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First of all, even though I am a die hard Cowboys fan I always liked Aaron Rodgers and believed in his ability. He had a good season last year even with a losing record and last night CONFIRMED my belief because when the game was on the line HE DELIVERED BIG! This is why a team will PAY for great talent to go with a young qb...Jennings was already a great receiver but with Rodgers under center they can be one of the most explosive duos in the league. Aaron is mature beyond his years and even when people ignored him because Jay landed in Chicago he went about his business and rallied his team. He's the real deal and will only get better-no interceptions! Thompson did a great job on both sides of the football-congratulations to Aaron and HIS packers team. He got it done when it mattered!

agreed 100%

Another Cowboy fan here, but you already know that Godsson.....lol............I agree with Vee about Rogers. He's going to be good. Not saying he's not already, but he still has some growing to do. I like his potential.

They lost 7 plus game by 4 points orunder last year? Getting over that hump was HUGE and a confidence builder for Rodgers... I can't wait for their Monday night game in week 4!!!

Soft or not, he came through in the clutch. As a bears fan, I can easily admit that..Rodgers is the best QB in the North and possibly the NFC. The last deep ball he threw was a thing of beauty..though I wish he'd overthrown it..

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Originally posted 06:04 PM ET  09.14 by bgduece

I must be blind...until Urlacher got hurt...and with 4 turnovers (five really, fake punt fiasco)the Packers were beat in aspect of the game, and lucked up with a victory...Charmin is still soft...and if you offensive line does not improve, he will be joining Urlacher on the side...

Just a typical hater. stop saying what could be and just face the fact. yall lost. get over it. "charmin" isnt the one who got hurt. cry about ur lil ole mlb.

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Originally posted 06:04 PM ET  09.14 by bgduece

"...Charmin is still soft...and if you offensive line does not improve, he will be joining Urlacher on the side..."

I've known you a few months now, bg, but not during the season.

The Bears got beat.......fairly or not, they got beat. You should accept that, because you cannot change it now, can you? Saying all that you're saying amounts to nothing more than a hill of beans. All you're doing is creating hate and discontent, and for what reason? These guys had no more control over the outcome of the game than you did.

Calling their QB "Charmin" (and I'm assuming you are meaning the toilet paper, and another word for that is ass wipe) does no good at all. I know you dislike it when someone calls your team names and such.......these guys are no different.

Football is a game, plain and simple. You shouldn't take anything personal, nor should you make anything personal between fans.

Just saying.

Bull Shirt, I agree with your last entry completely. Name calling is petty and useless and it won't change a thing about that game-he did it with no fanfare attached. He is the best qb in that division and he is LOADED with weapons. The Pack spent the money to secure what he needed. Stop with the nonsense because he NOT soft at all, he's a tough qb that rallied his team and now everyone who ignored him knows what he can do. Once again CONGRATS to the Pack for winning and showing everyone how TOUGH their defense has become. That entry was nothing more than jealousy but the rest of us enjoy his potential.

I don't see the hype over a pass that was given to a wide open receiver? If you honestly are putting that one play into perspective over that entire game, fine, Bears lost. But Rodgers was rattled all game long. This was from a defensive team last year who ranked bottom 3/4.

Potential = Maybe

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Originally posted 10:25 PM ET  09.14 by Steveo16220 says: Hello Boston

I don't see the hype over a pass that was given to a wide open receiver? If you honestly are putting that one play into perspective over that entire game, fine, Bears lost. But Rodgers was rattled all game long. This was from a defensive team last year who ranked bottom 3/4.Potential = Maybe

It was still the first game of the season tho, Steveo. Everyone will have butterflies. I know I would have, had it been me there. Most starters don't play much during preseason, as you know, and when the first game comes, they're in it for real, so jitters and butterflies are usually the norm.

By the next game or two, starters will be more acclimated to it again.

