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For years, football fans have heard about how difficult it is for wide receivers to gain the trust of Aaron Rodgers.
This difficulty gaining trust was part of the concern among fans about how the Green Bay Packers offense would change this season as Rodgers began throwing to an entirely new group of receivers after losing Davante Adams.
Throughout the season, it has seemed like fans were right to have those concerns as the Packers’ offense has struggled and Rodgers has had a tough time getting on the same page as his receivers.
Now we may have an explantation for why it’s so hard to gain his trust and why he hasn’t been on the same page as his receivers for much of the season.
According to a report from The Athletic’s Kalyn Kahler, Rodgers expects the offense to know around 30 hand signals he uses, but never officially teaches them the signals and will sometimes bring back signals from prior seasons.
Aaron Rodgers expects his offense to know somewhere around 30 hand signals. Every Sat players are tested on them, but the tricky part is the signals aren't officially taught, there's no real record of them, & Rodgers often revives signal from yrs before. https://t.co/k4g4v7x1AW pic.twitter.com/kKwlFtQGxl
— Kalyn Kahler (@kalynkahler) December 16, 2022
Aaron Rodgers expects his offense to know somewhere around 30 hand signals. Every Sat players are tested on them, but the tricky part is the signals aren’t officially taught, there’s no real record of them, & Rodgers often revives signal from yrs before.
That doesn’t seem like an optimal way for a quarterback to help his rookie receivers get up to speed. While it’s something that may have worked for Rodgers throughout his career, it might have been something worth changing this season as he acclimated to his new receivers.
Unfortunately for the Green Bay Packers, it may be too late for them to do anything about it this season, but it might be worth considering a change to this system before next year.