PITTSBURGH — After completing fewer than 50% of his pass attempts in Sunday's 26-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills, quarterback Aaron Rodgers suggested two simple fixes to getting on the same page with his wide receivers with just five weeks left in the regular season.
«When there's film sessions, everybody shows up, and when I check to a route, you do the right route,» Rodgers said. "… We have our meetings every week. We have other opportunities outside of the facility, and [I] look forward to seeing all the boys there."
Rodgers, playing with a black cast to protect his fractured left wrist, completed just 10 of 21 attempts for 117 yards, marking his third-lowest total in any game where he threw at least 20 passes. His 10 completions were also his fewest in any game with 20 pass attempts. The quarterback, who turns 42 on Tuesday, was also strip-sacked on the first play of the third quarter as he held the ball and danced in the pocket waiting for a receiver to get open.
«I felt good enough to be out there, just not ready to take a snap under center, hopefully next week for that,» he said. «Disappointed in my performance, disappointed in the offensive performance and got to flush it.»
Rodgers and his receivers have struggled to connect on deep and midrange passes throughout the season, and Sunday was no different. On third-and-4 in the first quarter, Rodgers tried to hit second-year receiver Roman Wilson down the sideline on a go route, but the quarterback overshot his target and the ball bounced to the turf incomplete.
«I threw a ball I thought was going to get hit by the wind, and it was 4 yards over Roman, so that's a s---ty throw,» Rodgers said. «I got to make that throw.»
Later, in the fourth quarter, Rodgers tried to
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