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23 minutes ago, wgbeethree said:

I've always said if you want to know if you're good looking grow a mustache.

If people say, "That mustache looks stupid. You look like a 70s pornstar." You're good looking.

If people say," That mustache looks stupid. You look like a damn pedophile." You're ugly.

I'm stealing this.

And I can't grow one, so I'll never know.

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2 hours ago, boratt said:

I could be wrong, but it still like my comparison. Favre could move just enough to scramble and run a little. Minehew is the same to me.

And Favre came back out of shape a couple times but most of his career he was 225 or so. Same as Minshew. Same kinda tough, muscular build. 

Wanna just call him "Farvian" for a while?

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3 hours ago, wgbeethree said:

I've always said if you want to know if you're good looking grow a mustache.

If people say, "That mustache looks stupid. You look like a 70s pornstar." You're good looking.

If people say," That mustache looks stupid. You look like a damn pedophile." You're ugly.

If people say, “That mustache looks stupid. You look like my mom.” You’re in Minnesota. 

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4 hours ago, wgbeethree said:

I've always said if you want to know if you're good looking grow a mustache.

If people say, "That mustache looks stupid. You look like a 70s pornstar." You're good looking.

If people say," That mustache looks stupid. You look like a damn pedophile." You're ugly.

A different take.....

I am good looking. Sorry, but there's a track record.
I can grow a full beard/mustache in a few weeks. Not a problem.
Dont have it now, but I've had a beard/mustache for years. Close cropped. Would never entertain a Dan Haggertty, Jeremiah Johnson, Ryan Fitzpatrick thing on my face. One time I shaved off the beard...and left the mustache....and I looked like.....well, I wont say it publicly, but it didnt last long  :)

Oh....at no time did I look like a porn star or pedophile HA!

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5 hours ago, wgbeethree said:

I've always said if you want to know if you're good looking grow a mustache.

If people say, "That mustache looks stupid. You look like a 70s pornstar." You're good looking.

If people say," That mustache looks stupid. You look like a damn pedophile." You're ugly.

Someone was talking about mustaches at the bar. I used this joke, everyone busted out laughing. 

I owe you a beer.

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Go back and read the very first post to this thread. I'll wait. I thought Outpost had started this thread today and was amazed at 71 pages already. Then I looked at the dates. 

Other than the stats, that post COULD have been written today.

Serious question: does making elite throws make a quarterback elite? I have this discussion with the group I watch games with at least every other week. I say no. They say yes. When the first MSM sports guy calls out Rogers as 'not elite anymore' he/she will be crucified with clips of stupid good throws. But I would say any qb at the NFL level should be physically able to make elite throws once in a while. Do they make them on a consistent basis and/or during crunch time? That says more about being elite to me. And I don't see Rogers doing that anymore.

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When does his contract become tradeable again?  Maybe we could still get two first round picks for him when he’s 37.  If some poor stupid sorry team thinks 5th Down and his hold onto the ball forever until he gets torpedoed by a defender can keep playing for five more years in spite of all the hits he takes that he doesn’t have to take.

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Only way Fifth Down ever wins another Super Bowl is if we have a defense like the Niners did last night.  So we better hope there’s a good IDL at 26-28 next year, we better hope Gary shows something next year, we better hope we can add that Bears ILB or it’s gonna be a disappointing 2020, too.  
 

I feel like the Colts have a better chance at beating a good defense than we do right now.  

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Sleeping did not help.  I’m going to be tempted to buy Madden all day today.  I’ll draft a Taysum Hill type in the 6th round of this coming draft and he will be so good in training camp that Matke LaFlarthy will run the wildcat with him.  Rodgers will be really pissed off and take more thinly veiled passive aggressive shots at the game plan, but then the Hill type will throw a 57.37 air yards pass to MVS BEFORE MVS literally can’t catch it without stepping out of bounds and it will be a TD and Rodgers will pretend to be happy but then the very next drive he will throw a pass to MVS’s feet and then chew MVS out and then LaFleur will be like, “**** you, Fifth Down” and put the Hill type in again and he will throw a 47.9 air yards pass to MVS for another TD.  The following offseason we will trade Rodgers to the Patriots and Belichick will get Rodgers to the Super Bowl against us and LaFleur will know that all we gotta do is be within one yard of any receiving option on 4th down and then send everybody and Rodgers will take a sack on 4th down.

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18 minutes ago, Outpost31 said:

Sleeping did not help.  I’m going to be tempted to buy Madden all day today.  I’ll draft a Taysum Hill type in the 6th round of this coming draft and he will be so good in training camp that Matke LaFlarthy will run the wildcat with him.  Rodgers will be really pissed off and take more thinly veiled passive aggressive shots at the game plan, but then the Hill type will throw a 57.37 air yards pass to MVS BEFORE MVS literally can’t catch it without stepping out of bounds and it will be a TD and Rodgers will pretend to be happy but then the very next drive he will throw a pass to MVS’s feet and then chew MVS out and then LaFleur will be like, “**** you, Fifth Down” and put the Hill type in again and he will throw a 47.9 air yards pass to MVS for another TD.  The following offseason we will trade Rodgers to the Patriots and Belichick will get Rodgers to the Super Bowl against us and LaFleur will know that all we gotta do is be within one yard of any receiving option on 4th down and then send everybody and Rodgers will take a sack on 4th down.

Dude … you need more sleep!  Come back after a long nap and continue.

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Okay. Rodgers is on the wrong side of 35. Athletically, he's about 90% of what he once was- not as nimble, his arm isn't as strong. It happens with age. '07 Tom Brady is worlds better than '18 Brady when it comes to athleticism.

Mentally, he's 80 to 85% of what he once was. Again, it happens with age. Brett Favre got old, too persistent with his habits, and it showed in all the playoff exits during the 00's. Rodgers doesn't look like Favre from those years because of the lack of interceptions, but it's still the same thing. Instead of crippling his offense with an ill-timed pick, he's meekly churning out three-and-outs, dancing around the pocket, and developing tunnel vision.

He doesn't have the Fight in him unless the cards are stacked in his favor. He doesn't 'create' much positivity out of nothing these days, especially not if the defense takes it to him. From time to time this season I've said the Geoff Face was coming out. That's mostly because with the helmet on, ARs face looks like Geoff Ramsey from Rooster Teeth... specifically, the Geoff who sometimes has to endure video game hell from his co-workers. Ever see the Mini-Golf games on the Lets Play channel, when Geoff would get picked on repeatedly? THAT face. When things aren't in ARs favor, he makes THAT face and just slinks off to the sideline while the punting team comes on.

The 35-40 years are where Elite QBs fall out of the 'Elite' category once and for all and they become merely good. That's worth mentioning. For all the negatives I just listed above, Rodgers is still good compared to at least half of the QBs in the NFL. Even at 90/80 percent of his former self, he can still make good throws and avoid costly turnovers. If you pack a good to great team around him, kinda like those 00's teams for Favre and especially in '07, that's more than enough for him to cruise the team to the playoffs.

Which is honestly the problem. He's no longer good enough to carry a team by himself, and his contract pays him like he still can. The ceiling has closed, blocking out the prospect of a Super Bowl berth. The only chance is one of those 'Lightning-in-a-Bottle' teams that comes together at the right time and rides a hot streak... but I don't see that from this team this year. And to be honest, I don't see it happening in the next few years. At that point, this team will have to make the same kind of drastic decision about Rodgers as they did about Favre in '08, and they won't have the safety blanket of Favre being his wishy-washy self about retirement. It's going to be an ugly moment, and it probably will come without a heir apparent waiting in the wings.

Brace yourselves people. Rome will burn soon.

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