Aaron Rodgers does a LOT of great things. This cannot be overstated. He may practice today but in the upcoming game against the Cowboys, he may be limited. This big question mark is one that Packers fans would like to have answered…now! But I don’t think it will entirely be answered until we see how Aaron fares against the Cowboys on Sunday. But that question, the question of mobility, brings up another question. One that I would LOVE to hear Packernation comment on.Today, the thought of Aaron Rodgers mobility perhaps being limited by injury got me to 
thinking…what is Aaron’s greatest strength? What attribute of Aaron Rodgers, as a quarterback, is his most valuable. If you got to keep one attribute, and the others would suddenly become average. Which attribute would make Aaron Rodgers still a formidable quarterback in the NFL, the one he cannot do without.
Of course, we’re glad that Aaron has all the attributes, so this is just for fun but I just wonder what Packernation thinks…fill out the poll below to let me know! And share it with a friend to get their opinion:
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I voted football smarts but really it is a combination of all you have up there…His mobility will be in question and Aaron is good at extending plays with his legs but what I saw in the Detroit game with him playing out of the pistol and shotgun he can get by without his legs if need be.. He may get hit more and even take a few sacks but as long as he does not try to run on his calf to further injure it he may be able to play the rest of the season to bring home the trophy!
No one is going to accuse GB of running a timing offense, because for the most part, they don’t. Ironically, my opinion is that it is definitely Rodgers’ mobility, which allows him to take advantage of all of his other assets. I’m talking about his ability to extend plays while leaving a collapsing pocket and remaining behind the line, more than his ability to run for yardage.
The game has changed dramatically in recent years. No longer can any QB read coverages accurately at the line, and simply audible to the correct play. Defenses tend to audible when QBs do, and disguise their coverages much better than they did in the past. EG: Nitschke didn’t have enough quickness and speed to be at the line pre-snap and drop into coverage the way today’s LBs do. Rodgers’ mobility is the one thing no D can game plan for. Sure, they can put a spy on him to limit is down field runs, but they cannot keep him in the pocket. The vast majority of big plays happen when Rodgers moves his feet and receivers break off their routes to help him out.
I’d put his smarts and accuracy at a close 2nd/3rd. But take away any 1 of those 3 traits, and he’s a good QB instead of a great QB.
I don’t think vision has ever been one of his strengths. He tends to get tunnel vision for Nelson and Cobb, while TEs, RBs, and other receivers are open underneath. He either can’t see them, or intentionally avoids them. I’d hope it’s the former, and not the latter. We can look at most any game this season and see that TE and RB check downs are used at the beginning of games effectively, and completely disappear in the 2nd half. Go Pack go!
It’s his unbelievable release! The packers went 15-1 and he had his best year ever throwing timing precision passes, audibles and hot routes. The Pack has switched their offense since adding Lacy to be more diverse, which is better for Playoff football. The thing that makes Rodgers the best passer in the game is his faster than Marino release. Defenses have no time to adjust, he makes a decision and it is gone and then the velocity on the ball along with that tight spiral gets the ball there. He can throw from any position, running right or left or falling down. Rodgers picked the Lions apart just like he used to do b4 this new play action, run to set up the pass McCarthy offense came about. His mobility is awesome and adds to the legend of shooting bolts of lightning from his arse, no quarterback has ever combined his pocket ability with mobile ability b4, but he would still b great without it, like Peyton Manning not like Mike Vick.
Due to the current situation we of course would all prefer it any or all of those things other than mobility. But I must agree with an earlier comment that if you look at the film, it is his abilty to escape a collapsing pocket or take off on a first down making scramble that has made a real difference in those games he has been the MVP factor in winning a football game. Think back to all the amazing big gain or touchdown scoring plays and clearly the highest % of them have been when he has broken out of the pocket and hit a reciever who g]has come open while he was doing so
So we better hope that his football sense and other skills listed are sufficient to eeking out a win against a team which unlike the Lions who were surprised by his comeback, has had plenty of time to establish a defensive game plan to exploit the unavailabilty of his greatest strength … his mobility