Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers says he hasn’t been good enough enough in the playoffs lately.
The Green Bay Packers are several years removed from their playoff win back in 2011. Since then playoff success has been hard to find, going 1-3 in the post seasons since.
While some might think it would be crazy to say that quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a perennial MVP candidate, hasn’t been good enough, Rodgers himself said so.
“Not good enough,” he said, according to ESPN.com.
“I have high expectations every time I take the field and I think most people do of me, and that’s how I want it. The bar has been set high and nobody’s going to apologize for setting it, and I’m not sorry for the bar being up there. I love an expectation of greatness because that’s what I expect of myself every time I take the field, and I know my teammates expect me to play well.”
It isn’t really fair to put all the blame for the Packers’ playoff shortcomings as of late on to Rodgers’ shoulders. Rodgers had just returned from a broken clavicle when they lost to the San Francisco 49ers last year. You could chalk up the other losses to poor defensive performances.
Of course Rodgers played remarkably during that Super Bowl run, completing 68.2 percent of his passes with nine touchdowns and just two interceptions. That stat line gave him a passer rating of 109.8.
Still, it is hard to argue that Rodgers hasn’t played well enough during that 1-3 stretch in the playoffs. Since winning the Super Bowl, in four games Rodgers has completed roughly 64 percent of his passes for six touchdowns with just two interceptions.
Those are solid numbers that any player would hope to put up during a four-game stretch, much less in the post season.
But Rodgers is the quarterback and the leader of the team, so him stepping up and taking responsibility eases the burden of those around him by willingly taking the scapegoat label.
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