surely the yankees will win the super bowel this year." Never been ridiculed in my life as much as that moment 
Bay Arean
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Alex Smith has a permanent black cloud over his fortunes. It's so weird. He can be so damn good but things just never work out. I was really hoping this was his year but I think this was it, the peak. It's like he's paying for somebody else's bad karma....cause I don't think he ever hurt anybody. He seems like a really good guy, but I wouldn't be surprised if he's kind of a bitter. I would have a hard time handling the shit that's come his way.
Ridley
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At the end of the day he is a very young man that has been given millions to play a game, I don’t feel sorry for him. OTOH, he has earned more respect than what he has been given as an athlete.
Bay Arean
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I know what you mean, but there is just some exceptional bad luck involved within the context of an NFL QB career. Plenty of guys have to play backup, but he really is a starter that cannot advance, for whatever reason. If Kaep had gone on and won the SB and not turned into a failed prospect, it would have put Smith's ignominous treatment into an understandable paradigm. I think people, even here, have tried to put it in the context of faulting his play but this last year, he played really well but the team ultimately failed him.
But yes, he has a fortune compared to me which will enrich his family for multiple generations if handled correctly.
I often refer to the Warriors as "my favorite bunch of millionaires' in the same spirit.
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FXCLM5
bombaclaud
for your track bikeSmith career was never on his teammates.
It was always coaching, check his stats pre harbaugh era and look at how many offensive coordinators he went through.
And coaching did nothing to help Smith when Kelsey got taken out in 1st half. Fukn BB lost his te and it didn't stop them.
It was always coaching, check his stats pre harbaugh era and look at how many offensive coordinators he went through.
And coaching did nothing to help Smith when Kelsey got taken out in 1st half. Fukn BB lost his te and it didn't stop them.
Smith also ducked out due to injury for the better part of a season as well.
I’ll agree that he has had a tough time of it throughout his career and hasn’t gotten the credit he deserves. He hasn’t always been the player we’ve seen over the past seven or so seasons.
I’ll agree that he has had a tough time of it throughout his career and hasn’t gotten the credit he deserves. He hasn’t always been the player we’ve seen over the past seven or so seasons.
Climber
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49ers’ Terrell Owens voted to Hall of Fame; John Lynch still waiting
Certainly a troubled bunch going into the Hall of Fame in this year...
Ridley
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Urlacher, troubling? Nonsense!