Aaron Rodgers Made Packers Comeback On One Day’s Preparation
Aaron Rodgers helped the Packers get back to winning ways despite not being able to prepare with the team.
After a Covid-enforeced absence, Green Bay’s quarterback returned to lead the team to a 17-0 win over the Seattle Seahawks.
Aaron Rodgers had to be isolated from the team for ten days and was only activated on Saturday. He completed 23-of-37 passes for 292 yards with no touchdowns and an interception.
“Not ideal, for sure,” Aaron Rodgers said. “Being on Zoom all week.â€
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“The best thing for me to be prepared is to be able to repeat the plays in practice and then the walk-throughs — you’re hearing them two, three or four times and it becomes kind of second nature’ you can almost finish the sentence from Matt [LaFleur].Â
“Today, like I told pregame, it was going to be more Ron Burgundy-ish — where sometimes I just gotta repeat exactly what is being said verbatim. Kind of feel my way through some of the plan. But I felt Matt did a nice job of limiting the long play-calls early in the game. There was a lot of running plays and not a lot of cans or adjustments on them, so I think that made me settle in a little bit. But yeah — not ideal for sure. It will be nice to go through a full week next week.”
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“You know I just don’t take these things for granted,” he said.Â
“Walking off the field, as a winner, it was fun beating that squad — we’ve had some battles over the years — but just walking out with Preston [Smith], who I have so much love and appreciation for. And then hearing that type of response from the crowd was a little extra special tonight.”