2025-2026 NFL Season Thread

[The Big Blue]

Hasta la vista

[HeIIboy]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...iticism-stupid

Shannon Sharpe's criticism towards Rodgers:

If there was any creeping sense of concern surrounding the Green Bay Packers, it was lifted away when Aaron Rodgers orchestrated a 42-24 whipping of the previously undefeated Houston Texans on Sunday night. That output quieted the critics, but not before CBS analyst Shannon Sharpe went to town on the Packers quarterback during the network's pregame show.

"I think they have some deeper issues, but let's get to the surface issues right now," Sharpe said on "The NFL Today," per Awful Announcing. "They can't run the football, so that puts a lot of pressure on Aaron Rodgers and that poor offensive line. Aaron Rodgers doesn't always do a great job of getting rid of the football on rhythm. So now he's taking some unnecessary sacks. But what I see is a lot of finger-pointing by Aaron Rodgers. I don't really know Aaron Rodgers, haven't been around him. But he strikes me as a guy that, it's always someone else's fault other than his own. I'm not so sure, I'm not so sure, that deep down inside, how well his receiving corps really likes Aaron Rodgers."

"I tell you what else, just because you're a great quarterback and an MVP quarterback that doesn't make you a great person. There is a difference between the two."

Sharpe's critique of Rodgers doesn't come from time spent with the quarterback or his teammates. It was designed to generate reaction. Rodgers carefully shrugged off a chilly review from Brett Favre last season and he's spent the better part of this year ignoring a handful of pundits questioning what's wrong with the team after last year's 15-1 romp through the regular season.

All of that was tolerated fodder, but Sharpe's words didn't sit well with Rodgers:

"I didn't hear some of it until after the game, to be honest with you," Rogers told Jason Wilde of ESPN Milwaukee, via SportsRadioInterviews.com. "In this country, I think freedom of speech is a very important part of our culture. That being said, anybody can have an opinion about anything regardless of how stupid it might be, or uninformed. There are often stories out there that have very little truth to them; that are based on feelings or images that you want to conjure up or situations that you think you understand when you really don't. I think more than anything this week, one reminder that (Packers head coach) Mike (McCarthy) and I talked about was just controlling the things that you can control. We've had a lot of adversity around here in my fifth year starting.

"And I think that's one thing that sometimes is easy to forget but it's a good reminder, that there's always going to be distractions and opinions and things going on that are outside of your control. In this case there was.

Rodgers wasn't finished: "It's easy to criticize. Maybe some of these people have been waiting to criticize us after the success we've had, whether they have personal vendettas against myself, or Mike or our team. A team failing that is supposed to win is a lot easier of a story to write than a team that's supposed to win that is meeting expectations. Teams that aren't meeting expectations and teams that aren't playing as well as pundits have picked them to be, it's easier to jump on them. It's the easy road for those people and they decide to jump on it."

I think Brian from the comment section below this article hit the nail on the head:

"I find it funny that there have been multiple people to criticize Rodgers for blaming others. I have not once seen or heard him blame his teammates for ANYTHING. I have been paying attention to Rodgers for years and I know the things he says. I watch his interviews and post game conferences. The first and only person he blames for doing something wrong is himself. The guy freaking blamed himself for not scoring a TD on his last offensive drive of Super Bowl XLV, which they WON."

So Sharpe shut it!

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...iticism-stupid

Shannon Sharpe's criticism towards Rodgers:


I think Brian from the comment section below this article hit the nail on the head:

"I find it funny that there have been multiple people to criticize Rodgers for blaming others. I have not once seen or heard him blame his teammates for ANYTHING. I have been paying attention to Rodgers for years and I know the things he says. I watch his interviews and post game conferences. The first and only person he blames for doing something wrong is himself. The guy freaking blamed himself for not scoring a TD on his last offensive drive of Super Bowl XLV, which they WON."

So Sharpe shut it!

I was watching CBS when Sharpe said that and my literally!! I was so pissed….not b/c he said it….but b/c he said it w/o every spending ANY time w/Rodgers.

