Its time to step up Aaron

Although he hasn't thrown a pick on the year, and only committed one turnover, a la a fumble, I'm calling for Aaron Rogers to start performing. After watching the Packer loss to the Cowboys, 27-16, I started to realize how unintimidating Rogers is. At no point during the game was I, depending on how you were watching the game, scared or confident, that he was going to get it done.

His numbers weren't bad, 22-39 for 290 yards with one rushing touchdown. But his inability to get the ball into the endzone is what cost Green Bay the game. They had three red zone drives stalled and came away with only nine points. Its been a trend on the year as he's only thrown four TD passes, with three coming against the lowly lions.

Mason Crosby, the field goal kicker for the cheeseheads, is 6-7 on field goals for the year, with his longest coming off of a 42 yard strike. Meaning that Rogers has gotten the ball within the 25 yard line at least six times this year and failed to come away with more then three points. (picture below from greenbaypackersticket.net)

Now I know he's replaced a legend, and nobody expects him to turn into Brett Favre over night, but at some point the team is going to need him to do more than just run the offense. When he first stepped in, all he was asked to do was run the offense and not lose the game. While doing that, most people agreed that the rest of the team would pick up the slack and lead the Packers to an 11-5 or 12-4 record. To which I still think it can be done, but they clearly will not get more then that.

And based off of tonights game, all they'll be is an above average team. Because they clearly showed that when they compete against the upper echelon of teams, they just can't pull it through. So in order for the Packers to be a real contender in the league, they need Aaron Rogers to completely embrace the role that the Packers need to win, and not the role that is comfortable for him right now.