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Originally posted 09:42 PM ET  09.14 by Vee#1

Bull Shirt, I agree with your last entry completely. Name calling is petty and useless and it won't change a thing about that game-he did it with no fanfare attached. He is the best qb in that division and he is LOADED with weapons. The Pack spent the money to secure what he needed. Stop with the nonsense because he NOT soft at all, he's a tough qb that rallied his team and now everyone who ignored him knows what he can do. Once again CONGRATS to the Pack for winning and showing everyone how TOUGH their defense has become. That entry was nothing more than jealousy but the rest of us enjoy his potential.

If he's not very good right now, he likely will be. He didn't get drafted to be a choir boy. Even Orlsovski, or whatever his name is, formerly of Detroit, was good enough to make the team, but his bone head play of running out of the end zone, trying to pass, was just that....a bonehead play. He must do something right to be on a professional team.

Tony Romo wasn't even drafted. I wonder how many teams would take him now, even if he has "choked" late in the season? I think he will get over that, now that Ms Hollywood is not trying to make him her boy toy anymore. Having winning seasons beats the alternative. Three consecutive 5-11 seasons sucks. I like our chances. The Bears and Packers should have good seasons as well.

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Originally posted 06:04 PM ET  09.14 by bgduece

I must be blind...until Urlacher got hurt...and with 4 turnovers (five really, fake punt fiasco)the Packers were beat in aspect of the game, and lucked up with a victory...Charmin is still soft...and if you offensive line does not improve, he will be joining Urlacher on the side...

yeah: lucked up with a victory....i mean those 4 interceptions had nothing to do with it, right?

This is so unique in every right. There was alot of people who ignored Aaron and now instead of admitting that he did it when it counted (heck, alot of qbs get beaten up during games and come back at the end) there seems to be an excuse for what he did. I hardly ever consider victories as luck but rather one side executed one more time. That's how I've always seen it...there's no need for WHINING about it because the game has been played and the play was executed. Their defense played better than alot of people thought because they decided that they worked better in a 3-4. Just like when alot of people proclaimed the bears had won the division because they got Jay...alot will now have to see that there's more to offer. You happily accepted the praise you got when you traded for him so please let the packers praise their qb for what he did that night.

The maturation of a quarterback is based on his skill in executing plays coupled with his ability to improvise when something goes wrong. Rodgers is not yet the complete quarterback because he has not yet been tested on the later.

On a different note, I found the Packer's play calling, with the exception of the third and one call (in which the blocking was all wrong) to be abismal. No matter how good Rodgers is or isn't, without better play calling, every team will have success against the Packer line.

For example, I did not see one slant pass thrown. I saw a few attempts at screens, but no attempts at checkdowns to running backs. Where was the fullback. He is the forgotten man on the team and they used him for blocking only. There should be two or three plays a game that involve the fullback to keep the linebackers honest. The Bears didn't need to account for him.

While I agree that Rodgers had an "off" night, if the play calling doesn't account for an "off" night, there might be more losses than otherwise anticipated.

Best Green Bay Packer quarterback Sunday night - Jay Cutler.

Pro football is still a boy's game played by men. Human men at that. They are apt to make mistakes, due to miscommunication, misreads, whatever. We, as fans, should know this. At the beginning of this game, it was a toss up. The Packers were fortunate to win, because of how both teams played, and how the ball bounced.

That's the whole fun of it. How fun would it have been if one team just demolished the other? Is that football?

No, football is competition, not one team going around with the best that money can buy and **** everyone they run across. What fun is it in that? No suspension, no drama........just.......well, execution in the more macabre sense of the word.

It's fine to be competitive......because that's the nature of men. But, if you don't win this one, maybe the next one. The operative word here is sportsmanship....being a good sportsman. If you lose, shake hands. If you win, shake hands. It costs nothing.

It's only a game.

I didn't know "c-r-e-a-m-i-n-g had to be censored.......^^^

Does my avatar make me look like a pig?

with dentures?

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Originally posted 06:37 PM ET  09.15 by Bull_Shirt

Does my avatar make me look like a pig?

You looked like a sea turtle