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QB Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

HT: 6-2, WT: 220, Born: 12-2-1983, College: California, Drafted: Round 1, Pick 24

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Stats and Week 21 Projection

WK	OPP	RES	CMP	ATT	PYD	Y/A	PTD	INT	RSH	YD	Y/R	TD	FPT
19	vs NYG	L, 20-37	26	46	264	5.7	2	1	7	66	9.4	0	28
SEASON TOTAL			343	502	4643	9.2	45	6	60	257	4.3	3	489

Week 21 Injury Status and Other News

No official injury reports have been released yet

[Wed Feb 1, 5:42 PM] Aaron Rodgers said he believes the team will add some defensive pieces, namely a pass rusher or defensive back, through free agency or in the NFL Draft. "We haven't really been a big free agent team. That being said, I think there's a good possibility that we might go out and get somebody on the defensive side of the ball, or as we've done in the past, use one of our top draft picks to pick maybe an outside rusher or maybe a defensive back," Rodgers said.

Week 21 Matchup Info

The Green Bay Packers have a bye this week.

Game Summaries

Week 1 vs NO - The reigning Super Bowl MVP proved just why many have proclaimed him as the best quarterback in the NFL with his stellar performance on Thursday night. Rodgers, like a surgeon performing a precision procedure, sliced the Saints defense to shreds. The Saints threw a number of alignments and blitzes at Rodgers, but he handled all of them very well. He targeted CB Patrick Robinson early as the Saints opted for man coverage across the board. That turned out to be a mistake as Rodgers found his receivers with ease. Rodgers has a great feel for where his receivers will be and completed several timing throws in this game, including a touchdown pass to Greg Jennings on a back shoulder fade. The timing was so precise that it was almost as if Rodgers and Jennings had some sort of telekinesis going on. Rodgers tossed his second touchdown pass to WR Jordy Nelson. He manipulated the zone defenders by looking left, then came back to his right to Nelson for a pitch and catch scoring play. Rodgers continued to exploit the weaknesses in the Saints coverage as he completed a quick slant to rookie WR Randall Cobb, who ran through the zone defense for another touchdown. The game script dictated that Rodgers could not keep up his blistering pace of the first half. In the second half, he missed a couple of his receivers, including a deep pass to Nelson that should have been a touchdown. The Saints' coverage tightened up as well. Rodgers displayed such a calm demeanour in the pocket and made the job of NFL quarterback look easy in this game.

Week 2 at CAR - Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay offense started slowly after a special teams gaffe meant they had to wait longer than normal to take the field. The Panthers front four got decent pressure on Rodgers throughout and at times he was forced to throw the ball away or check it down. Cerebral as ever, Rodgers was able to recognise the Panthers' defensive coverages and exploit them. The Packers went to a no huddle offense when their offense started to wilt, and it worked a charm. Rodgers' feet allowed him to escape pressure and make key throws on several occasions, notably on a huge third down pass to Jermichael Finley. Rodgers decision making was good from the word go. He tossed a touchdown to Greg Jennings when the coverage seemed to break down. The cornerback on the play was playing zone and expecting safety help over the top that never arrived. Jennings sauntered into the end zone unopposed. The dagger in the heart to the home team came when Rodgers, off play action with a little over two minutes left in the fourth quarter, hit Jordy Nelson on a beautiful skinny post route. Jennings landed a good block on the pursuing defender and Nelson sprinted for an 87 yard score. Rodgers put on a masterful display at the quarterback position and pulled his team out of an early deficit to secure a road win.

