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Related: About this forum(Hand) size matters to Packers' Aaron Rodgers when protecting the ball
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Aaron Rodgers didnt say a word at first. He simply raised both hands, palms facing out, to shoulder level.
That was the Green Bay Packers quarterbacks answer for how he managed to hold on to the football at a crucial point in the NFC divisional playoff game Sunday, when Dallas Cowboys safety Jeff Heath drilled him from behind for a jarring, 10-yard sack.
Rodgers then nodded his head affirmatively and said: Size matters. End of explanation.
But oh, how it could have changed things. If Heath had managed to pry the ball loose, perhaps Rodgers would not have been standing in the Lambeau Field media auditorium in front of an NFC Championship Game banner to discuss Sundays meeting with the Atlanta Falcons.
A fumble there might have ended the Packers season. The sack came with 18 seconds left in a tie game and put the Packers back at their own 32-yard line. Instead, Rodgers popped up and immediately called a timeout. Two plays later, he hit Jared Cook for that improvised, 36-yard completion with 3 seconds left to set up Mason Crosbys winning field goal.
http://www.espn.com/blog/green-bay-packers/post/_/id/36962/hand-size-matters-to-packers-aaron-rodgers-when-protecting-the-ball
I imagined for a moment the Packers going to the White House after winning the Super Bowl, and Rodgers shakes Cheeto's tiny hand.
Blue Owl
(54,757 posts)as Favre used to say
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)If he's a Democrat, we ought to run him for president next time around!
If we're still here.
Corrupt Trump gets the "football" now.
milestogo
(17,851 posts)Hey, if the only viable candidates are going to be celebrities, Rogers would be ok. He's smart and liberal and easy on the eyes. Not 35 yet but he will be by 2020.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)you already found Aaron's campaign photo!
No words necessary!
I don't think Packer fans would want him to retire that soon, though.