Well they had a hell of a year, and were one of only 4 teams playing today.
It was a good run and I’ll have a toast to the Packers
It’s just a game, and an entertaining one at that.
A missed call early cost them the game, but it’s not uncommon and they way the cookie crumbles. You win some, you lose some
WHOA!
Spoken like true Vikes fan. 
No, a true Viking fan would want the whole team fired from the top to the water boy.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Eelpoutguy wrote:</div>
No, a true Viking fan would want the whole team fired from the top to the water boy.
OK, got it.
Tip of the cap to the 🐐 GOAT! He’s now won the NFC as many times as Brees or Rodgers.
As for Green Bay, you can blame a lot of things. Maybe if they drafted a weapon instead of projects in Love and Dillon, they would have gotten over the hump this year. Or Lafleur didn’t pucker up scared and kick a fg. Or their 12th player in stripes helped like usual. At the end it just doesn’t matter another wasted year off of Rodgers illustrious career, at least it was to the GOAT this time.
Watching Buffalo/KC game and Nance and Romo are way better to listen to than Cowboy Troy and Buck that’s for sure.
Maybe if they drafted a weapon instead of projects in Love and Dillon, they would have gotten over the hump this year.
Initially I thought drafting Love was ok. As a Vikings fan used to not having great QB’s I kind of admire the longevity and overlap of good QB’s in Green Bay. And who knows, maybe in a few years Love is QB with 19 straight all-pro seasons. However, drafting for the future and not necessarily “win now” could have cost them. Could you imagine if GB had found a way to draft Jerry Jeudy or Justin Jefferson or Henry Ruggs or CeeDee Lamb in the first round?
Tip of the cap to the 🐐 GOAT! He’s now won the NFC as many times as Brees or Rodgers.
As for Green Bay, you can blame a lot of things. Maybe if they drafted a weapon instead of projects in Love and Dillon, they would have gotten over the hump this year. Or Lafleur didn’t pucker up scared and kick a fg. Or their 12th player in stripes helped like usual. At the end it just doesn’t matter another wasted year off of Rodgers illustrious career, at least it was to the GOAT this time.
i’ve never seen a team that gets more breaks from the stripes then the packers!!!!!!!!
This was in The Athletic after the game. Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger. 
Following Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay in the NFC Championship Game, Aaron Rodgers told reporters, “A lot of guys’ futures (are) uncertain, myself included.”
Asked about how to move forward after the loss, the team’s second straight in the conference championship, Rodgers replied, “I don’t know, I really don’t.”
“A lot of unknowns going into this offseason now,” he added. “I am going to have to take some time away for sure and clear my head and see what is going on with everything, but it is pretty tough right now.”
Rodgers, 37, has three years remaining on a four-year, $134 million extension he signed in August 2018, a deal that was restructured in December 2019 to create cap space. He is set to count $37.6 million against the Packers’ cap next season, which would convert to a dead-money charge of $31.6 million if he is not on Green Bay’s roster.
The Packers traded up to take a quarterback, Jordan Love, in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft last April.
Asked if Rodgers will be back next season, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said, “I sure as hell hope so. … Hell yeah, he better be back here.”
Down by eight with 4:42 to go on Sunday, LaFleur decided to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 8 with 2:05 to play instead of going for the touchdown. The Packers did not receive the ball again and fell to the Buccaneers 31-26.
Rodgers said afterward, “It wasn’t my decision, but I understand the thinking.” He added, “I thought maybe we were gonna have four chances to go.”
Rodgers’ tone
Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer: Rodgers’ tone itself wasn’t all that surprising since the Packers just suffered a crushing loss one game short of the Super Bowl. He was short with his answers when he’s normally the opposite. He spoke in a somber tone when this season he’s been cheerful, upbeat and optimistic.
But neither of those aspects are surprising. Any human would be like that if they went through what Rodgers just did. It wasn’t HOW he spoke that caught me slightly by surprise, it was WHAT he said.
What was most surprising?
Schneidman: The sentence that surprised me most from Rodgers’ postgame press conference was this line, when discussing the uncertainty of how the Packers will look in the future: “A lot of guys’ futures are uncertain, myself included.”