Its one thing to have an interview w/a guy or actually see him doing/saying some of the things Sharpe accused him of…..but to have never been in the same room and say those things is just stupid.

I’ve never seen Rodgers publicly say something that was directed @ a player or coach…..and he’s always talking about what he did wrong in interviews.

Rodgers is a class act…..that’s what I couldn’t understand about what Sharpe said….i’ve never seen/heard anything to make me believe otherwise.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

I was watching CBS when Sharpe said that and my literally!! I was so pissed….not b/c he said it….but b/c he said it w/o every spending ANY time w/Rodgers.

Its one thing to have an interview w/a guy or actually see him doing/saying some of the things Sharpe accused him of…..but to have never been in the same room and say those things is just stupid.

I’ve never seen Rodgers publicly say something that was directed @ a player or coach…..and he’s always talking about what he did wrong in interviews.

Rodgers is a class act…..that’s what I couldn’t understand about what Sharpe said….I’ve never seen/heard anything to make me believe otherwise.

Neither have I. Especially the circumstances with Brett Favre's yes/no/yes/no/yes/no/yes moments.


Lost a bet did we Sharpe?

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

Neither have I. Especially the circumstances with Brett Favre's yes/no/yes/no/yes/no/yes moments.


Lost a bet did we Sharpe?

i'm curious if anything will be said about it this week on the pregame show.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

i'm curious if anything will be said about it this week on the pregame show.

I would love for Sharpe and Rodgers to have an ole' face to face before the Pack/Rams game but like most sportscasters (I'm looking at you Joe Buck) he'll probably backpedal and puss out and say something like it was taken out of context or some BS.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

I would love for Sharpe and Rodgers to have an ole' face to face before the Pack/Rams game but like most sportscasters (I'm looking at you Joe Buck) he'll probably backpedal and puss out and say something like it was taken out of context or some BS.

how he could say something like that is beyond me. he even made it seem like that's how his teammates feel.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

how he could say something like that is beyond me. he even made it seem like that's how his teammates feel.

J-Mike maybe?

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

J-Mike maybe?

it wasn't finnley that said that stuff about rodgers a couple weeks ago....it was his agent.

i read somewhere that finnley blasted his agent for saying that and what his agent says does not represent how finnley feels.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

it wasn't finnley that said that stuff about rodgers a couple weeks ago....it was his agent.

i read somewhere that finnley blasted his agent for saying that and what his agent says does not represent how finnley feels.

Really? And about his dropped passes?

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I heard something on the radio about Andy Reid's son dying. I guess it was the football coach, cause after they said that. They said speaking of football.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

I heard something on the radio about Andy Reid's son dying. I guess it was the football coach, cause after they said that. They said speaking of football.

Yeah his son died in August.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

Yeah his son died in August.

I don't know, they just said something about the results of what killed him.

[HeIIboy]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

I don't know, they just said something about the results of what killed him.

Ah yes apparently it was a accidental overdose on heroin.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

Really? And about his dropped passes?

Believe me….no one is more pissed about that than me!!

Originally Posted by HeIIboy

Ah yes apparently it was a accidental overdose on heroin.

How do u accidently OD on heroin?? Is there a safe amount u can take??

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

Believe me….no one is more pissed about that than me!!



How do u accidently OD on heroin?? Is there a safe amount u can take??

That's why I disagreed when the Packers franchised Finley, surely you can find another #4/#5 passing game option for a lot less than a TE franchise tag and probably won't drop as many passes either.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

How do u accidently OD on heroin?? Is there a safe amount u can take??

So stupid how they use the word accidentally. Like oops didn't mean to do that much. It's stupidity which is what I call it.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

That's why I disagreed when the Packers franchised Finley, surely you can find another #4/#5 passing game option for a lot less than a TE franchise tag and probably won't drop as many passes either.

He put on a good show when he wasn’t hurt. But up until last year, he didn’t have that many drops….then after the super bowl season, his hands turned into butter machines.

[Tony208]

They should get rid of Finley soon, the guy is garbage. Had one above average season for a TE and suddenly thinks he should get a huge contract.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

49ers vs. Seahawks tonight. Hopefully they actually show up to this game unlike last week.