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PLAYERS:
Aaron Rodgers,
Ryan Grant,
Adrian Klemm,
Samkon Gado,
David Carr,
Alex Smith
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers
TEAMS: Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Houston Texans, San Francisco 49ers
Interesting conversation I observed today. Two buddies were going back and forth regarding yesterday's game, and naturally, one was very Pro-Favre and the other was very Not-Pro-Favre. One of the guys was trying to make the point that Rodgers actually outplayed Favre yesterday.The reason? "If you put Favre behind our offensive line, and Rodgers behind Minnesota's line, Rodgers would have had a better game than Favre did. Look at it: he was getting hit and chased left and right, and still had over a 100 efficiency rating. Favre would have thrown 5 interceptions if he'd been playing behind our line."Interesting. And to be sure, there is some merit. Nearly any quarterback in history who had a great season was playing behind at least an adequate offensive line, if not a great one. Look at the differences in Troy Aikman's and Steve Young's careers once they had some powerful lines in front of them.But to extrapolate to say that Rodgers "woulda&q...
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