Lagartixa
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Given how much people here say bad things about Aaron Rodgers, I'm pretty surprised nobody is commenting on the enormous contrast between how Marshawn Lynch saw Rodgers as a teammate and how he saw Wilson as an aloof coworker.
"Aaron Rodgers is the reason why I got my opportunity at Cal." --M. Lynch
Rodgers was such a good teammate that Lynch thinks the reason he got the opportunity to shine, and didn't blow it completely when he made a mistake (went to the wrong side on the running play called for him), is because Rodgers asked for Lynch to get a play, then when Lynch ran to the wrong side, Rodgers made a smooth move and salvaged the play with a behind-the-back handoff to Lynch, who took it to the house, and then when the coaches started yelling at Lynch for going the wrong way, Rodgers covered for Lynch and took responsibility for it, even though it hadn't been his fault at all. Rodgers used his status to give a freshman teammate a chance, used his skill to salvage the play when the teammate made a mistake, and then used his status again to protect that teammate from the coaches.
And according to Lynch, they then built trust for in-game plays on that initial foundation.
Compare that to how Wilson throws everyone else under the bus rather than taking responsibility for his own failures, and you start to understand why...
Aaron Rodgers is known to be a much better teammate, and is much better-liked by his teammates, than Russell Wilson.
"Aaron Rodgers is the reason why I got my opportunity at Cal." --M. Lynch
Rodgers was such a good teammate that Lynch thinks the reason he got the opportunity to shine, and didn't blow it completely when he made a mistake (went to the wrong side on the running play called for him), is because Rodgers asked for Lynch to get a play, then when Lynch ran to the wrong side, Rodgers made a smooth move and salvaged the play with a behind-the-back handoff to Lynch, who took it to the house, and then when the coaches started yelling at Lynch for going the wrong way, Rodgers covered for Lynch and took responsibility for it, even though it hadn't been his fault at all. Rodgers used his status to give a freshman teammate a chance, used his skill to salvage the play when the teammate made a mistake, and then used his status again to protect that teammate from the coaches.
And according to Lynch, they then built trust for in-game plays on that initial foundation.
Compare that to how Wilson throws everyone else under the bus rather than taking responsibility for his own failures, and you start to understand why...
Aaron Rodgers is known to be a much better teammate, and is much better-liked by his teammates, than Russell Wilson.
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