Sean Payton expects higher from Aaron Rodgers.
Payton, the previous longtime Saints head coach now serving as a Fox NFL analyst, voiced his displeasure with Rodgers’ physique language and feedback throughout and after the Packers’ Week 1 loss to the Vikings.
“It drives me loopy,” Payton mentioned on the “NFL Rhodes Present”. “It drives me loopy.”
Rodgers has notably been important of the crew’s younger receiving group, which misplaced Davante Adams when the Packers traded him to the Raiders in a blockbuster this offseason. Through the preseason, Rodgers mentioned “the younger guys, particularly younger receivers, we’ve obtained to be far more constant. A variety of drops, a number of unhealthy route choices, working the unsuitable route. We’ve obtained to get higher in that space.”
That sentiment has now carried into the common season, which noticed rookie receiver Christian Watson drop a simple, wide-open would-be 75-yard landing to start with of the loss.
“There’s going to be rising pains,” Rodgers mentioned after the sport. “That is actual soccer, it counts. It’s completely different, there’s nerves. … We’ve obtained to make these performs.”
These feedback rubbed Payton the unsuitable approach, who would have most popular Rodgers take accountability as an alternative of shift blame onto rookies and younger gamers.
“After the sport we go to the interview within the locker room and the very first query posed to Aaron was about bouncing again and he referenced the primary play of the sport, the dropped go from a rookie,” Payton mentioned. “And I assumed, ‘Come on.’ I like Aaron Rodgers, however I didn’t like what I noticed.”
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