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Would Rodgers have panned out if he was drafted by Miami 2nd overall?

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How do you think Rodgers would have developed under Saban? He probably would have been pressed into action in his first year after Culpepper went down. There would have been a ton d pressure on him early on given his draft status at 2nd overall. If I recall, he was still pretty raw out of college. Sitting all those years under favre really helped him.

I think if he wwas drafted here his career would have panned much more like Alex Smith's career. Disappointing early on but putting it together a few years in, likely on another team


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He would have been a star no matter where he was drafted or where he went. The dude is a winner and he's passionate. Best QB in football today as far as I'm concerned, there's not a weakness in his game.
 
This team has been making the wrong moves for years. It is still happening.
We pin all our hopes on a college WR to be our franchise savior QB, and a power point pin head as our head coach.
Nothing has changed.
 
Nope. Miami sucks at developing QBs. Rodgers was no clear cut franchise QB coming out of Cal either. Rodgers had bad form and he luckily got to learn from Favre.
I still believe to this day that Miami would have drafted Rodgers had he dropped to the 2nd rd. I wanted them to trade back in the 1st to get him.
 
He would have been smothered under the weight of an average team. It's the luck of the draw which teams these QB's end up on. Ever notice how usually the "best QBs" in college are busts in the NFL? Because they go to crap teams and cycle out of the league. For every Gino Toretta / Vince Young there is a Colin Capernick/ Brady/Rothlesburger who was average in college but got on a good team.
 
Yes! He is a great player. He makes coaches and players around him look good. Not the other way around.
Look at our roster and green bays. They are better at qb, wr1, and maybe corner ad that's it
 
Rogers panned out because he was taught and groomed behind Favre
 
Rodgers has it all. His intense determination wouldn't allow him to ever be timid or unprepared and physically he has phenomenal arm talent. I can't see him being anything but great no matter where he went.

Yes, if he had come to Miami he would have been great. Heck, maybe even Saban would be here still because it's hard for a coach to leave a situation with all that power and a Hall of Fame QB letting Saban concentrate 9n the defense. Honestly, we might just have won multiple Super Bowls and never even heard the anti-Saban pushback from the players.

Yeah ... that would have been a real franchise changer draft pick ... every bit as good as the Colts Andrew Luck pick.
 
If anyone thinks that a phenom like Rodgers who flipfloped in draft rank with Smith, sometimes the top 2 picks, and always a top 10, would have floundered here, that should put a stop to all the nonsense about drafting a much lesser talent in Melty Ice, who can't even close the deal haviing elite receivers and for some time the GOAT TE. Saban was an illusion. He was 9-7 with Scott Linehan calling the plays (looks like he's doing pretty well with Dallas right about now) and 6-10 without Linehan and with 2 years of his own drafted and FA underperforming players. An NFL coaching and GM poseur who set us back years. Ronnie Brown, a part time SEC running back? LMAO Rodgers could have sat behind the concrete wall head-banger for a year and the rest would be history. Every time I watch him weave his magic on TV, my hatred for the Quitter is renewed. Imagine how I felt Sunday watching it in person. There was a lot of Saban bashing in the car on the way home. He set us back even more than Wanny or Parcells.

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I think you could make the case either way.

Ultimately, because we only saw Rodgers emerge as essentially a fully-formed product after a few years on the bench, I couldn't even begin to guess.
 
SkapePhin said:
How do you think Rodgers would have developed under Saban? He probably would have been pressed into action in his first year after Culpepper went down. There would have been a ton d pressure on him early on given his draft status at 2nd overall. If I recall, he was still pretty raw out of college. Sitting all those years under favre really helped him.

I think if he wwas drafted here his career would have panned much more like Alex Smith's career. Disappointing early on but putting it together a few years in, likely on another team


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Rogers panned out because he was taught and groomed behind Favre
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How quickly we forget that Favre infamously and stubbornly refused to teach Rodgers anything.
 
I have pondered this question myself.

What people fail to realize on this board is they are seeing Rogers the 10 year vet and believing he was that from the get go.
He may have slid on draft day but got the NFL version of the golden meal ticket by getting drafted by the pack(the premier Qb development franchise).
3 years to sit back, work on mechanics and the minutiae of the NFL behind a HOFer.

Thats the perfect situation, because Green Bay didn't pull the switch until they knew Rogers was ready.
 
Hard to say....Rodgers was able to develop behind Favre.
 
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