In Nick Sorensen's first game as a defensive coordinator, he'll face one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time -- Aaron Rodgers. This week, I asked Sorensen what's unique about the challenge Rodgers presents. Here's what Sorensen said.
Granted, Rodgers is 40 and hasn't played in a year because he tore his Achilles, so he's not what he used to be. Still, if Sorensen doesn't have a good plan, Rodgers will tear him apart.
This week, I asked Sorensen what's unique about the challenge Rodgers presents. Here's what Sorensen said: “With him, he's just, he's really accurate and he gets rid of the ball quick. He's had a lot of success. He's seen everything. You have to be able to be tight on the guys and he's good when he has a good run game, so you always want to stop the run. And then he's got different elements off of that. When he trusts receivers and has had time with them, he can be really pinpoint accurate when he knows where they're going to be.
Sorensen's answer is fascinating and extremely perceptive. It's not just the physical talent that makes Rodgers dangerous -- it's his relationship with his favorite receiver. For the past few years in Green Bay, it was Davante Adams. Before him, it was Jordy Nelson. Rodgers always knew where those receivers would be even when the play broke down. It's like they shared a brain.
Now Rodgers is playing with a completely new cast of teammates, so he hasn't built up that level of trust with them yet.Grant Cohn has covered the San Francisco 49ers daily since 2011. He spent the first nine years of his career with the Santa Rosa Press Democrat where he wrote the Inside the 49ers blog and covered famous coaches and athletes such as Jim Harbaugh, Colin Kaepernick and Patrick Willis. In 2012, Inside the 49ers won Sports Blog of the Year from the Peninsula Press Club.
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