More than maybe any athlete on planet Earth, Rodgers knows exactly what he’s saying with every word. Each syllable has a purpose. He doesn’t just spit words into a microphone for the heck of it. If he undoubtedly thought he’d be the Packers QB next season, he wouldn’t have said that.
What are Rodgers’ options?
Schneidman: Rodgers could demand a trade if he thinks the organization wants to move on from him either before this upcoming season or even after the 2021 season and disagrees strongly enough with their plans. Remember, he’s under contract through the 2023 season.
And quite frankly, no Packer fan would blame him because it would be foolish for general manager Brian Gutekunst to do anything but ensure Rodgers wants to play in Green Bay. Rodgers would deserve better from the only franchise he’s ever known if this hypothetical, for some reason, comes to fruition.
This was in The Athletic after the game. Don’t shoot me, I’m just the messenger.
Following Sunday’s loss to Tampa Bay in the NFC Championship Game, Aaron Rodgers told reporters, “A lot of guys’ futures (are) uncertain, myself included.”
Asked about how to move forward after the loss, the team’s second straight in the conference championship, Rodgers replied, “I don’t know, I really don’t.”
“A lot of unknowns going into this offseason now,” he added. “I am going to have to take some time away for sure and clear my head and see what is going on with everything, but it is pretty tough right now.”
Rodgers, 37, has three years remaining on a four-year, $134 million extension he signed in August 2018, a deal that was restructured in December 2019 to create cap space. He is set to count $37.6 million against the Packers’ cap next season, which would convert to a dead-money charge of $31.6 million if he is not on Green Bay’s roster.
The Packers traded up to take a quarterback, Jordan Love, in the first round of the 2020 NFL Draft last April.
Asked if Rodgers will be back next season, Packers coach Matt LaFleur said, “I sure as hell hope so. … Hell yeah, he better be back here.”
Down by eight with 4:42 to go on Sunday, LaFleur decided to kick a field goal on fourth-and-goal from the 8 with 2:05 to play instead of going for the touchdown. The Packers did not receive the ball again and fell to the Buccaneers 31-26.
Rodgers said afterward, “It wasn’t my decision, but I understand the thinking.” He added, “I thought maybe we were gonna have four chances to go.”
Rodgers’ tone
Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer: Rodgers’ tone itself wasn’t all that surprising since the Packers just suffered a crushing loss one game short of the Super Bowl. He was short with his answers when he’s normally the opposite. He spoke in a somber tone when this season he’s been cheerful, upbeat and optimistic.But neither of those aspects are surprising. Any human would be like that if they went through what Rodgers just did. It wasn’t HOW he spoke that caught me slightly by surprise, it was WHAT he said.
What was most surprising?
Schneidman: The sentence that surprised me most from Rodgers’ postgame press conference was this line, when discussing the uncertainty of how the Packers will look in the future: “A lot of guys’ futures are uncertain, myself included.”More than maybe any athlete on planet Earth, Rodgers knows exactly what he’s saying with every word. Each syllable has a purpose. He doesn’t just spit words into a microphone for the heck of it. If he undoubtedly thought he’d be the Packers QB next season, he wouldn’t have said that.
What are Rodgers’ options?
Schneidman: Rodgers could demand a trade if he thinks the organization wants to move on from him either before this upcoming season or even after the 2021 season and disagrees strongly enough with their plans. Remember, he’s under contract through the 2023 season.And quite frankly, no Packer fan would blame him because it would be foolish for general manager Brian Gutekunst to do anything but ensure Rodgers wants to play in Green Bay. Rodgers would deserve better from the only franchise he’s ever known if this hypothetical, for some reason, comes to fruition.
He’s not lying about players’ uncertainty. The league’s cap is projected to be $20-25 million lower next season than this year. Without making a single move, many teams in the league will actually have to cut contracts to make the cap (Packers and Vikings included). Veteran QBs with heavily guaranteed contracts may have more leverage than ever before with an even more inflated percentage of the teams expenditures going to them and no “out” but to absorb dead cap $. Lafleur and the front office will either have to offer Rodgers a seat at the table making more personel decisions in exchange for adding flexibility to his contract, or play a season with him holding a hypothetical gun to their heads. Note the Packers won’t be the only team in this position.