Week 3 at CHI - Ho hum. Another 300 yard, 3 TD passing game for Rodgers as the Packers beat their division rivals in a game that was not as close as the score might have indicated. Despite solid pressure, a few sacks and even a great play by Brian Urlacher to give Rodgers his first interception of the season, Aaron Rodgers looked very calm and comfortable as he picked the Bears apart on play after play. Mixing deep passes to Greg Jennings and Jermichael Finley with short crossing and square in routes to James Jones and Jordy Nelson, It felt like Green Bay could score any time they wanted to in this game. To his credit, Rodgers threw laser passes for most of the game. His first TD pass to Finley was a perfectly thrown ball into tight coverage, but it was placed right where Finley could come up with it. It was set up by precision strikes to Greg Jennings on multiple plays when everyone, including the defense knew that Jennings was going to get the ball but couldn't' stop him from making the catch. His other TD passes to Finley were equally as well thrown, where Finley was able to use his size and receiving skills to come down with the catch. On the second one especially, when Rodgers was rolling out to avoid pressure, he made a tough throw over the middle to Finley but he made it look easy and Finley made a great grab for the score. The one interception that he threw was an equally great play by Brian Urlacher. The Bears ran a corner blitz and Rodgers had to get right of it quick. He saw Finley open in the flat, but he didn't see Urlacher spying on him the entire time. When Rodgers let the pass go, Urlacher came diving out of nowhere to make the interception and bring the momentum back to the Chicago side of the field. Unfortunately it wasn't enough, and the Packers ended up winning the game pretty easily.

Week 4 vs DEN - The Packers were trying to get settled early in the game and Rodgers showed a couple new wrinkles in his game. We have seen him run the ball when needed in the past but he seemed to actually be looking to run the football at times to advance instead of just running away from a linemen. Example was the 1st rushing touchdown where the packers were lined up 5 wide in a spread formation and Rodgers had green pastures ahead of him so he decided to tuck it and run not worrying that Brian Dawkins was waiting to hit him when he scored. His 2nd rushing TD was a very generous overturn from the booth as he was spotted just short of the end zone by the referee on the field. His mechanics and physical tools in the game were razor sharp. He started the game in a conventional pro style offense but it quickly changed to 4 and 5 wide sets. Rodgers was never better then when Denver had pulled to within 4 points at 21-17. there were 3:00 left in the 1st half and Rodgers drove the length of the field with his offense to make it 28-17 before the half. And he was doing it by hitting his receivers in very small windows. Denver was not playing especially bad considering Champ Bailey was a late scratch for them. After the half, the Packers got the ball to start the 2nd half and Rodgers again took them right down the field except this time he did it methodically and took 7 and half minutes off the clock before running it in himself. That was 14 points over about 10-11 minutes and it just took all the fight out of Denver. He orchestrated all of this and then went for the kill after Denver could not answer back, taking another lengthy drive and capping it with James Jones as he combined for 6 touchdowns in this game and putting on a performance to rival Michael Vick's when he faced Washington on MNF last year. Rodgers had one hiccup interception but overall he has to score an "A" and he surely made many a fantasy owner happy this past Sunday.

Week 5 at ATL - Rodgers started the game looking unstoppable. On the first drive, the Falcons had no answers until a Ryan Grant fumble ended the possession. On the second drive, Rodgers lost his left tackle Clifton for the game. From that moment on, the game changed for Green Bay. Immediately Atlanta put on the pressure. Rodgers responded by rolling out to the right, and firing a 39 yard strike to Jennings down to the 4 yard line. But then he was sacked twice, resulting in a field goal. The loss of both tackles definitely hurt the Green Bay attack, as Rodgers stayed under pressure. But Rodgers is very mobile, and the gameplan changed in the 2nd half to enable him to move around and get the ball out of his hands. Atlanta also didn't have the pass rushing personnel to really take advantage of a golden opportunity, either. When drives ended, it was usually due to mistakes by receivers, or heavy pressure. At the end of the half, Rodgers fired a dart on 3rd and 12 to Finley, who dropped it in the endzone, leaving the Packers to settle for another field goal. Rodgers used his mobility on another pass play, hitting James Jones for 30, and then when the Falcons finally dialed up a blitz, he threw it over the top of the defense to a wide open James Jones for an easy 70 yard touchdown. He later on a playfake, hit Jennings on a slant pass and watched as Jennings streaked towards the left pylon for another TD. Rodgers spread the ball around to an NFL record 12 different receivers, and never really made a mistake. The one concern for Green Bay is the health of their offensive line, as they don't want Rodgers under intense pressure and possibly getting injured.

