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Originally Posted by EARTHQUAKE2689
His awarness also seems to get him in trouble as well. It is all about read and react. Of all of his assets this is his weakest point of play. This is what gets him beat deep most of the time. He is not aware of what is going on around him. Example: Wild Card 2005 against the Bucs. Redskins 17 Bucs 10. Bucs have the ball 3rd and ten from the Redskins 32 yard line. Ok take a look at Edell Shepard (WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!) going up against Carlos Rogers. Now rewind back to the Bucs/Skins game earlier when Edell Shepard beat Walt Harris for a 31 yard TD to set up the biggest BS call of the season. Back to the playoff game, Shepard runs the exact same route he ran earlier in the season. (for those who cant remember basically the same route Santana Moss ran to beat Dallas for the second TD on Monday night). Ok Carlos gives a 10 yard cushion and then doesnt take off with Shepard until he is 2-3 yards past him. Chris Simms throws a perfect pass and if it wasnt for Shepard dropping that pass maybe we dont get to play Seattle the following week. (Where he had a chance to sink the Hawks early with Alexander on the bench he drops a INT that would have easily go into the End Zone for a 10-0 lead en route to a route.)
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I agree with you 100% and just wanted to add to your point...The entire premise of playing off a WR and giving them a cushion is to keep the play in front of you and to make sure you never get beat deep. Rodgers was providing that cushion, which allows the underneath stuff to open up, yet still getting beat deep on several occasions.
I suspect some of the problem was coaching and poor LB zone coverage underneath, but no one starting at DB in the NFL should be getting deep on you when you have a 5-10yard head start. Some of the game film I saw showed Rodgers waiting for the WR to get into his break before even turning his hips and accelerating toward the player. By that time the WR was at full speed and no matter how fast you are, you aren't going to catch up. Bad fundamentals overall and not what I would expect from a 9th overall pick.