MintBaconDrivel
9 years ago
Davante Adams said something about Aaron might not like him saying anything about the "signal". You can bet this was Aaron's way of saying STFU kid.

GREEN BAY — Davante Adams apparently didn't see a sign from Aaron Rodgers on the fake-spike play that helped the Green Bay Packers beat the Miami Dolphins on Sunday.

The rookie wide receiver may have thought he saw a signal from his quarterback, but Rodgers said Tuesday that he never did anything to let Adams know that he was throwing him the ball.

Rodgers said Tuesday on his weekly radio show on 540 ESPN and ESPNWisconsin.com  that he never let any of his teammates know that he was planning to fake a clock-stopping spike and improvised the play on the fly. While he made eye contact with wide receiver Randall Cobb before the play — and Cobb consequently ran a pass pattern — it wasn't until after he'd gotten the snap that he and Adams connected.

"I yelled 'Clock!' which means spike, and I didn't spike it and threw it to Davante. Anything that anybody else has said about it, my apologies to those people, but it is probably slightly exaggerated," Rodgers said. "That's really what happened."

Asked after the game about the signal Rodgers gave him about the fake-spike play, Adams said, "It's real subtle, because he's doing it so other people are going to be able to pick up on it. He's doing his job, and I've got to make sure I see it because it's on me if I don't do it right."

Said Rodgers Tuesday: "I don't know what he's talking about, and that's the truth."

Whatever happened, it worked. Adams caught the pass, taking advantage of the large cushion cornerback Cortland Finnegan was giving him to get 12 yards before getting out of bounds with 6 seconds left at the Dolphins 4-yard line.

"The last thing I did [before the snap] was make sure we had a legal formation," Rodgers said. "So I looked out to the right and made sure we had a legal formation and as I did, I noticed that the corner was way off of Davante. Knowing that we had second-and-6ish from outside of the 10, I thought we might be able to get some cheap yards. And all that is happening in a very short amount of time, and you've got to make a quick decision.

"[If] you spike it, you have two plays. You fake spike it and get out of bounds, he got 12 yards. Obviously there's a big difference between two plays from the 16 and two plays from the 4-yard line."

On the next play, tight end Andrew Quarless caught the game-winning touchdown.

"I was glad Davante was looking at him," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said of the non-spike. "Because I've known Aaron, when he does the fake spike in practice, when they don't look at him, it's not a good thing."

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9 years ago
It is amazing how many renditions there is on a single play. Every day the story seems to change a little.
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porky88
9 years ago

Davante Adams said something about Aaron might not like him saying anything about the "signal". You can bet this was Aaron's way of saying STFU kid.

Originally Posted by: MintBaconDrivel 


Teams know about it now. If it's there, they'll find it during film study. That might be why Rodgers is downplaying the issue.

Or perhaps Adams really is full of crap. It was a pretty cool moment regardless of how it came to be.

yooperfan
9 years ago
Calling teammates liars can't be good for the chemistry.
He could have let it slide.
Laser Gunns
9 years ago
I don't get why lie about it?

I saw it, diddnt know if it was anything at the time.

But anyone with a recording can go look at what the signal was.

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sschind
9 years ago
Here is what really happened. Rodgers said right away that when he first looked Adams wasn't looking at him and he just hoped he would look before he threw it or something like that. The receivers are supposed to be paying attention to the QB at all times watching for signals but for this there is no signal. Being a rookie Adams just assumed there would have been a signal and he missed it but rather than get into trouble for not knowing it he said he caught it at the last second.

OR

Rodgers and Adams cooked this whole thing up. Now teams will be preoccupied looking for a signal every time the Packers are in a clock the ball situation and there is no signal or is there?
sschind
9 years ago

I don't get why lie about it?

I saw it, diddnt know if it was anything at the time.

But anyone with a recording can go look at what the signal was.

Originally Posted by: Laser Gunns 




Or can they.

Was there a signal or was it a dummy signal? Maybe there really is no signal and Rodgers just made a signal so other teams will think there is a signal and Adams saw a signal and thought it was the signal when it really wasn't the signal because there isn't a signal but he said he saw the signal rather than admit he didn't know if there was or wasn't a signal.

Maybe there is a signal and Adams spilled the beans that there is a signal so now teams will be watching for the signal so Rodgers had to do damage control and insist there is no signal.

It's crazy I tell you, crazy like a fox and there is not a signal thing you or I can do about it.

I gotta go now, the guys in the white coats are signaling that my time on the computer is up.
Cheesey
9 years ago
Here's what REALLY happened. Aaron Rodgers sent a telepathic message directly to Adams.
That is the REAL story!
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beast
9 years ago

I have no idea what happened... but I know when watching it... I found it really really odd that Jordy Nelson in the slot didn't get out of his stance while he was looking around after the ball was snapped while Cobb burst out into a pass pattern right away... which made me think something was signaled... as normally after the ball is snapped (even on spikes) the WRs get out of their stance and do something... even if it's just to go back to the huddle. That might be nothing... but it seemed odd to me.
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