Green Bay, Wiz. – Green Bay Packers tight end Robert Tonian knew that quarterback Aaron Rogers would start this season with tears – how, he wouldn’t say – but he would at least seem more credible than anyone saying Tonian would lead the NFL in a touchdown catch after a quarter of the season.
But here’s Tonyan with five touchdown catches – a 30-16 win over the Atlanta Falcons in Monday night’s Lambou area – and here the Packers are largely thanks to a 4-0, 36-year-old quarterback for an almost flawless start to the season.
“Before the season, I knew it was going to happen,” Tonia said when asked about Rogers’ stellar game in the first quarter of the season. “I already knew it was going to happen. That’s all I have to say.”
The numbers say the rest: The Packers have scored at least 30 points without turnover in the first four games, making them the first team in NFL history to start the season with the first four, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. When dealing with the possibility of injuries in crime and they have made various contributors. He played his second consecutive game without Pro Bowl wide receiver Davant Adams (hamstring) and also without No. 2 receiver Ellen Lazard (who is out indefinitely due to a core muscle injury that requires surgery just a few days after the best game of his career week. 3).
And don’t forget that the Packers didn’t draft a single huge receiver in a fairly receiver-rich draft and instead took Rodgers ’final replacement, Jordan Love, in the first round.
If Rogers was inconsistent during the Packers ’13-3 season last year, now he’s ready for it.
He made 27 of 33 passes for 327 yards and completed four touchdowns against the Falcons. For the season, he has 13 touchdown passes without interruption – the fourth consecutive touchdown in the team’s first four games in NFL history.
He has Tonyan to thank him for the part, at least after Monday night.
A former unprofessional free agent in the state of Indiana, where he began his career as a quarterback, he is not exactly a newcomer to Green Bay. He was with the Packers from the final month of the 2017 season when he was signed to the practice squad. He made the team in 2018 and got four catches and a touchdown for 77 yards despite playing in all 16 games. He appeared to be out of action last season, but survived a hamstring injury that eventually required off-field surgery and received 10 passes and a touchdown for 100 yards.
Tonian, a late 49-year-old George Kettle (J.) is an anisson workout partner. Tweeted their approval Several times in Tonin’s performance on Monday night), he got his chance this season after the Packers cut the primary tight end of their last two years Jimmy Graham. He was also a Mercedes Lewis (knee) without the tight end he experienced on Monday against Atlanta.
With 98 yards and six catches for three scores against the Falcons, Tonia made his season touchdown in five in total – paired with Buchanan’s wide receiver Mike Evans for most touchdown catches in the NFL. In four games, Tonya has also matched Graham’s touchdown output in 32 games with the Packers in the past two seasons.
“You can’t help but gain a lot of respect for her [Tonyan], “Rogers said.” And I don’t think it was just me. There were a lot of people who really saw it and saw that he was trying to fight to get out of there that he got our respect. As far as talent goes, we always knew. He’s a talented guy and it’s a matter of time before this kind of game happens. But talking about respect and trust and being able to count on one person, we saw with Bobby last year. “
Tonian’s third and final touchdown of the night – 21-yards in the third quarter – earned him some extra points from his quarterback. After the Falcons’ safety, Jamal Carter pulled him down and went down and got a full roll of the barrel before he could walk.
“I’ve been doing yoga twice a week, so I think Somersault helped,” Tonia joked. “I just got back on my feet and the next thing I know the ball is in the air. It’s crazy Aaron that makes me stand up and throw it at me. But yeah, he was crazy.”
Now, the Packers are entering their buy weekend, which means players will have to stay in Green Bay because of the daily COVID-19 test – something Rogers said “sucks perfectly” but “obviously it is [given] Situation “- and presumably it would allow Adams to return to Tampa, Florida with a 6-week showdown with Tom Brady and the Buccaneers.
If it looks like Rogers enjoyed working with him without some of his most trusted playmakers, he must do a good job of making it wrong.
“Not really; I would have had those boys instead,” he said. “I’d rather keep us as healthy as possible, but the beauty of this game is that it rarely happens, whether it’s the guy playing with injuries or people who can’t play due to injuries, and that’s part of the game. You love “It’s an opportunity for others, because a lot of them have actually earned it, got a chance to be out there, get a chance to be in a position to do plays, and you get to learn a lot about character and ability in those moments.”
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