/>Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesAcme Packing Company homepageHorizontal - WhiteAcme Packing Companya Green Bay Packers communityFollow Acme Packing Company online:Follow Acme Packing Company on TwitterFollow Acme Packing Company on FacebookFollow Acme Packing Company on InstagramLog in or sign upLog InSign UpSite searchSearchSearchAcme Packing Company main menuFanpostsFanshotsSectionsPackersOddsAboutMastheadCommunity GuidelinesStubHubMoreAll 321 blogs on Horizontal - WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections The APC PodcastPackers Film RoomFantasy Football AdviceCDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Thursday Cheese Curds: Aaron Rodgers survived his most turbulent offseasonTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Dylan Buell/Getty ImagesIt’s been a wild offseason for Aaron Rodgers. He’s taken shots publicly from former teammates and anonymous sources. He’s had to learn a new offense for the first time in 13 years and many wondered how willing he’d be in doing so. He Jake Ryan Jersey , ahem, “chugged” beer at a Milwaukee Bucks playoff game and saw that skill surpassed by other NFL quarterbacks. Now, as the calendar creeps towards July and the start of training camp, Rodgers can get back to what he does best: throwing passes as the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. All eyes are now fully fixed on him to deliver results now that he has both a new general manager and a new head coach. The excuses are gone for Rodgers. Now it’s time to deliver.Thankfully by reading between the lines, it seems Rodgers is ready to just do that.The quarterback’s excitement about what new coach Matt LaFleur’s offense is capable of was palpable in Rodgers’ meetings with the media during OTAs and mini-camp. Being the “body language police” is always a little foolish, but Rodgers genuinely seems refreshed with the new offense even if he fully doesn’t have a grasp on it yet and given how much his abilities have been questioned this spring, Rodgers now likely has a giant chip on his shoulder again.That’s bad news for the rest of the NFL. There’s more on what Rodgers has been up to and what he sees from the new offense in today’s cheese curds.Aaron Rodgers sees new offense fitting Jimmy Graham—Packers.comJimmy Graham’s performance last season was on the of the biggest disappointments of a lost season for the Packers. Some attributed that to former coach Mike McCarthy not knowing how to utilize Graham’s skills and now Rodgers thinks Graham can excel in LaFleur’s offense.200 targets for Davante Adams? That might be Aaron Rodgers’ dream—ESPNDavante Adams is good enough that he warrants 200 targets but LaFleur’s offense, based off the Kyle Shanahan/Sean McVay system, hasn’t really allowed a receiver to be thrown the ball that much as our Jason B. Hirschhorn notes. This likely is just Rodgers speaking in hyperbole. Aaron Rodgers co-founds $50 million venture capital fund—PackersNews.comRodgers has always had one eye turned towards life after football, and this investment allows athletes to have more input on opportunities that they actually have a true stake in the outcome of rather than receiving a check with no strings attached. Return of NASCAR: Packers planning ways to get 4 OLBs on the field together—Packers WireThe Packers actually have enough pass rushers to put four on the field at the same time. This could be potentially disruptive to high flying offenses and should be music to fans’ ears.High-flying ladybug swarm shows up on National Weather Service radar—Los Angeles TimesWisconsinites are used to seeing lake fly hatchings on radar. This is the same thing, just cuter and much less disgusting. GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy heads into the bye week well aware of his team’s shortcomings.And he knows how crucial it is to fix them in advance of the most challenging portion of the schedule.“It was important to win the game on so many different fronts,” McCarthy said on Tuesday, a day after his team’s 33-30 win over San Francisco. “Let’s be honest, you have to win your home games.”More Packers coverage from FOX Sports WisconsinPhotos of the Week: 7/21/19 – 7/27/19Packers rookie Gary’s biggest critic is himselfTop Tweets: Former Badger TJ Watt has impressive four-year transformationPHOTOS: 2019 Green Bay Packers training campPackers’ Rodgers, LaFleur ironing out offense Lance Kendricks Color Rush Jersey , building chemistryAt 3-2-1, all three of the Packers’ victories have come at home, along with a Week 2 tie with NFC North rival Minnesota. Their two losses were on the road at Washington and at Detroit.And they’re about to be on the road a lot in the next month, with four of their next five games away from Lambeau Field.With post-bye games at the Los Angeles Rams (6-0) and New England Patriots (4-2) looming — then two more road games at Seattle (3-3) and at Minnesota (3-2-1) after a Nov. 11 home game against Miami (4-2) — the Packers’ next five opponents are a combined 20-9-1.“Obviously, I understand what the next four games look like. But they don’t mean anything outside of the Rams because that’s the next game,” McCarthy said.“We get a chance to work this week, get a head start on those guys, but we’ve got a lot of work to do on ourselves — and that’s really where the energy will go.”McCarthy said players had a weightlifting session Tuesday morning before getting the rest of the week off. Players will travel back to Green Bay on Sunday and get back to work on Monday.The coaches, meanwhile, will do their traditional self-scouting, which includes what McCarthy calls “across-the-hall” evaluations, where the defensive coaches break down what they see from the Packers’ offense and vice versa.What they’ll find are inconsistencies on both sides of the ball.Green Bay’s offense is fourth in total offense (421 yards per game), but a middling 15th in scoring (24.7 points per game), 16th in third down conversion rate (40.2 percent) and 22nd in red zone offense (50 percent touchdown rate).7<button class="view-gallery">View Gallery</button> Gallery:Upon Further Review: Packers vs. 49ersBenny Sieu | USA TODAY SportsThe defense is seventh in total defense (328.3 yards per game), but 15th in scoring defense (24 points per game) and gave up several big plays to the 49ers on Monday night.Even as important as Monday night’s win was, it epitomized the Packers’ inconsistency. The defense allowed the 49ers just 3 yards on their final three possessions https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/Davon-House-Jersey , with Kevin King‘s interception squelching San Francisco’s final chance to win in regulation and setting up the Packers’ winning field-goal drive.Quarterback Aaron Rodgers led a pair of successful two-minute drives at the end of the game — the first for the game-tying touchdown and the second for kicker Mason Crosby‘s 27-yard walk-off field goal — but the offense continues to struggle outside of the two-minute drill.“We’re going to enjoy this one for sure, but correct it at some point,” Rodgers said. “Thankfully, we’re going to get into our bye week pretty quickly, but I’m sure next Monday we’ll take a good, hard look at this and take a look at what we did well our first six weeks.“We’re a couple plays away from being 4-2 or 5-1, and definitely a couple plays from being the other way. So we’re thankful to be 3-2-1 right now and realize what’s in front of us, and how this type of play might not get it done against the next opponents. We’ve got to play better.”Rodgers, who led the Packers to a 24-23 comeback win over Chicago in the season opener despite suffering a left knee injury during the first half of that game, has attempted at least 40 passes in the past five games, and McCarthy admitted he’d like the offense to be more balanced.But McCarthy also feels those two fourth-quarter comebacks will benefit the team during the upcoming challenging stretch.“The adversity component as far as the number of times we’ve been in these situations so far this year, I’m hopeful,” McCarthy said. “And going off of past experience, I think this will pay dividends for us as a football team.”