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OT: Non-Hockey Sports Thread XII - Time for a new QB! (Percy Harvin Edition)

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57special said:
Signing Rodgers would cause the Vikings to revert to their old standby of picking up QB's when they are way past their prime. We did it with Cunningham, Moon, Favre, McNabb, etc. I want to try to get a franchise QB that will be with the team for the next 10 years. If it doesn't work out, I'm fine with it, but bringing in rodgers would be a mistake, IMO.
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Don't forget Jeff George, Gus Frerotte and Jim McMahon
 
Barf. Oh well, if he looks bad early on they can bench him and put JJ in. Would rather pay another backup 10M, and use the 25M to further beef up the roster. Rodgers WAS a great QB... he isn't now. Just an overopinionated, aged athlete with a big ego. Yuck.
 
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57special said:
Barf. Oh well, if he looks bad early on they can bench him and put JJ in. Would rather pay another backup 10M, and use the 25M to further beef up the roster. Rodgers WAS a great QB... he isn't now. Just an overopinionated, aged athlete with a big ego. Yuck.
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Explain this statement using statistics.
 
Digitalbooya said:
Strong disagree.
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Just to be clear, you think his talent outweighs his baggage, correct?
Or are you saying that he doesn't come with baggage?

I'll explain why I think his baggage surpasses what talent he has left. He's a "Me First" player. He needed his WRs, Coaches to come with him even though they were mediocre at best. He didn't participate in OTAs because he's better than them. If you want to gel with your teammates, you need to be around them. Practicing with them.

He's more interested in going on podcasts and promoting his wild conspiracy theories. The Jets, supposedly, gave him an ultimatum regarding so.
 
Minnewildsota said:
Just to be clear, you think his talent outweighs his baggage, correct?
Or are you saying that he doesn't come with baggage?

I'll explain why I think his baggage surpasses what talent he has left. He's a "Me First" player. He needed his WRs, Coaches to come with him even though they were mediocre at best. He didn't participate in OTAs because he's better than them. If you want to gel with your teammates, you need to be around them. Practicing with them.

He's more interested in going on podcasts and promoting his wild conspiracy theories. The Jets, supposedly, gave him an ultimatum regarding so.
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I'm saying he is a vastly superior quarterback compared to JJ McCarthy for this upcoming season.

Rodgers' baggage doesn't bother me much. He isn't going to be pulling coaches or players in with him in Minnesota. He was at OTAs last year for the jets. And you know what, being around Aaron Jones again would be good for Rodgers. It's good to have a solid dude you can trust and is already built into the system.

Nobody should care if he goes on a podcast. If you're getting bent out of shape about it, you can feel free to join me in not listening to the podcast. :)
 
Digitalbooya said:
I'm saying he is a vastly superior quarterback compared to JJ McCarthy for this upcoming season.

Rodgers' baggage doesn't bother me much. He isn't going to be pulling coaches or players in with him in Minnesota. He was at OTAs last year for the jets. And you know what, being around Aaron Jones again would be good for Rodgers. It's good to have a solid dude you can trust and is already built into the system.

Nobody should care if he goes on a podcast. If you're getting bent out of shape about it, you can feel free to join me in not listening to the podcast. :)
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Oh, I don't listen to The McAfee Show. I've just seen snippets, for better or worse.

My concern, again, is he is a Me First person, which seems to go against what KOC is trying to build, and has built, with the team.

Are you sure he was part of OTAs? I thought he skipped them and ended up doing his dumb Netflix special on holistic healing or whatever.
 
Minnewildsota said:
Oh, I don't listen to The McAfee Show. I've just seen snippets, for better or worse.

My concern, again, is he is a Me First person, which seems to go against what KOC is trying to build, and has built, with the team.

Are you sure he was part of OTAs? I thought he skipped them and ended up doing his dumb Netflix special on holistic healing or whatever.
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Justin Jefferson is a Me First player.

It was minicamp, which is basically like OTAs, where he missed 2 days after being there for the first 10 days.
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Rodgers on absence: Minicamp tag is 'deceiving'

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers downplayed skipping the team's mandatory minicamp, insisting minicamps nowadays are just glorified OTA practices.
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"They can arbitrarily put a tag on whatever week of OTAs they want and say, 'This is the minicamp week,' which makes it somehow more mandatory than the other weeks," Rodgers said on the latest episode of Barstool's "Pardon My Take" podcast, which was published Monday morning. "But it was an OTA schedule. That's how words can be a little deceiving from time to time. They can make a story out of the fact that I missed minicamp, but it was really two OTA days, but came to the first 10."

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Teams have scaled back, though minicamp still is considered a "mandatory" event, according to the collective bargaining agreement. Rodgers sparked a controversy June 11 when he didn't report for the start of a two-day minicamp. Coach Robert Saleh called it an "unexcused" absence and said Rodgers was subject to a fine, as stipulated by the collective bargaining agreement. At the same time, Saleh said he supported Rodgers' decision, adding the four-time MVP had communicated his plans well in advance.
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According to another article, he had planned that trip to Egypt with some friends and they had used the previous year’s offseason schedule to determine that it was safe to plan it during that time. He was fined for not being at minicamp and life went on.

I get you’re super opinionated about his way of life, but watching the series on Netflix showed that he has some trauma and issues with perfectionism and he is trying anything and everything to deal with that. I’ve read/listened to enough Brenè Brown books about those issues to tone down my judgement of him in that regard. It is what it is.

Rodgers 100% cares about his legacy. Adding a second Super Bowl would elevate his legacy, especially if he does it on a team that has never won a Super Bowl. He will be locked in if he signs a contract with Minnesota.
 
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