GREEN BAY, Wis. – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers hasn’t thrown for 300 yards in a regular-season game in 316 days and counting.
So what?
The Packers witnessed what an aging, ineffective quarterback looks like on Sunday, and it wasn’t their guy. It was the Pittsburgh Steelers’ 39-year-old Ben Roethlisberger.
For the all fun Rodgers has had with people who wonder if he can still do at age 37 what he did at, say, 27, when he won the Super Bowl, review the film of Green Bay’s 27-17 win over the Steelers on Sunday at Lambeau Field. And not just Rodgers’ 4-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, although he admitted to thinking about those who have questioned whether his physical skills have begun to decline.
Rodgers went into scramble mode on that second-and-goal play and even though at the last second he saw receiver Randall Cobb, who was on his way to a big game, he decided against the throw and chanced it with his feet.
Rodgers has become fond of giving Green Bay Press-Gazette columnist Pete Dougherty, who earlier this year asked Rodgers how he has had to change the way he plays as he’s aged, a hard time.
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“I probably could have dotted [Cobb], but Pete’s been talking all this trash about my athleticism,” Rodgers said with a smile. “So not that I made a big statement tonight, but it’s good to get in the end zone.”
Sunday’s game was less about Rodgers’ run and more about his continued efficiency since the dud to start the season, the 38-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints. Three straight wins later, and Rodgers has begun to round back into form.
Sunday was his 18th career game with at least two passing and one rushing touchdown. According to Elias, that broke a tie with former 49ers quarterback Steve Young for the second-most such games in NFL…
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