*taken from reddit but I completely agree*
Let's take a look at each of those 7 games:
2009 Wildcard at AZ. They lost that game 51-45. Rodgers played excellent, but similar to Brady last night, coughed it up right at the end and that decided the game. Great performance overall though.
2011 Divisional vs. NYG. NFL MVP that had one of the best seasons ever for a QB only scored 20 at home. Defense was the worst in the league that year and it showed in this game. 2 TD, 1 INT. Overall, decent game but underwhelming performance here. 37-20 loss.
2012 Divisional at SF. Lost another high scoring game and his team's defense played like ****. Similar performance to the NYG game, statistically speaking. 45-31 loss.
2013 Wildcard game vs. SF. Played like ****. No excuses. However, when it came down to it, his defense did give up the game winning field goal. Rodgers could've done better in this game. 23-20 loss.
2014 NFCCG at SEA. Worst playoff performance of Rodgers' career. 5 takeaways and only mustered one touchdown. Bad, bad game. No way you can put the blame on the defense. 28-22 loss.
2015 Divisional at AZ. Overall, not a bad game, also clutch at the very end (although to be fair, hail Mary's a pretty much nothing but luck. QB throws it up and hopefully his teammate catches it. Nice catch by Janis). Rodgers doesn't even touch the ball and AZ marches right down and scores. Game over. 26-20 loss.
2016 NFCCG at Atlanta. Defense got totally lit up, but Rodgers was atrocious in the first half. He didn't start playing well until Atlanta's defense took its foot off of the gas. Rodgers did NOT have a good game, despite his stat line. However, this loss is mostly on the defense for sure. 44-21 loss.
Really only two of these games can be totally attributed to the defense, the game in Atlanta and the 45-31 shootout loss in SF. The 51-45 game in AZ was 90% on the defense. They were winning high scoring shootouts all year in 2011 and they completely fell flat in that playoff game against NYG. Probably 60% on the defense. Rodgers was bad against SF in 2013 and his performance against Seattle was a complete joke. The Seattle game was pretty much on the GB offense and Rodgers. The defense did all it needed to. There are no excuses when your team gets five takeaways. Of course, pretty much every QB to play several playoff games has had a few bad games. Brady's had a few. Manning has had several. Same for Montana. To say that Rodgers only loses in the playoffs because of his team's defense is a complete lie.
