Off-Topic Forum

I love this thread and the comments in it! I was a Packers fan before Favre came long and also before NC got the Panthers team. Rodgers really shouldn't be fussing about GB drafting Love last year in the first place. Aaron was part of the reason that Favre had a problem with GB management. Now Rodgers is suffering the exact same fate and going public with his frustration the exact same way that Brett handled the situation. I just wish Aaron had whined about it before the Panthers added Sam Darnold to the roster! Carolina would have given up a ton to get him a few weeks before the draft. They really wanted Watson until all the sexual assualt stuff came out about him. The Panthers really like to get players from the Carolinas whether they were born here or just played here. Watson would have been a great attraction for the Panthers. But then stuff hit the fan and took that option off the table. The Panthers don't deal with drama, especially potential law-breaking drama. Tepper has continued the mantra that Richardson set from the beginning, even though Richardson may have done some bad stuff himself.

Back to the Packers though... without Rodgers, they have nothing. That team is not a contender without him and Love doesn't have the experience or skills yet to lead any NFL team to the playoffs. GB drafts QB's all the time, but then they trade them away to desperate teams over the next year or two. Matt Flynn was a good example and I know there are several more since then. But GB got those guys late in the draft, not in the first couple of rounds. I think Aaron's gripe is legit, but he didn't handle it well and he waited WAY too late to complain about it. I think the QB coach change might have been the trigger. GB needs OL help and DB help and they only draft a little bit of either each year. But when they do draft those positions, they already need help at other positions due to age or free agency. They let way too many players walk away in free agency that would be easy to keep in "Titletown" with a little extra money! The Panthers kind of have the same issue. Both teams spend too much money on one player and then let the players around the "star" walk away when they demand more money. Nobody is teaching these "kids" (in most cases) how to be a team player. Stars are leaving teams left and right to chase the money and they get nowhere in the end. A great example is Josh Norman. He was a fantastic cornerback and still is, but when is the last time you heard his name?! He is probably the best CB the Panthers ever had in any way and he demanded $15 million a year. The Panthers offered $14 million and he refused. He's been stuck in Washington since then and nobody even mentions his name anymore. He's still good, but nobody throws his way and they just torch the other side of the field. Nothing that Norman can do about it! Washington can't afford to fill the other CB spot with a spectacular CB or even a Safety to back up the opposite CB. I may have gotten off-topic by now, but I still wish Aaron had spoke up sooner. He could've been in Charlotte throwing the ball to DJ, Robby and McCaffrey. And the hand-off to CMC would have made him happy every time CMC busted through for a 1st down!