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InmanRoshi · 05-30-2014, 05:23 PM

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......"POSITIVES: Athletic passer with the physical skills and mental intangibles needed to lead a franchise at the next level. Quickly sets up in the pocket, sells ball fakes and technically very sound. Poised under the rush, steps up to avoid defenders and works to keep the play alive. Patient, buys time in the pocket and waits for receivers to come free. Does an excellent job with his reads and natural looking off the safety. Does not make mental errors and throws the ball away rather than toss the errant pass. Times the short and intermediate throws well, as receivers rarely wait for the ball out of their breaks. Outstanding vision and immediately spots the open receiver. Possesses a quick release, live arm and zips the outs or gets the ball downfield. Throws with touch. Sits in the pocket and takes a big hit in order to get the pass off. Fleet-footed and picks up yardage with his legs when necessary.

That's a nice writeup from InternetWannaScout.com. Great resource.

Let's get it straight from Rodger's mouth how he redeveloped his throwing motion from his rookie year....

The time away from the limelight allowed Rodgers to make a few natural adjustments in his delivery.

"It's really where I carried the ball," Rodgers said. "It's not a conscious thing. We were drilled every day at Cal to hold the ball high and were drilled in the way our arm dropped. When I got to the NFL, we weren't doing that every day. It came up with a more natural position."

"As that happened, my release point was able to center up a little better," Rodgers said. "I became way more consistent with my release point. The more consistent you are with your release point, the more accurate you are. Coming out in the draft, my release was kind of the knock on me. I had no problem with my release point coming back down. Once it did, I felt the accuracy was back. Once I got to a more natural point, I was throwing like it was in high school."

"Aaron has a very strong arm and really always has," McCarthy said. "We dropped his ball carriage. He had a very high one when he came out. Now, it's a little more fluid and that helps him transition more into the movement part of it. He's very fundamentally strong. He's clearly one of the better guys I've had the opportunity to work with."



The alteration of Rodgers' throw started when he was a rookie in 2005, so he shouldn't develop any arm troubles because he's been throwing with the more natural motion for almost three years.



...Tedford vouches for the changes he made to his throwing motion....







When Rodgers entered the NFL draft after his junior season, there was a lot of debate about whether he would need retraining on his throwing motion because when his right arm settled into the cocked position it looked awkward.

When he instructed Rodgers to hold the ball on the shelf, Tedford noticed that his pupil's right elbow was cocked way up to the point that his upper arm was parallel to the ground. Tedford wasn't sure why Rodgers did it that way, but when he saw him throw the ball, he decided to let it go.

"His back arm was up a little higher," Tedford said. "I don't know why. We talked about having the ball there, maybe he just over-exaggerated it and that's where it stuck.