Aaron Rodgers and Kurt Warner put on a show Sunday afternoon that we’ll remember for a long time. For that, we’re thankful.
We’re also thankful that Rodgers is handling the aftermath so professionally. Rodgers said he didn’t think twice about the lack of a facemask call on the game’s final play.
“No, I didn’t [think about the no-call.] I really didn’t. I get paid to play,” Rodgers said Monday.
“There’s always going to be one or two plays in the game where you wonder should there be a call, shouldn’t there be a call, but those are out of my control. The things I worry about are the things I can control.”
Instead, Rodgers pointed the finger at himself for missing a throw to Greg Jennings two plays earlier.
“I made some mistakes in the game. Those are the ones I’m thinking about. Not a potential facemask on that. . . . The one play I was thinking about laying in bed was the first play of overtime. Unfortunately, just missed Greg on that one that could have ended the game. But they made a play in overtime, you have to give them credit for that,” Rodgers said.
We’ll give credit to Rodgers for a superlative performance. His 22-yard sideline toss under pressure to Greg Jennings with 3:20 left in regulation was one of our favorite plays of the year. (It’s at the 5:50 mark here.)
It’s a little easier, of course, to appreciate the finer points of a loss since we don’t wear cheese on our head during Packers games.