Covid’s impact on NFL revenue hasn’t begun to be realized for most yet. For mediocre teams whose owners have focused more on their own pockets first in the past, they could be in for some dark seasons the next couple years depending on what the reduced cap structure agreement looks like.
Just a side note, The drafting of Love was done by the GM alone, he blindsided everyone even his head coach, why I have no idea. It was reported several weeks ago by ESPN I think.
What are Rodgers’ options?
Schneidman: Rodgers could demand a trade if he thinks the organization wants to move on from him either before this upcoming season or even after the 2021 season and disagrees strongly enough with their plans. Remember, he’s under contract through the 2023 season.
And quite frankly, no Packer fan would blame him because it would be foolish for general manager Brian Gutekunst to do anything but ensure Rodgers wants to play in Green Bay. Rodgers would deserve better from the only franchise he’s ever known if this hypothetical, for some reason, comes to fruition.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
I can see the yards signs in Cheesetown now “Erin Who?”
Lot of speculation, If traded, maybe we could get another super bowl team for years to come like the Cowboys did in in the Hershey squirts trade with the Vikings….
It’s the exact wrong time to trade a star unless you can find a team that’s crazy and willing. The value of draft picks is skyrocketing with each year and every new guaranteed contract signed. Those 4 years (with a 5th year option) are more crucial than ever if the cap sinks. Prying away a pile of picks is going to be difficult.
My wager is that Rodgers goes nowhere and the media cools on the drama, but Rodgers gains more leverage behind the scenes on personel decisions. They will resign Linsley and roll back mostly the same team minus Aaron Jones, King who is a walking injury, a cut Preston Smith, and Lazard. They will draft a WR (or TE if Tonyan is too spendy) of Rodgers approval along with more defense and stay quiet in free agency due to the cap. I think they win 10 games with a much tougher schedule and the Vikes squeak out the North with 11 and an easier schedule.
I think Free Agency could be crazy for many with teams needing to dump huge quantities of cap space. There’s some medicore teams who have to cut, and may just literally hit reset while having the scapegoat of “Covid” and “Salary Cap” tied together fresh in everyone’s minds. Covid could make some of these veteran contracts very tough to swallow. Imagine having an aging Matt Ryan at the helm with a dead cap space number of $49 million if you cut his $23 million dollar guaranteed contract. The Saints are believed to be over $75 million over the cap. Even if Brees retires, they will have to tear a lot apart. Stafford will leave Detroit whether by discounted trade or being cut along with their top WRs being free agents. Garoppolo should be out in SF as a cap casualty if they can find a veteran to go for a ring. The Colts are veteran shopping. The Steelers could easily “blame the Covid Cap” and tear it down without Roethlisberger. Don’t buy your kids a new jersey of their favorite star this off-season. It could be a gamble.
i’ve never seen a team that gets more breaks from the stripes then the packers!!!!!!!!
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Explain to me how the Packers got the breaks from the stripes???
Did you watch the game?
Watching Buffalo/KC game and Nance and Romo are way better to listen to than Cowboy Troy and Buck that’s for sure.
Agreed, not sure who’s calling the Super Bowl but Nance and Romo would be fun to listen to.
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mxskeeter wrote:</div>
Explain to me how the Packers got the breaks from the stripes???
Did you watch the game?Refs “let them play” alllll afternoon, like when Lazard was held on Rodgers interception. Or when Gary was held on a big 3rd down conversion. How many flags were thrown in the secondary all game? Then with the game on the line a ref threw a flag very, very late to bail out Brady’s awful overthrow.
Oh, wait. They’re just Vikings fans who only find enjoyment when the packers lose big games because their team isnt good enough to get to one. Ignore their nonsense mxskeeter
What are talking about? We just lost a big game two years ago! We lose big games all the time, it’s what we’re good at!
It would be worse with back to back HOF quarterbacks.
Maybe he could be on the bachelor, or sell insurance!!
Relax, Green Bay will have him next year and they will be a good team again. As I Vikings fan I can empathize with the underachieving of the last 30 years with HOF quarterbacks, It has to hurt with only 2 big ones. But The difference is I know the Vikings will go down in flames every year, packer fans expect the SB year after year and anything less is a failure.
If this doesn’t show Brady is the absolute best ever to play I don’t know what will. I think this is his 10th Super Bowl. No one has even come close.
