Rodgers walked into A. Barr

Made my sons Christmas jersey decision a lot easier

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: I guess he was yelling at the defense.  What are they supposed to do, not tackle him. Screw that.

Once he's out of the pocket he's pretty much fair game...Barr could have held-up, but he also didnt slam him into ground like a DL probably would have.

Not going to call it dirty and neither did the ref's.

Pack fans are howling at the moon about it...

Hope Barr is ok soon. 

@"Wetlander" said:

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: I guess he was yelling at the defense.  What are they supposed to do, not tackle him. Screw that.

Once he's out of the pocket he's pretty much fair game...Barr could have held-up, but he also didnt slam him into ground like a DL probably would have.

Not going to call it dirty and neither did the ref's.

Pack fans are howling at the moon about it...

Hope Barr is ok soon. 

I talked to one of my buddies (Packer fan) after the game...  He was texting me crying for a flag on the hit.  I didn't respond.

Once I called him, he kept saying Barr didn't have to tackle him, he could have shoved him down...  hit was late... Etc.  I said watch it again live...  That type of play happens every game on every Sunday.  Then he pulled the "that shouldn't happen to QBs like Rodgers or Brady"...  At that point, I said listen to yourself and man up.  Ended the call.  Should be interesting to see what he says tomorrow when I see him at work.

Have your friend watch the play full speed instead of slow motion.
was a bang, bang play.
no flag, just doing his job.

never remember this much Packer whining when Jared Allen used to F up Rodgers twice a year.

Compared to the hit on Hundley in the 4th quarter, Rodgers was lucky...Rodgers gets hit like that in the 4th and he's in a coma.

@"Wetlander" said:

@"purplefaithful" said:

@"Vikergirl" said: I guess he was yelling at the defense.  What are they supposed to do, not tackle him. Screw that.

Once he's out of the pocket he's pretty much fair game...Barr could have held-up, but he also didnt slam him into ground like a DL probably would have.

Not going to call it dirty and neither did the ref's.

Pack fans are howling at the moon about it...

Hope Barr is ok soon. 

I talked to one of my buddies (Packer fan) after the game...  He was texting me crying for a flag on the hit.  I didn't respond.

Once I called him, he kept saying Barr didn't have to tackle him, he could have shoved him down...  hit was late... Etc.  I said watch it again live...  That type of play happens every game on every Sunday.  Then he pulled the "that shouldn't happen to QBs like Rodgers or Brady"...  At that point, I said listen to yourself and man up.  Ended the call.  Should be interesting to see what he says tomorrow when I see him at work.

nobias09Bottom line. The hit may have been ruled legal but it was not necessary and what goes around comes around. One day Barr will get rolled up on and his season will end when somebody else was just trying to make a good play. at the end of the day the league is better with Rodgers in it. if Barr goes to injured reserve people will just be like who? Rodgers helps all the players make more money but Barr is irrelevant. Try to win the game but don't try to intentionally hurt players.
The players safety movement right now is a joke but the NFL will pay for it and so will no name hard hitting linebackers like Barr. Targeting, illegal hits will come with ejections, it's only a matter of time
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And when Clay goes all airborne to ride the player down---tat's just good football---ignorant sconnies

So I was at a bar. ( no a real one with bricks and booze)  tonight outside of. Charlotte and in walk some packer fans...of course I can't help myself so I walk over and ask them what they thought of the hit on rogers...of course ot was a cheap shot late hot 2, maybe 4 or 5 steps. .. yadda yadda yadda and so I tell them that it really doesn't bother me that they as fans feel that way,  but I think its pretty shitty that as knowlegable professional football person as mcarthy is that he was calling the play out.  Well of course they defend their coach and when I asked about his opinion on Matthews countless hits out of bounds,  late hits , high hits, low hits, etc...well they really had nothing to say.

Fuck em...

I lived in Wisconsin from 1972-2010...In that time I found ONE packer fan I could have an intelligent football conversation with...fuck em all...

I talked to some Pack fans at work yesterday and they pretty much got steam coming out of their ears. As expected and I'd feel the same way. 

Does that mean I have empathy or sympathy for em? Hell no. 

I also can't shake this feeling there's some magic left in Rogers this season. Come-back on 12/23 vs Vikings, playoff run and winning a SB in Mpls. 

Ok, gotta stop my mind from wandering...I'm off to Thailand if that happens. 

Why were they upset purplefaithful?  Did they think it was a dirty hit?  I can understand that it sucks to lose Rodgers, but that was a good, clean hit.

Nothing like the cheap sh*t their own team has pulled over the years.  Matthews is a dirty scumbag.

Trying to take out Romo's knees WAY after the play

Spearing

Illegal blindside block

Late hit WAY out of bounds

They can be upset that Rodgers is injured. But I call bullshit on the dirty hit part of that. Some were saying Barr intended to injure Rodgers or take him out. Don't buy it for a minute. 

This is what Barr brings to the table.  He is a large LB, but he is explosive.  Most LBs don't close that gap that fast and Rodgers thought he had time.  Watching the whole play again, Barr is in coverage as Rodgers rolls out.  Maybe spying, but he has good depth.  But he closes that so quickly.  Amazing play IMO.

@"greediron" said: This is what Barr brings to the table.  He is a large LB, but he is explosive.  Most LBs don't close that gap that fast and Rodgers thought he had time.  Watching the whole play again, Barr is in coverage as Rodgers rolls out.  Maybe spying, but he has good depth.  But he closes that so quickly.  Amazing play IMO.

So Barr was 4 yards deep in coverage/spy mode.  As Rodgers starts to sprint out, Barr is 10 yards away from him.  Without getting into geometry, by the time Barr hits him, he has covered about 15-20 yards in about 3-4 seconds.

I'm comfortable in thinking Barr didn't intentionally try to hurt Rodgers, but every defensive player does want to put a thought into the QB's head that they will get hit if they try to run outside of the pocket--or hold the ball too long.  Same thing with WRs going over the middle--some Safety will usually hit them so they will be a little gun shy next time.

Also, it's possible Rodgers created the problem in hopping he could cause a 15 yard roughing the QB penalty called against Barr.  Some QBs have acknowledged doing the same thing when running out of bounds.