Green Bay Packers Coach Identifies One Significant Difference Between Two Packers Best Players

The Green Bay Packers are 5-6 after a 29-22 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving. Green Bay’s third victory in the last four games. Prior to their recent hot streak, the Packers had lost four consecutive games and appeared to be on a downward spiral.

The four-game losing streak was difficult to witness for a variety of reasons. Jordan Love not only made blunders, but his wide receivers did nothing to help. Dropped passes, incorrect routes, and penalties appeared to sap any momentum the offense might produce at any given time.

While some Packers supporters may like to forget, there was a poor run like this last year with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. The difference was that Rodgers had his cronies Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb to lean on (and the New York Jets are seeing firsthand how wonderfully it worked out).

Aaron Rodgers was quick to point the finger at his Green Bay Packers teammates and coaches.

Rodgers’ 2022 Packers fell 1-7 after starting the season 3-1, playing some of the dirtiest football of his career. But, to hear Rodgers tell it, as he did every Tuesday on The Pat McAfee Show, he was never at fault. It was always the rookies’ fault, or the coaches’ fault, or the fault of Brian Gutekunst.

And Rodgers was not afraid to criticize his teammates in the press or on the field. That had been the case for many years. Even the brilliant Davante Adams remembers committing the cardinal error of misreading a famed Rodgers hand gesture as a rookie. When the pass intended for him sailed out of bounds, Rodgers went on an expletive-laced rage before returning to the huddle. That day, even Ndamukong Suh felt horrible for Adams.

And, whether in the press or on the field, Rodgers was not afraid to criticize his teammates. That had been the case for a long time. Even the great Davante Adams recalls making the cardinal rookie blunder of misreading a famous Rodgers hand signal. Rodgers went on an expletive-laced rant after the throw intended for him sailed out of bounds before returning to the huddle. Even Ndamukong Suh felt bad for Adams that day.

Watson’s and his teammates rookie wide receivers’ (Romeo Doubs and Samori Toure) development was hampered in many ways because Rodgers refused to work with them until training camp (a period that Watson himself missed due to knee surgery). Sure, there was some development over the season, and Watson ended up having the finest rookie season of any wide receiver in the Aaron Rodgers era.

However, it could have been better. It ought to have been better.