Go pack go 
What I find ironic is that this is a Packers thread and Vikings fans come on here to troll and bark which is seemingly not cool by the very exact Packers fans who go on the Vikings threads to troll and bark.
You reap what you sow. 
<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>mxskeeter wrote:</div>
Watching Buffalo/KC game and Nance and Romo are way better to listen to than Cowboy Troy and Buck that’s for sure.Agreed, not sure who’s calling the Super Bowl but Nance and Romo would be fun to listen to.
CBS is doing the Super Bowl so yes, Nantz and Romo are calling it because they are the first team for CBS. Fox, NBC, and CBS rotate every 3 years on the Super Bowl announcing.
Maybe the best thing that could have happened was for Rodgers to lose to Brady. Bellichek has to be just fuming with all the talk that this proves it was all Brady and not him. And the Pats are in serious need for a QB. I can see Belli forcing a trade for Rodgers to prove he is the reason for all the Pats wins.
That said, any team trading for Rodgers will be giving up too much talent, and will be the same as the Packers of the past 10 years. Pack had a 2 year window with the good draft picks the past 5 years. Now they have to pay the Piper, and if the cap goes down, it will even be worse.
Free agents – Lindsey and Taylor off the OL. Jones and Williams out of the backfield. Larzard and Tunyon as receivers. King, Redman and Sullivan from the D secondary. Along with about 15 other players. Going to be a completely different team next year, and I predict a new QB as well. Start over.
Congratulations to the bucs the defense did exactly what they needed to win. They even gave the pack some extra chances to win. Ok back to fishing
Congratulations to the bucs the defense did exactly what they needed to win. They even gave the pack some extra chances to win. Ok back to fishing
Explain to me how the Packers got the breaks from the stripes???
Did you watch the game?
[/quote]yea i did…….even the official from the NFL said that flag needed to be thrown when Tyler Johnson was held!!!!
and its just a little poke is all……..i enjoy watching rodgers play……except against the vikes!!!
The Bucs did what they had to do to win the game, and Brady is no doubt the GOAT. No excuses, no blaming refs, calls went both ways. Hoping for a good Super Bowl. I think KC will win it. They’re just a better team overall.
Why do people think that Rodgers talent/skill/tenure is being wasted? Because he’s only won 1 super bowl? I’m genuinely interested in the perspective from a Packers fan point of view. I don’t think he’s being wasted at all. How many winning seasons, how many division titles, 2nd all time now with playoff wins, 2 MVPs (and a third likely), first ballot Hall of Fame, etc. Just because he can’t win more than one super bowl doesn’t mean his time in Green Bay is being wasted. I mean really the only time during his tenure when Green Bay is not at least a playoff team is when he gets hurt.
Why do people think that Rodgers talent/skill/tenure is being wasted? Because he’s only won 1 super bowl? I’m genuinely interested in the perspective from a Packers fan point of view. I don’t think he’s being wasted at all. How many winning seasons, how many division titles, 2nd all time now with playoff wins, 2 MVPs (and a third likely), first ballot Hall of Fame, etc. Just because he can’t win more than one super bowl doesn’t mean his time in Green Bay is being wasted. I mean really the only time during his tenure when Green Bay is not at least a playoff team is when he gets hurt.
I agree with your assessment. The only area I see he’s been shorted a little is the Packer’s not drafting any stud wide receivers. He’s made a lot of mediocre receivers look pretty good.
Packers should have been flagged for a hit on Brady (hit in head then thrown down) and #77 jumping (false start not called) on a key play in the 2nd half.
The call on the jersey grab on King vs. Johnson was blatent and obvious. If that doesn’t get called, then there is no such thing as PI or defensive holding. Flag came in late because the ref was downfield and was the only one to have a very clear view of the infraction.
Plus, did you see Rodgers bitching and yelling at the official over on the sidelines? Only a few QB’s could do that and not get flagged…he is one of them.
My only regret is that only ~9,000 Packer fans were allowed to experience that heartbreak in person…there was room for another ~72,000. 
Scott
But, Rodgers is slam-dunk the MVP of the league. And, we’d love him if he was a Viking.
Scott
ARodge would look good in purple!
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