Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1085: One Against a Hundred
McVay caused a lot of controversy and complaints when he took office in the Los Angeles Rams, but compared with LaFleur, it was nothing.

LaFleur returned to the professional league for the second time. The most outstanding achievement on his resume was helping Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan to play the regular season MVP performance and make it all the way to the Super Bowl in the 2016 season.

Subsequently, he served as the offensive coordinator of the Los Angeles Rams in the 2017 season and the Tennessee Titans in the 2018 season.

At this point, have you found the problem?
Three teams in four years.

LaFleur changed teams frequently in a short period of time, and combined with his equally short stint with the Washington Redskins, and Matt Ryan's collapse in the second half of Super Bowl 51, everything seemed abnormal.

However, it was this kind of LaFleur who stood out from the fierce competition and became the head coach of the Green Bay Packers, causing controversy in the league.

On the one hand, the team is short of players and its lineup lacks convincing perfection; on the other hand, the head coach is questionable and Lafleur lacks the ability to convince the fans.

The Green Bay Packers opened the 2019 season in such a situation.

Facts have also proved that the Green Bay Packers still have many problems, and their lineup, tactics, status, etc. are still being adjusted and run-in.

So far, the Green Bay Packers are in the middle of the league in all statistics.

In terms of offense, the team ranked 18th in the league, 17th in passing offense, and 15th in running offense.

In the defensive group, the team ranked 18th in the league, 14th in pass defense, and 23rd in run defense.

The data is very ugly, even terrible.

It is hard to imagine that such a team is one of the last four teams in the league to remain undefeated.

Looking closely at the Green Bay Packers' seven wins, four of them were by a touchdown, two were by ten points, and the only convincing game was a win over the struggling Oakland Raiders.

All of them were narrow victories, and the balance of victory was precarious. If there was a slight deviation in any link, these victories could turn into defeats.

So, what happened?
LaFleur? The head coach stepped up at the critical moment to turn the tide and win the game?

No, Rogers, Rogers happened.

The four elite quarterbacks in the league each have their own killer weapons. Manning is tactics, Brady is short pass layout, Brees is passing accuracy, and what about Rodgers, long passes?
Indeed, in the NFL, Rogers is known as "Mr. Hail Mary". Not only does he have a beautiful long pass, but he also has pocket footwork comparable to that of a running quarterback, and he has a big heart that remains calm when facing danger on the big field. All of this makes him the quarterback with the highest Hail Mary pass success rate in the league. Time and time again, he has pulled the Green Bay Packers back from the edge of the cliff, escaping death. Games that seemed to have no chance and could not be more desperate were reversed.

That's what Rogers is capable of.

However, Rogers' real killer weapon is not the long pass, but the defensive reading, including the secondary defensive reading.

This quarterback is unparalleled in his ability to read and judge the layout of the defensive team and dynamic route changes. He can always make accurate judgments no matter what the situation is. This ability makes other quarterbacks envious.

Thanks to this, Rogers' interception rate is low, far ahead of other quarterbacks.

The so-called interception rate is not just the number of interceptions, but the number of interceptions per 100 passes. This data is at the peak of Rogers' history, and no one can match it. Because of this, Rogers' quarterback rating is always at a high level, proving in all aspects that he is the player born for the quarterback rating system. So far, his career quarterback average score ranks first in history.

As the season approaches the halfway point, Rogers has zero interceptions, a zero interception rate, and his pass attempts rank in the top five in the league.

Looking at young quarterbacks like Jackson and Mahomes, who may suffer two or even three interceptions in a game, Rodgers' focus and steadiness can be highlighted at this time.

The lack of interceptions can be understood as fewer mistakes. If the quarterback focuses on short passes, his interception data can still control a low post. But this is not the case with Rogers. He has made thrilling passes when encountering collisions or pressure, long passes in an attempt to reverse the situation in a stalemate, and passes that require a secondary defensive read to reorganize the offense after the offensive tactics are discovered.

Therefore, Rogers' real strength lies in his ability to read the defense on the spot, that is, his ability to observe, judge, make decisions, and solve problems.

When the game is in a stalemate and the score is too close to be decided, players like Rogers can play a key role and completely reverse the team's disadvantage.

Then, win the game.

Everyone knows that football is a team sport, and the quarterback needs to rely on his teammates to advance the game. There is no lone hero; but in the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers really carries the team forward alone.

Even though the offense ranked 18th and the defense ranked 18th, Rogers still led the team to seven consecutive wins; even though the passing offense was only ranked 17th, even inferior to the ground offense, Rogers' performance at critical moments was still able to turn the tide and ensure that the team remained on the winning track.

Even the newly appointed head coach LaFleur needs to see Rogers' face and hope to have a good relationship with the team's absolute superstar.

No wonder Green Bay fans beg every day to choose some outstanding wide receivers for the team!

Because the task of filling gaps in other positions is a long and arduous challenge, they have long given up the wishful thinking that they can make a fresh start in just one offseason.

Moreover, because Rogers needs offensive weapons, the fans really can't bear to see Rogers struggling alone. Without a wide receiver, no matter how good Rogers is, he still can't pass the football to the end zone.

However, the Green Bay Packers uniform group has always been stubborn. They refused to spend a lot of money on the wide receiver position and blindly overpriced with the league. Instead, they proceeded step by step according to their own team building strategy.

Refusing to spend money in the free market and refusing to trade up in the draft.

Green Bay fans: ...there is no hope in life.

But from another perspective, the Green Bay Packers are somewhat lucky.

Last season, the team's top wide receiver Nelson left, and as a result, DeVante Adams, a wide receiver selected with the 2014rd pick in the second round of the season, jumped out of nowhere in the Green Bay lineup. He had no presence in the team in the previous five seasons, but successfully filled Nelson's vacancy and became the Green Bay Packers' top wide receiver. His catching efficiency even exceeded that of star wide receiver Cobb.

As a result...the Green Bay Packers let Cobb go during this offseason.

Green Bay fans: Shit. Can they swear?
In the eighth week of the regular season, the Kansas City Chiefs will face such a team, a team where all the weight is placed on the elite superstar player Rogers.

It's on the verge!
(End of this chapter)