Turnovers do not help you win games. Incomplete passes do not help you win games. Getting your QB injured because he's extending a play doesn't help you win games. Creating an environment where offensive linemen get called for holding doesn't help you win games. In our most recent losses, it wasn't that Rodgers was too risk-averse, it was that he didn't execute the offense (i.e. did not see open receivers).

It's clear to me that a clear key to winning games is that you need to get the ball out of your QBs hands quickly as often as you can. Your starter takes over 1000 snaps in a season.....how many times do you want to expose him to a legit hit?

Hand it off, throw bubble screens, dump it to the RBs, short routes to the TE.... We are gifted with the best QB in the history of the NFL at protecting the ball, and we know that protecting the ball is one of the key requirements for winning games.

This way, you can maybe set the stage for him to drop back under max protection and throw a strike downfield every now and then.

So no. No to chances. Be boring. Be very, very boring. Let your RBs take the hits. Let your receivers move the ball up the field. We don't need to score 40 points, we just need to protect the ball and score 24.

39 wins and ten losses in the last three regular seasons and someone asks this question.

Lets pose another question: if he took more chances and they lost three more games would that be better?

It is days like this and columns like this one that make me observe two things...

I appreciate the efforts of all of the writers at CHTV (except for that guy who is never right).

I wish I was more of a baseball fan.

Id like to add a caveat to the question in my answer. When behind in the 4th quarter or maybe in the playoffs, I'd like to see Rodgers take more chances. Otherwise I do believe the quick passing game suits Rodgers and this offense best.

Now that there is a little more speed in the WR room, with Watson, Watkins and Doubs, I would like to see Rodgers throw a few more deep passes per game or shot plays if you will.

I know we had MVS for the last 4 years who was tall and fast but what some don't know is he couldn't really jump (30 inch vertical) and as we could all see, he didn't have much wiggle to his game. He would beat guys with speed and that was it.

Christian Watson on the other hand has RB like skills and wiggle and boasts a 38.5 inch vertical. All of which can help create separation either within his routes or at the catch point. It may not seem like much but those 8.5 inches create a much bigger catch radius than when Rodgers was throwing to MVS.

I remember a few times a game Rodgers would fire a deep shot to MVS only to see it end up nowhere near being caught. Didn't know if Rodgers was basically throwing it away because he didn't trust MVS to come down with a 50-50 ball or if his timing was off throwing to one of the fastest WRs hes ever had.

As a rookie Rodgers targeted MVS 73 times and he only caught 38 of those passes. I will bet money that if Rodgers gives Watson that many targets as a rookie he will catch quite a few more of those targets and do a lot more with those catches in both yards and TDs.

So yes with another caveat. I'd like to see Rodgers take more chances when it comes to targeting his new rookie WRs as well.

Rodgers is at his best when there is one minute left in the game and he gets the ball on the 20-yard line. He will hit a receiver just prior to him stepping out of bounds. Last season the Packers won every game in which Devonte Adams did not play. Remember in Arizona a few years back when a third-rate receiver caught consecutive TDs to win the game. When the playoffs come he becomes conservative. He hesitates on his throws more. Last year in the playoff game, he threw 70%??? of his passes to Adams who was usually double covered.

So we’re asking if Rodgers should take more chances by throwing to double covered receivers like he did on the throw to Adams in the 4th quarter of the playoff game?

How did that work out? Got it, right OK.

I agree with Leatherhead’s post 100%. Keep it boring but execute. It worked out very well for the Lombardi Packers.

Thanks, Since ‘61