Halfway through the season, with his team undefeated, Aaron Rodgers has thus far been very nearly perfect, and on a pace to set a handful of records for quarterback rating, completion percentage and a slew of other statistics. He is a quarterback with a ton of weapons who almost never makes mistakes. You won't see him fire into triple coverage, or launch a desperation heave off his back foot under pressure, or try to beat a fast-closing safety and cornerback with a bullet to semi-open receiver. Aaron Rodgers learned not to do these things by watching his predecessor, Brett Favre, do them with fan-infuriating regularity.
Rodgers instead prides himself on his near-perfection, almost to a fault: he recently shouldered part of the blame for the team's high sack count, saying he needed to be willing to throw the ball away rather than take the loss. "There might have been a couple of times when I held on to the ball too long," he said after going 24 of 30 for 355 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions -- a passer rating of 146.5.
Where I will mentally meander across the fields, courts and pitches of American and international sport, focusing primarily on my favorite teams but also discussing any sports-related topic that suits my fancy.
