The Green Bay Packers have reached the point in their season where the playoffs are slipping out of reach, and Aaron Rodgers knows he and his teammates need to starting playing like it.
After a blowout loss to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Rodgers did not sound like the Super Bowl MVP who once confidently told fans in 2014 to “R-E-L-A-X.” Instead, the quarterback said jobs are going to be on the line.
“There has to be that healthy fear as a player that if you don’t do your job they’ll get rid of you,” Rodgers said, via Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I think we’ve all got to go back and the urgency’s got to pick up, the focus has got to pick up … we’ve all got to play better, and that starts with me.”
The Packers are obviously not going to get rid of Rodgers, but heads will roll on some level if the poor play continues. Green Bay is now 4-5 on the season and has road games against the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles upcoming. If the team they roll out the next two weeks resembles the one we saw on Sunday and against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 9, 4-7 is a legitimate possibility.
Green Bay’s offense has been predictable and is once again not producing like we’re used to seeing, but the defense has not helped. The Titans jumped out to a 21-0 lead on Sunday before the first quarter ended.
Rodgers has come a long way from the comments he made a couple months ago, and you can see why. We’re all waiting for the Packers to break out and be the Super Bowl contender many expected to see, but it just isn’t happening.
