Comparing Carson Wentz to 3 future Hall of Famers who struggled early

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Aaron Rodgers went through difficult times just like Carson Wentz.

Let’s take you back to 2009. Aaron Rodgers was in a prove-it year. As you can probably guess by where he is today, he indeed proved he was worthy of being the Green Bay Packers’ franchise quarterback, but there were a few bumps in the road along the way. The most noticeable was in week nine of 2009’s season versus a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that finished 3-13.

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Rodgers completed just 17 of 35 passes (48.5 percent) for 266 yards, and two touchdowns. That isn’t too awful, but he also tossed three interceptions. He was also sacked six times for 32 yards mostly because he held onto the ball too long. Does that sound familiar?

That led to a 38-28 loss to one of the worst teams in football. The Packers still bounced back and made the playoffs. They lost in the Wild Card game 51-45 in overtime and Rodgers completed 28 of 42 passes for 423 yards, four touchdowns, and just one interception.

In 2015, during another game versus the Arizona Cardinals, the Packers lost by a score of 38-8. Rodgers was 15 of 28 on pass attempts for 151 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. He was sacked eight times for 70 yards. If we’re going to talk about what’s inexcusable, we have to bring that up. What Rodgers did on that day was unacceptable for an experienced starter who should know when to get rid of the ball.

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A few weeks later, the Packers and Cardinals met again in the playoffs. Rodgers made adjustments and they lost 26-20 this time, but you can’t blame ’12’ for that as Green Bay never got the ball in overtime and Larry Fitzgerald turned into football’s version of Michael Jordan. Do you get the point now?

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