Week 6 vs STL - It's very difficult to find any flaws in Rodgers game. In a game in which the Packers failed to score any second half points, and had their lowest scoring output of the year, that one would imagine that Rodgers looked rusty or made mistakes. However this just wasn't the case. In the first half, Rodgers hit James Jones for a 30 yard touchdown on a playaction rollout. Then a series later, backed up at his own 7, Rodgers pump-faked, froze the cornerback and nailed Jordy Nelson, who took advantage of the defenders colliding and ran for a 93 yard touchdown. Up 17-0, the Rams weren't giving up and were harassing Rodgers with heavy pressure. Twice, Rodgers was pressured, on one play he took off and ran for a first, and on the second play he got out of trouble and threw for a first down to extend the drive. The Rams had him at 3rd and 8, and he basically put the game away with another run to escape pressure down to the five yard line for a first down. He then proceeded to hit Donald Driver wide open in the endzone, of course only making the throw AFTER he escaped pressure. In the 2nd half, Rodgers was undone by his receivers, although as good as they have been, he doesn't have any room for complaining. On the first series, he made a throw that Finley couldn't hold onto, which ended the drive. On the 2nd series, Jordy Nelson dropped an easy pass on the left flat in which he was wide open for a first down, which ended the drive. Later in the fourth quarter, he threw a perfect ball to Jennings, who saw the ball go right through his hands, leading to an easy interception for St. Louis. Despite the inability to move the ball in the 2nd half, much of the problem was no doubt a conservative gameplan resulting from the fact that St. Louis rarely threatened much of anything on offense.

Week 7 at MIN - The story of the game was really Christian Ponder's rookie appearance. However, it overshadowed a nearly perfect first half from Aaron Rodgers where he completed passes to seven different receivers and his only two incompletions were a drop and a spiked ball to stop the clock. He opened the third quarter with five more consecutive completions, including the 79 yard TD BOMB to Greg Jennings and the two yard TD strike to Jermichael Finley to put the Packers up 27-17. What Ponder had in flash, Rodgers had in pure precision passing. He sliced and diced the Minnesota secondary and never gave the impression that they were worried, despite being down 17-10 with less than a minute to go in the second quarter. Rodgers led his team to a last minute field goal and two quick scores to start the third and the game was over after that. While he had a few miss-fires late in the game, he finished with over 330 yards passing and thee passing TDS. His stats over the last four games are equally impressive -- Almost 1450 yards passing, 12 TD passes, just 2 INTS and 2 rushing TDS. He is playing at the top of his game and the Packers are rolling because of it.

Week 9 at SD - What more can be said about the season Rodgers is putting up? The league's easy leader for MVP at the halfway point, Rodgers tied a career high with four touchdown passes and picked the Chargers apart almost at will. Early on, San Diego was doing a good job of getting pressure on him, sacking Rodgers four times in the first half alone. They were also doing a good job of pressuring the Green Bay receivers downfield. So Rodgers improvised, rushing for first down after first down in the first quarter. His first touchdown pass was a simple jump ball to TE Jermichael Finley that the big tight end came down with. Rodgers added a touchdown to Jordy Nelson, which was a terrific effort by Nelson to make the diving catch near the sideline and then roll into the end zone before being tagged down by the defender. The call was actually reviewed, but despite a couple of question marks about possession and down by contact, the ruling on the field stood. His third touchdown was simply a perfect play, finding James Jones after a double move along the sideline for a 21-yard pass. Rodgers dropped the ball perfectly into his lap for the score and a 38-24 lead. Rodgers came close to a long touchdown to Jordy Nelson, possibly the best pass of the entire game by Rodgers. He was rolling out to his right, saw Nelson in one on one coverage, and heaved one deep downfield for the 50-50 ball. Nelson snagged the pass, then nearly made it into the end zone but was chased down from behind and taken down at the five yard line. It could have been a 69-yard score, but Rodgers made good two plays later when he found Greg Jennings for a quick touchdown near the end zone sideline. Rodgers nearly put a huge exclamation point on his game late when the Chargers had closed the gap. He fired a ball over the middle to a streaking Jennings that could have gone for about a 90-yard touchdown, but the ball looked to have been slightly deflected at the line to disrupt the timing. It still managed to make its way to Jennings, but it was JUST out of reach. Rodgers played about as flawless a game as a quarterback can play, and put a further stamp on his MVP candidacy with this performance.

