Nobody is hiding it, or pretending that’s not where they envision ending this season. Garrett Wilson, Allen Lazard and Rodgers all talked about this team’s Super Bowl expectations. Once the season starts, there won’t be anymore excuses. That’s what this time of the year is for, to work through the growing pains. The Jets, like any team on Day 1 of camp, are working through their growing pains, especially in a new offense, with a new quarterback and a host of key new offensive players. Saturday, fans will fill the stands and watch him throw passes in a Jets uniform for the first time. “Everything is different.”Īt some point, the novelty will wear off. “It was a little different for sure,” Rodgers said. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.It’s all … strange. Then came this telling statement: “I don’t want to be a part a rebuild if I’m going to keep playing.’’ There a lot of decisions to come in the next couple months.’’ He spoke a lot about the eventual changes that are certain to take place on the Green Bay roster, saying, “This thing is definitely going to look different moving forward. I definitely take my fair share of blame.’’Īs Rodgers was peppered after the game with questions about his future, he spoke very much like someone who was saying “goodbye’’ to the place he’s called home for the past 17 NFL seasons. Aaron Rodgers is sacked by Arik Armstead during the Packers’ 13-10 loss to the 49ers. It’s going to take a lot longer for Packers fans to digest that than the brats they consumed in the pregame tailgates.Īsked how much personal responsibility he takes out of this loss, Rodgers, to his credit, didn’t run and hide. The great Aaron Rodgers, who’s now 0-4 in his career against the 49ers in the playoffs, lost to Jimmy Garoppolo. That gave the ball to maligned San Francisco quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo with 3:20 remaining and he would drive the 49ers into field goal range for Robbie Gould to finish Rodgers and the Packers off with a 45-yard dagger-through-the-heart game-winner as the clock bled to :00. But he and the Green Bay offense went three-and-out, with Rodgers missing receiver Allen Lazard with a third-down pass he’ll forever want back. These are moments made for superstar quarterbacks like Rodgers. Still, though, Rodgers and the Packers got the ball back on their own 29-yard line with 4:36 remaining in a tie game. They, too, had a punt blocked that was returned for a touchdown, tying the game at 10-10 with 4:41 remaining. The Packers had a 39-yard field goal on the final play of the first half that could have given them a 10-0 halftime lead blocked. Rodgers, who finished the game 20-of-29 for 225 yards and no touchdowns, was done in by one of the worst special teams performances in postseason history. I haven’t really let the moment really sink in yet.’’Ĥ9ers stun Packers thanks to Robbie Gould’s game-ending field goal I thought we had a Super Bowl-caliber team. It’s fresh right now, a little shocking for sure. Rodgers said he felt a “little numb’’ at the loss, adding, “I didn’t think it was going to end like this.’’Īsked how he would describe his future after Saturday’s loss, Rodgers said, “I’m going to take some time and have conversations with the folks around here and take some time away. The Packers’ stunning 13-10 loss to the 49ers on the final play of this NFC divisional playoff game on a frigid and tense night put an abrupt end to Green Bay’s season and put the spotlight on the 38-year-old Rodgers’ future.Ī year ago, after Rodgers and the Packers lost to the eventual Super Bowl champion Buccaneers in the NFC Championship and Rodgers was asked about his future, he famously called it “a beautiful mystery,’’ igniting all sorts of speculation that bled into the entire offseason.Īfter the loss to the 49ers, against whom he and the Packers offense managed only three points after scoring a touchdown on the game’s opening possession, when Rodgers was asked about his future, he became very introspective and acknowledged that he might very well be finished. This postseason was always going to be about legacy for the Packers quarterback, whose pedestrian playoff numbers have never been commensurate with his remarkable personal accomplishments, nor is the one Super Bowl ring he owns. Of much greater magnitude, though, the night very possibly marked the end for Aaron Rodgers. It was definitely the end of a Packers season that looked like it had potential to end in the Super Bowl a few weeks from now. That’s what Saturday night looked, felt and sounded like at Lambeau Field. Kayvon Thibodeaux’s focus on Giants future fueled by ‘a little cringe feeling’ Randall Cobb, Allen Lazard are the Aaron Rodgers translators the Jets need Tiger Woods joining PGA Tour policy board is chance to enhance legacy at 'critical point' Leonard Williams makes Giants big winner in trade with Jets Cole Beasley's Brian Daboll reunion one last chance at football fun
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