Greg Jennings on Packers-Bears, Aaron Rodgers' longevity and Mike McCarthy
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz are joined by former Green Bay Packers wide receiver and Super Bowl champion Greg Jennings to preview the Chicago Bears vs. Green Bay Packers, react to Aaron Roddgers’ longevity and discuss where Mike McCarthy could coach next. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
Video Transcript
Let's go into the mind of Greg Jennings.
And we will get the X-factor.
A player that needs to put the team on their back.
We will start with your former team, the Packers, taking on the Chicago Bears.
Who is one player that will be putting the team on their back in that NFC showdown?
Well, it's not going to be any surprise.
I'm going to lean on the Green Bay Packers.
Side, and it's Jordan Love.
Him being back, being available, knowing what we know about the Green Bay Packers and what they won't have at their disposal on defense with Micah Parsons, and then even offensively, What we know they don't have, and they haven't had for the majority of the season now is Tucker Kraft.
Like, Jordan Love has to be special, Because what we have come to find out is the guy that's on the other sideline, Caleb Williams, regardless of what we saw last year, Regardless of what we saw at the beginning of the season, He is clutch when it matters most, and we're in the playoffs.
I expect nothing else, nothing less, but for Caleb Williams to be clutch.
Jordan has to match and exceed what he's going to provide for his team.
Let's get to that Houston-Steelers matchup.
You know Aaron Rodgers well.
He's 42.
You're Yeah.
... 42.
I mean, as somebody who has played Hey.
...so much, when you see him doing it at his age, What's it say to you?
I'm going to be honest.
Last night was Turn Back the Clock.
He never loses belief.
Like, I don't care how old he gets.
You always feel like, "I have it in me."
It's just a matter of executing and putting it On the field of play, and he did it throughout that game last night.
It was impressive.
Now he's done it, he's going to have a team.
That feels like, man, we're getting DK back.
We can only improve from here.
It's only up.
That passing game that looks, That looked bleak, not almost, it was nonexistent the week before.
Because of his ability to survey the landscape of what defenses are going to do, Get the ball out of his hand, push the ball down the field when he needs to and make every Critical throw.
He had moments in that game where he and Only he knew, "This is my moment."
This is what I...
This is why I came back.
This is why I play the game.
And nothing else matters but throwing that ball and being pinpoint accurate.
And he's one of the best to do it.
You've played for Mike McCarthy.
In your mind, does he deserve another shot as a head coach somewhere?
Look, I'm going to...
I'm definitely going to say yes.
Mike, his resume speaks for itself.
What Mike has to show that he can do is win without, obviously, that marquee quarterback.
And every coach has to try to do that or hopes They either have a guy that they can actually deliver with.
He didn't get it done in Dallas.
It is what it is.
We know how Dallas operates anyway.
But now, if he does have an opportunity, Regardless of what his past has been, he's going to have to be creative on offense.
Not allow offenses to be stale, and not allow us to start to say the same things that we've said when his time was winding down in Green Bay and as his time was winding down in Dallas.
With the Cowboys, Mike McCarthy's resume speaks for itself.
He's one of the best coaches to do it, and so I believe he deserves a chance.
