Would Aaron Rodgers be this good on the 9ers?

Originally posted by glorydayz:

Nope, at this point he to would be kneeling for the national anthem.

The York's just kind of drive QB's to resort to this sort of behavior.

Too true! Also Rodgers had the luxury of learningfrom one of the greatests, not to mention same system, coaches etc. Not the same scenario here in SF

There's a problem with your question and the poll options. In your question you ask if Rodgers, as in he alone, would be as good on our team as he is on the Packers. But in the only positive poll choice you assume he alone would elevate the entire team to Packer status. Yes he would unquestionably make us better, and yes he is supremely talented, but no single player can make a team a perennial superbowl contender.

So to answer your question, would Aaron Rodgers be this good on the 9ers? Yes, if by "this good" you're referring to his individual performance. His talent is his alone. This is also assuming Nolan wouldn't have run him into the ground or having any career ending injuries or other major setbacks.

But would Rodgers make the 9ers on par as the Green Bay Packers? Not alone he wouldn't. Picturing him together with Harbaugh is a nice thought, though.

There is too much "butterfly effect" to give a simple answer.

If Rodgers was in the same spot as Smith when he started he probably doesn't develop into what he is today, but the Niners probably win a few more games.

This changes all further drafts, and coaching changes and opens up and unending amount of "what ifs?" to make my head spin.

The simple answer is yes, Rodgers is a more skilled, more instinctual QB and better suited to win no matter what team they're on. But if you threw him into the Niners mess of a team in 2005 and let Smith watch Brett Fabre for 3 years and perfect that offense there's no way to tell how different things could have been for each of them.

. . . and YOUR life would be better, too.

Yes. I bet he would be still be an elite QB in the league. When you are that good you are a self made starter. He has the combination of natural talent, instinct, work ethic that would have been present wherever he went. The 49ers for all their faults made a conscious effort to build a quality offensive line and running game, and they did so successfully. Paired with an Aaron Rodgers leading the aerial assault, we'd probably have a SB victory or two by now.

Originally posted by SofaKing:
Yes. I bet he would be still be an elite QB in the league. When you are that good you are a self made starter. He has the combination of natural talent, instinct, work ethic that would have been present wherever he yet. The 49ers for all their faults made a conscious effort to build a quality offensive line and running game, and they did so successfully. Paired with an Aaron Rodgers leading the aerial assault, we'd probably have a SB victory or two by now.

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He would still have been an elite NFL QB. I just dont think he would go down as a top 3 QB of all time which he very well might now.

Probably not:

After the Packers' losing season of Rodgers's rookie year, head coach Mike Sherman was fired and replaced by current head coach Mike McCarthy.[44][45] Rodgers was then placed in McCarthy's "Quarterback school" for six hours a day several times a week.[46] This focused on working on Rodgers's motor skills such as hand-eye coordination, finger dexterity, and mechanics.[42] McCarthy also worked on Rodgers's release point, moving it from right beside the ear hole of his helmet to further below it, to give him a smoother release.[34] Rodgers was also instructed to lower his body fat ratio from 15 percent to 12 percent.[42] Rodgers was resistant to the changes at first but later commented that he thought they were for the better.[46] During practice in 11-on-11 drills, Rodgers completed 62.7% of his passes with seven interceptions, and McCarthy commented that "He's getting better" and that "You're looking at a guy who's going to mature. He's got athletic ability that people still haven't seen."[34]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Rodgers

Which would not have happened in SF playing from day one with a revolving door of OC's. And knowing his personality he probably doesn't handle the adversity as well as Alex did and might not make it to Harbaugh.

if he just toughed it out until we got harbaugh, we likely win at least one or more super bowls with the elite defense we had. Harbaugh would still be coach and we would be in the playoffs every year.

Our defense carried us to the 3 NFC championship games and we only made it to SB once with both other games very close to the point that good QB play could have gotten us to the promise land. It's quite possible we make to all three SBs and win all three with him. He only has 1 right now and that is holding him back from being one of the best of all time.

The GM pick is vital to our future success!

100% would have been just as great if not better! Norv might not have left. If you think those early years almost a decade ago are what makes Arod who he is today then I have a bridge to sell you folks. You don't continue to grow better and better because of what Favre told you in practice 10 years ago while you were sitting on the bench with a notepad in hand, or by not having 4 different OCs during the beginning years. You get better every current day of your professional career. His ceiling was always higher than Alex. Just no one knew it at the time, but they did soon after. With a ceiling that high and his work ethic, there was no stopping this man. Now if you add a shoulder injury or some other stuff like that to it then m,aybe not but aside injury, he would have been even better probably, given our terrific defensive drafting during our SB window years.

Face it, even if Arod started day one in 2005, he still would have been a baller. by now we would have won at least 1 superbowl. We would have had Gore in his prime and V Davis and Crabs in their prime and Willis/Bowman/Cowboy/AldonSmith. 1000% we would have won.

If we drafted him from day one, I can't tell how well he would've been with the crappy coaching and WRs like Stokes, Battle, etc... lol!

With Harbaugh's teams, we probably would've won 2 more SBs and imo, the success would've kept Harbaugh in town.

During Tomsula / Kelly seasons, we could've won a few more games with him under center. We would still be mediocre, and not even Rodgers alone would've changed that.

The last two season have been very unfortunate for injured players, coaches and fans... Rodgers would have been a part of that bad luck and wouldn't have been the lucky rabbits foot who kept us above average.

Originally posted by Redeemer:
There's a problem with your question and the poll options. In your question you ask if Rodgers, as in he alone, would be as good on our team as he is on the Packers. But in the only positive poll choice you assume he alone would elevate the entire team to Packer status. Yes he would unquestionably make us better, and yes he is supremely talented, but no single player can make a team a perennial superbowl contender.

So to answer your question, would Aaron Rodgers be this good on the 9ers? Yes, if by "this good" you're referring to his individual performance. His talent is his alone. This is also assuming Nolan wouldn't have run him into the ground or having any career ending injuries or other major setbacks.

But would Rodgers make the 9ers on par as the Green Bay Packers? Not alone he wouldn't. Picturing him together with Harbaugh is a nice thought, though.

Sorry...didn't mean to create a problem...

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If Aaron was here Kyle wouldn't be!

Originally posted by OC49erLuVeR:
Sorry...didn't mean to create a problem...

I love reading everyone's response as it's interesting to see what everyone here thinks. Even from our moderator SofaKing We Todd It!

Originally posted by 951NINER:
If Aaron was here Kyle wouldn't be!

Do you mean we wouldn't have so much change in coaching staff if we had Aaron due to his "possible" success? Like we wouldn't need Kyle?