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in the zone my oh my green Bay Packer fans have to be in the zone because last night late in the evening probably 11 o'clock or so eastern Aaron Rogers hopped on Instagram put up a picture of himself in the hospital operating bed giving a thumbs up sign and sent the following message it's been a long road from that day to this but I'm happy to say I've been medically

especially clear to return thanks for all the love support prayers and well wishes over the past 8 weeks and a big thank you to dr Mackenzie and our incredible training staff hashtag rise again hashtag I believe that's all I meaning there's double hashtags there and I don't think the second hashtag has anything else associated with it so that's Aaron Rogers on Instagram now the question becomes if you look at the green Bay schedule there

is sitting at seven and six right now Aaron Rogers coming back for a massive game for both sides the panthers this line has shifted quite a bit but the panthers I believe are still around the six and a half point favorite people are not sure how healthy Aaron Rogers is going to be this is a brutal schedule for the Packers just so you know panthers are this weekend next I guess it's Saturday so a quick turnaround

for the Packers the Vikings on the road in green Bay and then they finish at the Lions I don't know that the Packers will win any of those games and so I understand why Aaron Rogers wants to get back and why it's a big deal that he returns from this injury but honestly is it really smart to allow him to play these final three games I know he's been medically cleared but remember to play

Tony Romo had a similar injury and he had the same thing happen to him again pretty quickly would it make sense to bring in Aaron Rogers and let him take hits when the odds are that you're really probably not going to make the playoffs again I mean I think you have to be strategic about this I think this is when a team has to protect

potentially a player from himself I don't blame Aaron Rogers at all for wanting to come back but right now you are in ninth place if you are green Bay you are seven and six best case scenario you get to ten and six if you get to ten and six you know you're going to finish in front of Detroit

and you hope that the NFC South teams don't all finish eleven and five which would make this entire process not matter at all now obviously you can beat the Carolina Panthers and get to even what is that you both be you they'd still be ahead of you I just I don't see in this scenario why it makes sense to bring back Aaron Rogers given where

the Packers are right now again seven and six in ninth place I don't feel very good about the Packers making the playoffs even if they get to ten and six and I think the odds of they're getting to ten and six are pretty slim because again these final three games are incredibly difficult at the Panthers then they play the Vikings and then they play at the Lions I think it's more likely almost that I think

it is more like that I think it's more likely that the Packers go in three in these games even with breath even with breff or for that matter even with Aaron Rogers then I think it is that they go three and

they're still a big story still much to be discussed because this has been talked about for a while and granted the Packers have won two straight games they managed to win back to back overtime games against both the bucks and the browns to even put themselves into this position but I I mean I don't know I just look at this and say I don't really agree with the decision making to bring him into into this game maybe it's crazy

but but to me that seems like a ludicrous decision other big news other big news that is out there LaVar ball maybe the worst dad

of recent history and people say oh it's not fair to criticize another parent that's an argument that's out there I disagree I think if I pulled my sixteen year old son out of high school

and announce that I was taking him overseas to moldova to do sports talk radio instead of going to high school and finishing high school and then going to a college scholarship and UCLA I think it be fair game for all of you to say man I don't know about this love our ball situation I think that love our ball has totally tipped over the kind of the over the media scale here and he now has become a tremendous hindrance for me

for his family and I don't think he's making decisions that are rational on their behalf I think the decision to go to Lithuania for Leangel and Lamello is one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of a sporting father doing if you are interested in growing your sons brands sending them to a country with two million people to pay to play in a city for 10,000 people in Lithuania where the quality of basketball isn't even going to be that high

is borderline the dumbest parenting decision that I can remember in big time you know discussion that I can ever remember seeing and love our ball is also causing issues even for the professional sports franchise that his son is on

wanzo had a good game last night against the who do they lose to I'm not even the next in the Madison Square Garden a good performance but after that game

wanzo ball talked to ESPN he was asked about reports that the Lakers had asked him to tone it down this is love our ball discussing that situation last night

with the entertainment value in the media where it's going to get twisted up just like if I say damn that mean I'm mad but what if I say damn that mean good you see what I'm saying so you guys going to take it how you want it the thing is we got to stay together as a team and as as as communication line always got to be open and we'll be fine because they got to bust that up in order for us to not succeed if they don't bust that up y'all in trouble I'm like is this coming are you concerned about the team not wanting you to be concerned about the team man I never been concerned what I mean about the team about you

and just say yo just think about it I'm just throwing it out there sometimes when you lose in you you can you can take some advice or some little pieces from here and there and try to tweak things to make things all I want to do is win man I'm not just saying play my son the whole time long as we win it I'm cool

strange I just think that love our ball maybe has exhausted all of his 15 minutes could be wrong and granted some of you can say well you're talking about him so he's winning I usually all publicity is good publicity I think when you're getting publicity because most rational people are saying you're making an awful decision on your son's behalf I don't know that that is in fact positive in any way we're talking about a high school kid

getting sent overseas to play basketball in Lithuania for $500 a week tell me how that makes any sense at all if you're trying to grow your brand compared to having your kids on UCLA's basketball team playing in front of millions of people in all their big games in the nation's second largest media market as I said the other day this maybe the first time in global history that someone has

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