Week 10 vs MIN - The only thing that stops Rodgers ever is possibly Rodgers as he lost the ball on his first drop back of the night but he quickly recovered the football. Rodgers makes excellent decisions at every point in the game. When he needs 5 yards for a first down he makes sure he finds it. When a receiver is covered one way he finds another receiver to go to with the football. When he can't find anyone open he simply fires a frozen rope to the receiver and good things usually happen. He was hot to start the game but he came out in the 2nd half on fire and took the Packers down to score on 3 straight series to put them ahead 38-7 and connecting with Jordy Nelson twice and also John Kuhn on a screen pass. He has to lead the short list of NFL MVP candidates and he also is on a short list of FF MVP candidates for the season. The machine rolls on for Rodgers and his owners.

Week 11 vs TB - On target as usual. It feels like he and McCarthy are just toying with teams, like a couple of scientists in a lab trying to run tests to see what they can draw up and get away with. There is no rhyme or reason to who he will throw the football to and it doesn't matter if they play WR, TE, RB, FB, H-Back, whoever is open is going to have a football thrown on target and on time no matter who it is. He does a lot of damage in the shotgun just dropping back, cocking his arm, and letting it fly to whoever looks open no matter the position. Trouble started for the Packers and Rodgers in the 2nd half where they could not sustain drives and the Bucs started to erase a 21-10 halftime lead cutting it to 21-19 early in the 4th quarter. Rodgers was not as good as he has been but even a slightly off day for Rodgers is light years better than many QBs in the NFL. He did what was needed and he struggled only because the Bucs were getting some pressure at times. Most QBs in the NFL will struggle if you get to them enough but Rodgers has a quick release and can handle even a strong pass rush. Rodgers was just shy of 300 yards and 3 TDs and we're discussing if he had a good game or not. FF owners are doing just fine.

Week 12 at DET - Rodgers continued his bit for league MVP with 'another' 300 yard, 2 TD performances. He would have had a third TD, but Randall Cobb dropped a TD pass late in the fourth quarter. Rodgers gashed the banged up Detroit secondary all day, using nine different receivers and having eight receptions of 15 yards or more, including the 65 yard TD to James Jones and back to back 19 yard grabs by Greg Jennings. Rodgers simply took what the defense gave him, checking down to his running backs when necessary and going deep when he saw single coverage, drawing pass interference calls on a couple plays as well. The TD bomb to Jones as a perfectly executed play action, and Rodgers hit Jones in stride deep down the field. Rodgers was in complete command of the game, and he took full advantage of the frustrated Lions, picking them apart and maintaining his cool despite having absolutely zero rushing game. At the end of the first half, the Packers were 0-3 on third down conversions and had just 86 total yards off offense. In the end, if not for the dropped TD reception by Cobb and the garbage time TD from Calvin Johnson, this game would have been a complete blowout thanks to Rodgers.

