SI.com has a great article about Aaron Rodgers with respect to his infamous fall in the 2005 draft.
I don’t think that any of us who watched that first round were watching Rodgers with any personal interest (at least not in our capacity as Packer fans). We were, at that time, comfortably situated with Iron Man Favre at the helm, unquestionably one of the best quarterbacks in the league, and our future with him seemed long and bright. We had an assortment of team needs, but the QB position wasn’t among them. Certainly not in the first round!
It was only as a generic sports and human interest story, therefore, that we watched with pity as this poor kid from California got passed over by team after team. After a while, it had the awkward look of the last kid picked for a playground kickball game. Remember how they moved him, in a sort of television version of euthanasia, to a different room, where his humiliation would ostensibly be lessened?
The SI.com article focuses especially on one particular team that passed him up. The team that he wanted to play for, the team that was in his backyard, the team that seemed most likely to take him, and ironically the team that had an offensive coordinator named Mike McCarthy -- the San Francisco 49ers. In the wake of Rodgers’ epic playoff performance on Saturday night, the author tracks the divergent paths of Rodgers and the 49ers since 2005 to where each one is at today.
It’s good reading -- at least in Wisconsin!
Meanwhile, Mike & Mike reported an encouraging statistic this morning… Addressing the concern that Rodgers might be comparatively ineffectual in the cold and muck of Soldier Field, they reported that, in cold-weather games, Rodgers has thrown 25 TDs with only 5 INTs, with an average of 303 yards per game, and over a 100 quarterback rating.
So not much to worry about, it seems, from the elements. Much more to worry about, however, from the Bears defense. ‘More about that as the big day approaches.
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