Rodgers Named NFC Offensive Player of the Week
Coming off his 408-yard passing performance against the Denver Broncos, quarterback Aaron Rodgers received the honor handed down by the NFL on Wednesday.
Following his incredible performance against the Denver Broncos this past Sunday, quarterback Aaron Roders has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week, according to the Packers official website.
Rodgers threw for a career high 408 yards, four touchdowns and added two more rushing scores this past Sunday.
The Packers quarterback had previously been named NFC Offensive Player of the Week following his Week 1 showing against the New Orleans Saints in addition to being named NFC Offensive Player of the Month for September.
Comments (20)
October 05, 2011 at 11:22 am
pimp. straight up pimp.
October 05, 2011 at 11:22 am
I'm surprised this didn't happen sooner.
October 05, 2011 at 11:32 am
+1
October 05, 2011 at 12:19 pm
Perfect.
October 05, 2011 at 08:12 pm
Ok Brett
October 05, 2011 at 08:29 pm
+1, would also have accepted "he fell into a good situation."
October 05, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Yawn. AR does this kind of stuff every single week...
Call me when he (deservedly) wins league MVP.
October 05, 2011 at 12:33 pm
I'd settle for sequential SB MVPs. What an excellent athlete, player and person Mr. Rodgers brings to our neighborhood.
October 05, 2011 at 12:35 pm
how many of these does Brent have? A-hole.
October 05, 2011 at 12:40 pm
I nominate Brett for offensive comment of the week.
October 05, 2011 at 01:11 pm
He earned the honor 16 times, actually. Still, he sucks.
October 05, 2011 at 01:40 pm
Rodgers only won it because 'he fell into a good situation'...
October 05, 2011 at 04:58 pm
Yeah, that Roders guy is pretty good Brian.
October 05, 2011 at 04:58 pm
Sorry, douchey I know.
October 05, 2011 at 05:20 pm
So the Broncos are so terrible that Aarons performance doesn't warrant any national attention? I had thought I read somewhere on Sunday that no QB has ever thrown for 400 plus yards, had 4 passing TDs, and rushed for 2. That seems like kind of a big deal. Had it been a tougher opponent more respect?
October 05, 2011 at 05:48 pm
I think Rodgers got plenty of recognition. Not in the level of "whorish, asskissing, ESPN made" recognition Favre, Manning and Brady gets, but still plenty.
October 05, 2011 at 07:20 pm
djbonney138,
While it is without question an excellent game for a QB to get 400+ yards, 4 passing tds and 2 rushing td's, and it is a fact that he's the first QB to do it...
It's phoney-baloney trivia derived from some guy at a terminal, adding in different criteria to find an "exciting fact" to throw out to the public, IMO.
It's like, 'so-n-so is the first undrafted RB to rush for at least one TD in each of his first 4 games in sub 42 degree weather
October 06, 2011 at 10:26 am
You realize you are attempting to compare an accomplishment with 3 variables (undrafted, weather, first 4 games) to an accomplishment with 0 variables.
October 06, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Wow everyone. I just thought Aaron had some pretty fantastic plays and should have been acknowledged for it. The other story lines were about how terrible QB's were this weekend (Romo, Sanchez, and Flacco. etc.) I will just add I thought Rodgers had a great game and the shows I get in Idaho didn't discuss that.
October 07, 2011 at 07:21 am
# of yards, # of passing TD's, # of rushing TD's... Aren't variables?
Whenever they start talking about "First so-n-so to do these two or three different things" it's all about variables.
There could ten different QB's who put up 399 yards, but also threw for 5 passing TD's and 3 rushing TD's, and the statement about Rodgers' performance would still hold true, he was the first to throw for over 400/4/ and 2..
The NFL telecasts are chock full of trivia "stats" that are nothing more than the product of a guy at a database starting with a broad spectrum and whittling it down via adding variables until they get the solution down to a "the only player to..."
Rodgers game was phenomenal, can't take that away from him. But I'd ignore combination "stats" like this one.