Im 23 and while I remember watching the packers that year, I don’t recall any narratives that were taking place at that time.
It’s clear that Rodgers first year was received pretty well by our fandom (maybe except the Favre camp), but clearly he wasn’t perfect. We went 6-10 and Rodgers stats, while good, weren’t shouting “guaranteed HoFer”
So what were the major critiques of Rodgers game? Did he share Loves sometimes iffy deep ball accuracy? Was it decision making? Playing too much hero ball? Judging by his stats game to game, he seems different from Love so far in that he to give you something to be optimistic about every game, but has a lot of “ok” games. Love on the other hand often either plays really good or pretty bad.
I wish I had an answer for this. When rodgers first started I didn’t have access to watch the games that weren’t nationally televised. So maybe 2-3 games a year unlike the last 10 years where I could afford Sunday ticket. All I do know is I am grateful now to have had a qb who just did not throw picks. Because of seeing that for the last decade + INTs make me irrationally furious.