Green Bay Packers: Quarterbacks Best and Worst Case Scenarios

Aaron Rodgers – QB1

Aaron Rodgers, now 36 years old and entering his 16th season in the NFL and 13th as a starter, is looking to make another push for the Super Bowl after coming up just short last season. We saw last year that even though he isn’t consistently the magic man that he was in 2011, he still has plenty left in the tank and he can still make some absolutely absurd throws like his two against the Chiefs, one to Jake Kumerow for a big gain and one to Jamaal Williams for a touchdown.

Even though he isn’t always perfect as he seemingly used to be, he is still one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL and was ranked 16th in the NFL Top 100. This made him the sixth-highest quarterback.

This is due in no small part to his apparent allergy to turnovers. He has always been a smart decision-maker, but he’s taken it to a new level the past two seasons, with some even saying he’s become too conservative. Either way, he’s had interception percentages (amount of his throws that are interceptions) of 0.3 percent and 0.7 percent in 2018 and 2019 respectively, good for best in the league in both seasons.

As he is still easily a top ten quarterback and arguably in the top five, his ceiling seems obvious to me – Most Valuable Player. Maybe that seems lofty with guys like Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, and Russell Wilson lighting up the league in the last few years, but he’s still Aaron Rodgers.

In 2018, he was playing the whole season basically on one leg and still threw for over 4400 yards. Last year, in a season largely viewed as one of his worst, he threw for over 4000 yards and 26 touchdowns. Obviously, he’ll need to improve on those numbers and find a little more magic, but hopefully, we can see breakout seasons from some guys like Equanimeous St. Brown and Jace Sternberger which would go a long way in giving Rodgers more weapons to utilize.

His worst-case scenario could come in a few different ways. There’s certainly the possibility of an injury that keeps him out for a long period of time, but that could happen to any player. Assuming he stays relatively healthy, the worst that could happen is no receivers stepping up and having to throw mostly to Adams and Jones as he did for a large period last year and even more in the playoffs.

This would probably lead to something like 3500 yards and 18 touchdowns at the worst. With that said, even Aaron Rodgers at his worst is still an average NFL quarterback.

Do you agree with the possibilities for all three Green Bay Packers’ quarterbacks? Voice your opinion in the comments below or @DairylandXpress. Stay tuned for the next installment of best and worst-case scenarios which will be running backs and will be more stat and role predictions because they will all have a role on the field in 2020.