1 Big Question Facing Each Green Bay Packers Position Group at the Bye
By Paul Bretl
Green Bay Packers QBs: How much practice time will Aaron Rodgers have down the stretch with his injured toe?
As I’ve discussed before, one of the reasons that we haven’t seen this Green Bay Packers’ offense clicking quite like it did a year ago has been the lack of practice time for Rodgers and his receivers.
Since being placed on the reserve/COVID list following the Arionza game that took place on October 28th, Rodgers has participated in only one practice since being activated because of his toe injury. That means he’s only had one practice with Davante Adams since he went on the reserve/COVID list on October 25th, one practice with Marquez Valdes-Scantling since Week 3 when he was placed on IR, and Rodgers still hasn’t practiced with Allen Lazard since he went on the reserve/COVID list on October 26th.
Now, don’t get me wrong, as we’ve seen over the last six quarters of football, this offense can still play at a very high level, and Aaron Rodgers can still certainly do Aaron Rodgers-like things. With that said, since returning to action, there have still been instances where Rodgers has been inaccurate, the timing has been off, and perhaps he hasn’t fully trusted what he’s seeing.
Even for a future Hall of Famer and reigning MVP, practice time still matters–especially if we want to see this unit reach the same level that they did in 2020.
"“We’ve got to get back out on the practice field,” Matt LaFleur said following the Seattle game via SI. “We need those guys to continue to work on the timing portion, making sure that the details of our route depths and our assignments are on point because, I think right now if you just look at as a whole, there is opportunity out there for us.”"