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Aaron Rodgers: year 21

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Oct 25, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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I'd say it was the biggest blunder in NFL drafting history only behind Ditka trading the farm for Ricky Williams. Drafting Alex the bust over Aaron Rodgers. Ironic that he's played most of his career for a coach that vouched not to pick up with that pick…
Oct 25, 2026 at 8:39 PM
He would never have been what he became with the dysfunction we had at that time.
Oct 27, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Originally posted by _Goldblooded_:
He would never have been what he became with the dysfunction we had at that time.

Yea he would. Thats a classic Alexcuse.
Oct 27, 2026 at 7:33 AM
AArod would NEVER survive the dark age niners. That oline was TRASH. IMO it would've been the same outcome either way. Reverse the roles, Alex goes to Green Bay. You might have the same outcome BUT Alex isn't as mentally unstable as AArod.

BTW Rodgers only SB was due to Charles Woodson saving the day.

and his playstyle? BORING AF until he got the lead:
1st down:draw / run
2nd down: screen/playaction bomb usually getting a flag or decent yardage.
3rd down: Checkdown/ cutback for the 1st/ Short slant for the 1st/ Bomb hoping for the flag. Usually got it.

Green Bay was already STACKED when Rodgers landed there. Yet still could only muster up ONE SB win.Poster boy, yet ONE SB win.
[ Edited by TonyStarks on Oct 27, 2026 at 7:34 AM ]
Oct 27, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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Originally posted by TonyStarks:
AArod would NEVER survive the dark age niners. That oline was TRASH. IMO it would've been the same outcome either way. Reverse the roles, Alex goes to Green Bay. You might have the same outcome BUT Alex isn't as mentally unstable as AArod.

BTW Rodgers only SB was due to Charles Woodson saving the day.

and his playstyle? BORING AF until he got the lead:
1st down:draw / run
2nd down: screen/playaction bomb usually getting a flag or decent yardage.
3rd down: Checkdown/ cutback for the 1st/ Short slant for the 1st/ Bomb hoping for the flag. Usually got it.

Green Bay was already STACKED when Rodgers landed there. Yet still could only muster up ONE SB win.Poster boy, yet ONE SB win.

Comeon man. Rodgers at one point was top 3 QB in the league for at least half a decade. Some guys just have the it factor. Sure he may not have climbed the ranks as fast as he did in GB during the dark ages, but it's comical to think that his progression (or lack thereof) would be along the same plane as Alex Smith. Alex Smith was always a hesitant check down backup style QB. A liability on the offense for many years. Fans were just too homer to admit it until he left.
Oct 28, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Originally posted by xcfan:
What could've been. . .
If we had drafted him, on opening day, a new dad would've been holding his baby son clad in 9ers jammies.
Today, he'd be sharing beers with his 21 year old son, and watching the game.
What could've been. . .

Are you lamenting the trade up for JJ Stokes and how we lost out on Ray Lewis as a result?

I get we absolutely should've picked Rodgers but sheesh.
Oct 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by xcfan:
What could've been. . .
If we had drafted him, on opening day, a new dad would've been holding his baby son clad in 9ers jammies.
Today, he'd be sharing beers with his 21 year old son, and watching the game.
What could've been. . .

Are you lamenting the trade up for JJ Stokes and how we lost out on Ray Lewis as a result?

I get we absolutely should've picked Rodgers but sheesh.
JJ Stokes was drafted in 1995, Ray Lewis in 96, besides we had Ken Norton Jr and Lee Woodall while being an offensive oriented team . But would've been nice, I'm sure every other team that was picking before the Ravens regrets not drafting him. The Aaron Rodgers miss is way worse because he had NoCal roots and wanted to play here. Plus we drafted Alex Smith who wasn't as good to say the least over him.

Edit-did the 95 trade up cost us our 96 1st round pick and we were ahead of the Ravens?
[ Edited by RiceOwensStokes on Oct 28, 2026 at 12:23 PM ]
Oct 29, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Originally posted by RiceOwensStokes:
Originally posted by LifelongNiner:
Originally posted by xcfan:
What could've been. . .
If we had drafted him, on opening day, a new dad would've been holding his baby son clad in 9ers jammies.
Today, he'd be sharing beers with his 21 year old son, and watching the game.
What could've been. . .

Are you lamenting the trade up for JJ Stokes and how we lost out on Ray Lewis as a result?

I get we absolutely should've picked Rodgers but sheesh.
JJ Stokes was drafted in 1995, Ray Lewis in 96, besides we had Ken Norton Jr and Lee Woodall while being an offensive oriented team . But would've been nice, I'm sure every other team that was picking before the Ravens regrets not drafting him. The Aaron Rodgers miss is way worse because he had NoCal roots and wanted to play here. Plus we drafted Alex Smith who wasn't as good to say the least over him.

Edit-did the 95 trade up cost us our 96 1st round pick and we were ahead of the Ravens?

The pick the Ravens got from us was used to get Lewis.

And the point of the post is why are we still upset over two decades old stuff? What's the cut off- hence me bringing up the Stokes/Lewis thing.
[ Edited by LifelongNiner on Oct 29, 2026 at 10:10 AM ]
Oct 29, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by _Goldblooded_:
He would never have been what he became with the dysfunction we had at that time.

Yea he would. Thats a classic Alexcuse.

Its not for certain either way. Aaron sat behind Farve for 3 whole years before he got his first start in year 4 taking over a team that went 13-3 the previous year. Alex got to sit behind Tim Rattay and Ken Dorsey for a handful of games and then was thrown into the fire. I don't think Rodgers would have had all that early success he had if he was drafted here. But yes he'd be good regardless.



Oct 29, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Originally posted by miked1978:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by _Goldblooded_:
He would never have been what he became with the dysfunction we had at that time.

Yea he would. Thats a classic Alexcuse.

Its not for certain either way. Aaron sat behind Farve for 3 whole years before he got his first start in year 4 taking over a team that went 13-3 the previous year. Alex got to sit behind Tim Rattay and Ken Dorsey for a handful of games and then was thrown into the fire. I don't think Rodgers would have had all that early success he had if he was drafted here. But yes he'd be good regardless.




Circumstances might have been different, but assuming the same trends and same rosters for both, no way Harbs benches Rodgers for Kaepernick. And we most likely have 2-3 SBs in that era if Rodgers was our starter.
Oct 29, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by miked1978:
Originally posted by DrEll:
Originally posted by _Goldblooded_:
He would never have been what he became with the dysfunction we had at that time.

Yea he would. Thats a classic Alexcuse.

Its not for certain either way. Aaron sat behind Farve for 3 whole years before he got his first start in year 4 taking over a team that went 13-3 the previous year. Alex got to sit behind Tim Rattay and Ken Dorsey for a handful of games and then was thrown into the fire. I don't think Rodgers would have had all that early success he had if he was drafted here. But yes he'd be good regardless.




Circumstances might have been different, but assuming the same trends and same rosters for both, no way Harbs benches Rodgers for Kaepernick. And we most likely have 2-3 SBs in that era if Rodgers was our starter.
nah Rodgers would have been a bust and never heard of again
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