Aaron Rodgers Discusses Poor Throws After Loss to Titans

The Green Bay quarterback admitted he was a little bit off on Thursday night.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers came away disappointed with his performance and the way that he threw the football in Thursday night’s 27–17 loss to the Titans at Lambeau Field.

After the Packers were booed off their home field in the loss, Rodgers was asked about the fan reaction to the latest dismal performance.

“Interesting. That’s the best I can give you,” Rodgers said.

Rodgers himself did not have his best night throwing the football, but it wasn’t a poor statistical passing performance either. Rodgers finished 24-of-39 through the air for 227 yards and two touchdowns, but his focus after the game was on the poor quality of the throws that he was making. 

“I’m not going to make excuses about my thumb, it’s been the same since New York,” Rodgers said, referring to a thumb injury he suffered on his throwing hand in Week 5. “I don’t know, I gotta go back and look at it. It felt like fundamentally I was in a good spot. I just didn’t have the same type of consistent grip and ball coming out the same way. I threw a lot of kinda wobblers tonight. There was some wind. I just missed a few throws I shoulda had.”

Now 4–7 on the season, Green Bay has fallen to 10th in the NFC as their playoff hopes continue to dwindle. The last six games become crucially important if the Packers want to save their season.

“We gotta play up to our potential,” Rodgers said. “If we play up to our potential, we can win our last six games. I’m confident of that. Obviously I gotta play up to my potential…tonight wasn’t it.”

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