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723 Unanimous opinion

"Aron, first of all, congratulations on winning the first playoff victory of your career. You performed very well in the whole game. Compared with the performance in the last two weeks of the regular season, you have recovered your touch again. So, what happened? Standing on the playoff stage, you not only did not be nervous, but instead performed better?"

At the post-match press conference, the Green Bay Packers deservedly snatched away all the attention.

From the perspective of victory or defeat, it is not surprising that both the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings win. This is indeed a 55-5 game, and in the end, the Green Bay Packers completed a season three-kill against their arch-enemy in the same zone, which is far from being unpopular.

But from the perspective of news gimmicks, no one expected that the young Green Bay Packers would be able to enter the playoffs, and now they have further won the first playoff game, and things suddenly became interesting and no one could easily miss it.

After all, theory is one thing, and realization is another.

Lu Yiqi is still the focus of attention in the spotlight, but after the entire season of the confrontation, the reporters have long realized that this is a tough bone, and it is not easy to get a burst of points in Lu Yiqi. So the reporters turned their guns one after another, looking forward to finding a breakthrough in the players.

For example, Rogers.

Rodgers' performance in this game was perfect:

32 passes made 23, 335 yards, three touchdowns, no interceptions, quarterback scored 151 points, and pff scored 1.9.

The full score of the quarterback is 158.3. For any quarterback, as long as the score is above 120 points, it will be a wonderful top performance.

The full score of the pff rating is 2 points, and likewise, for any quarterback, as long as the rating is above 1 point, it is also a game worthy of all the praises.

On the first playoff stage of Rodgers' career, the young quarterback did indeed deliver a perfect answer, easily leading the top of all quarterbacks in four wildcard games, and he deserves all forms of praise and affirmation from reporters.

If it were a week ago, facing this victory and such a performance, Rogers would probably be unable to hide his excitement, because he proved himself, because he proved that he could become a top quarterback without the shadow of Favre, because he proved that he had the ability to go further, and the perfect answer to the first playoff victory in his career is a milestone moment for any player.

But now, Rogers' mentality has undergone a subtle change: joy and excitement are still there, but they will not lose their composure, because they have higher goals, and this is just the beginning, and there is no need to make a fuss.

"Nothing happened, everything was the same."

Rogers replied with a smile.

"I mean, I'm still preparing for the game step by step, believing in teammates, believing in coaches, that's all. Today, we should see everyone doing their best, Driver, Nelson, Jones, Jennings, of course, and Grant, the entire offensive team united."

"I can't take credit on my own. We united, firmly implemented Coach Archie's tactics, and always believed that victory belonged to us. That's all. I don't think there is any difference between this game and the last two games of the regular season, I just fulfilled my duties."

Compared to Lu Yiqi's skillfulness, Rogers still seemed very immature. His words were stiff and rigid, and all of them were routines. The reporter immediately seized the loopholes in Rogers' words.

"You mean, is it Coach Archie's credit for victory?"

Rogers didn't think deeply and just stepped into the reporter's trap. "Of course, it's my honor to be able to play under Coach Archie."

Being fooled!

The reporter immediately became excited and then asked, "But the team still has not negotiated with Coach Archie about the contract renewal. What do you think about this?"

Rodgers was a little panicked. This was indeed an unexpected topic, but he still said sincerely, "I believe that the coach and the team have their plans, but I think that Coach Archie is the most suitable choice for the team. We all look forward to him being able to follow the team leader for a long time."

Without the sincerity of tricks, you can feel the sincerity of Rogers, which is a little surprised.

Looking at the entire 2008 season, although Lu Yiqi led the Green Bay Packers to perform well, because Lu Yiqi is too young, there is no sense of incongruity among the players. This also destined to Lu Yiqi to establish the "head coach's authority", and there is a lack of a sense of distance between the players and the coach.

In the opinion of reporters, if they emphasize that the credit for victory comes from Lu Yiqi, then big-name players and thorny players will definitely be unwilling to accept it - because they are the protagonists who stand on the stadium to fight, and Lu Yiqi's "coach authority" is far from convincing the public, and then you will be able to see a big show.

In different collective sports such as "coach vs. stars", basketball, football, rugby, etc., this kind of contradiction and conflict is an eternal issue.

But unexpectedly, Rogers stood firmly behind Lu Yiqi, which made the reporters' abacus fail.

Looking back, this is Rodgers' first starting season. Moreover, when Lu Yiqi joined the Green Bay Packers, Rodgers was his only starter. So now Rodgers supports Lu Yiqi with reciprocity. Perhaps, they chose the wrong target to "provoke".

So the same question was also thrown to the three biggest players in the team, Driver, Harris and Woodson, although the question was asked slightly differently.

"Donald, many people think that the Green Bay Packers have performed so well this season, it's all thanks to Coach Archie. What do you think?"

"I agree." Driver's answer was straightforward, without any hesitation or circles, because it caught the reporter off guard because it was too direct.

"What's wrong, is there anything wrong with my answer?" Instead, Driver asked back, and the reporters were confused. Driver had to explain, "I must admit that when Coach Archie first joined the team, everyone had doubts about him, but he proved himself with his actual performance and conquered us, at least for me. I think Coach Archie is the reason why we can get to where we are now."

Such a righteous answer also cut off the possibility of reporters taking advantage of loopholes, so that the reporter's subsequent attacks seemed a little lacking in confidence.

However, the reporters would not give up easily, and then raised the question of the ball rights time - the rise of Nelson and the outstanding performance of Jennings and Jones directly and indirectly weakened Driver's number one position in the team. Some reporters even said that Driver may not be able to continue to occupy the main position in Green Bay.
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