Week 13 at NYG - Aaron Rodgers have a sensational performance in a game that was placed squarely on his shoulders many times throughout the game. Rodgers had a defense that couldn't keep a lead, a woefully underproductive running game and even his receivers were dropping passes. TE Finley had two big drops for first downs and WR Jennings also had another drop for decent yards. Rodgers avoided pressure well at times but did take a beating in the pocket as the Giants pass rush was relentless at times. He managed to escape vs. 4 man rush and pick up key first downs on the run also. Rodgers threw several deep passes down the sideline in perfect position to WR Nelson and got TE Finley down the middle of the field also against a porous zone coverage defense by the Giants. Rodgers got his first touchdown by rolling out of the pocket away from pressure and finding TE Finley open near the goal line who did the rest. Rodgers then found WR Driver completely open in the endzone as the Giants failed to account for him with his second touchdown. Rodgers was one of the benefactors of a strange call that gave WR Jennings a touchdown despite questionable control of the ball in the endzone. Rodgers fired for his fourth and final touchdown as his offensive line bought him a huge amount of time which allowed Driver to uncover in the endzone for the score. Rodgers threw an INT early on, failing to see LB Blackburn step in front but it was Rodgers only major blunder of the evening.

Week 14 vs OAK - It's a testament to Rodgers high level of play that this would probably qualify as one of his worst outings of the season. He had many more opportunities than his stats would indicate and missed several of them. In the first quarter he threw well short of a wide open man and a little soft on a deep ball to Greg Jennings, who had 2 steps on his man. He also threw high to an open Donald Driver while rolling right, but did manage 1 TD pass in the quarter. It was a perfectly thrown ball to Ryan Taylor for a 4 yard TD where only the TE could catch it. Rodgers benefitted from a strong running game and terrible Raiders' tackling as much of his yardage came after the catch. His second TD was a lob pass to Jordy Nelson down the right sideline who made a perfect play on the ball. Nelson was beyond his man and Rodgers slightly underthrew the pass, but Nelson slowed and made a sliding catch as he crossed the goal line. Rodgers, though he didn't make the perfect throw, did create the TD by quick snapping the Raiders and catching them off guard. Rodgers was better between the 20s the rest of the way than he was in the red zone. On first and goal from the Raiders 4, Rodgers missed three straight chances at his third TD. The first was low to Finley, then behind Kuhn, and finally short to Finley on a fade route. The third turned into an INT as Finley lost the battle for the ball. Rodgers sat out a majority of the second half in this laugher but was visibly unhappy with his missed opportunities.

Week 15 at KC - From the very start it was clear to see this would be no ordinary day for Aaron Rodgers. While much was made on the broadcast of the dropped passes he fell victim to, Rodgers accuracy was not on par with the high standard he's set in 2011. Much of that can be attributed to the pass rush put on by Kansas City as Rodgers' focus was divided between his receivers downfield and the defenders breathing down his neck. Rodgers threw just 5 passes in the first quarter as the Chiefs completely controlled the ball. Of those 5, only two were completed and only one of those was downfield, a 13 yard strike to rookie Randall Cobb. Rodgers again hooked up with Cobb to start the second quarter on 3rd and 7 with a perfect strike. After another 3rd down conversion to James Jones, it looked like he was starting to get in sync. Rodgers, clearly feeling more comfortable, took back-to-back shots deep to Finley and Driver but both were underthrown to open receivers. Had he put just another foot on the throw to Finley, he would have had his first touchdown of the day. Rodgers couldn't even get going in the two minute drill and the Packers ended the half with their first 0 of the season. Trying to alleviate the pass rush, the Packers ran the ball on the first 5 plays of the second half and when Rodgers did finally throw a pass, he skipped it over the middle to an open Jordy Nelson. On the next pass he was fortunate to complete a 41 yard bomb to Finley. The ball was thrown over the wrong shoulder but Finley made the adjustment and hauled it in. That set him up for his first TD pass of the day, a relatively simple pass to a wide open Donald Driver on the left side of the end zone. Rodgers was lucky to avoid an INT on terribly thrown ball to James Jones on his next drive. The ball was well over Jones head, but the DB could not get 2 feet in while hauling in the pick. By the 4th quarter, Rodgers was clearly rattled by the pressure and continued missing targets downfield. Tamba Hali terrorized Rodgers for most of the quarter and the Packers injury-ravaged line was able to do little about it. Rodgers did pad his stats a bit down the stretch against a soft zone defense, and picked up a rushing TD on a scramble around the right side. It was a forgettable afternoon for the Packers QB, who can only be hopeful the Chiefs didn't provide a recipe for success to the rest of the league.

