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After defending rodgers for years I'm done with him. That loss is on him. I don't want to hear about the decision to kick a field goal. Rodgers had 3 shots from inside the 10 and didn't do squat with them, and looked scared as hell. 4th down would have been another dud.
Defense gave them multiple stops in the second half and 3 picks back to back. Rodgers went 3 and out following them multiple times. In championship games, at championship moments he turtles up like john brantley. No more, "they've never given him a defense or run game" excuses. He's got no one but himself to blame. I'm over it.
Those two things kind of go hand in hand too. As you said, if he’d done anything at all on the first three downs, that decision to kick may have been different. I actually think he has a TD on 3rd down if he simply runs and accepts getting hit. But at a minimum, he’s well inside the 5. From there, I’m guessing they do go for it. Questionable call, but clearly LaFleur had zero confidence they could get in, and it’s hard to blame that stance.