Aaron Rodgers Puts Up Patrick Mahomes-Type Performances in the Playoffs Without the Results

The last year has been really weird for Aaron Rodgers.

He’s been at the center of plenty of drama, both on the field and off, with his stance on the COVID-19 vaccine and his perpetual desire to talk about and show his feet on camera.

It can be easy to look past greatness when weirdness prevails, but Rodgers has truly been an elite playoff quarterback. 

Aaron Rodgers has put up incredible numbers

In 21 playoff appearances, Rodgers has a passer rating of 100.1, a 64.7% completion percentage, and has thrown for 5,894 yards, 45 touchdowns, and only 13 interceptions. Out of those 21 games, only four games would be considered below average by EPA per play. His 5,894 passing yards in the playoffs ranks fourth all-time behind Tom Brady (of course), Peyton Manning, and Ben Roethlisberger.

Quick aside to illustrate how ridiculous Brady is: He has 13,049 playoff passing yards. Manning is second on the list with 7,339. Brady has more playoff passing yards than Jimmy Garoppolo has career passing yards (11,852). 

Anyways, back to Rodgers. His playoff statistical success will mirror the narrative that has surrounded him and this Packers team since they won the Super Bowl in the 2010-2011 season — terrific stats, one of the most talented quarterbacks to ever play the game, no doubt a Hall-of-Famer, but it always came up short. Those stats don’t mean anything without rings. 

Rodgers might go down as one of the most disappointing quarterbacks of all time

With the way that this Packers team has performed over the years, it feels like an incredible letdown that they only have one trophy during the Rodgers era. In a way, it’s poetic that it mirrors the career of Brett Favre, who also finished with only one Super Bowl ring. The two will forever be linked, and while Rodgers undeniably would want to top his predecessor, it hasn’t happened. At least not yet.

Rodgers is 1-4 in the NFC Championship Game. He’s coming off back-to-back 13-win seasons that saw their playoff hopes dashed at home in Lambeau Field. The Packers now face another uncertain offseason tied to the unknown future plans of Rodgers, coupled with an unenviable cap situation that has them currently projected to be roughly $37 million over the cap.

If this is it for Rodgers in Green Bay, it will be as bitter and cold an ending as the home playoff game that he just lost.