Week 16 vs CHI - The Bears won the opening toss and decided to kick the ball to Green Bay to open the game. Big Mistake. Aaron Rodgers attacked them with surgical precision, completing his first eight passes to four different receivers, culminating in a 2 yard TD pass to Jermichael Finley. He never looked back. Despite a non-existent running game, long drives by Chicago, broken running plays and several key drops, Rodgers continued to pummel the Bears for the first three quarters of the game, throwing five TDS and making an early exit as he drove his team to home field advantage throughout the playoffs. Even when the Bears coverage took away his receiving options, Rodgers would either check down or take off running. On one play midway through the third quarter, the Bears were able to get pressure on Rodgers -- he stepped up and took off running. With Lance Briggs and Brian Urlacker bearing down on him, he managed to squirt between the two of them and dive forward for a 12 yard gain, causing two of the premier LBS in the league to slam into each other, and send Urlacker to the sideline with a knee injury. It was the culmination of a near perfect day for Rodgers. He capped off his MVP performance with a quick slant to Jordy Nelson for his fifth TD pass of the day, making an early exit for Matt Flynn to run out the clock.

Week 17 vs DET - With Home Field advantage locked up for the playoffs, Aaron Rodgers had another week off to rest before the playoffs.

Week 19 vs NYG - Aaron Rodgers did not have his best performance on Sunday vs. the Giants but he got little help from his teammates and the opposing pass rush gave him a lot to think about. Rodgers had 6/7 drops from his teammates, many if caught would have resulted in first downs and this really hurt Rodgers production in this game. Rodgers' teammates also fumbled the ball twice which cut short a lot of very promising drives. Rodgers looked rusty early on in the game as he over shot a wide open WR Jennings near the goal line which would have been a sure touchdown pass. Rodgers and the Packers got lucky on a fumble call by the referees and used this opportunity to score the first touch as RB Kuhn slipped into the endzone on a great fake by Rodgers and was wide open for the touchdown. Finley, Crabtree, Starks and Grant all had drops which cut short the GB drives and kept Rodgers off the field. Rodgers was the leading rusher by far as NYG played coverage on third downs and Rodgers was able to scramble out of the pocket and use his surprising athletic ability to pick up numerous first downs on the ground while deflating the Giants defense. Rodgers converted a third and long with an amazing throw on the run to WR Driver over the middle, fitting it into a small window and making it a very easy catch to make. Rodgers had a sure touchdown on a double move to a wide open Jennings deep but he was stripped of the football by DE Umenyiora and the Packers missed another opportunity. He finally delivered an excellent pass deep to WR Jennings on a wheel route but Jennings let the ball get too close to his head, it bounced off his helmet and fell incomplete. In keeping form with this sloppy game on both sides of the ball and on both teams, Rodgers was unable to hit a wide open TE Finley over the middle for another easy gain through the air. The Packers were stopped on third and long by the NYG defense but a questionable roughing call gave the Packers another opportunity and they were able to capitalize finally. Rodgers threw a strike down the middle of the defense on a seam route to WR Driver, fitting it in between two defenders and gave some temporary life to his team, however it proved too little too late for GB. Rodgers had a poor performance, the Packer offense had a poor performance and the red hot Giant defense was more than capable of taking advantage of the un even performance shown on Sunday night.