In Favre's case it's actually a legitimate criticism. In Rodgers's case, no.
All QBs have a few seasons where their WR group is lacking, it happens; roster building never goes exactly to plan.
I can't think of a QB that played as long as Rodgers and had to deal with fewer groups of bad WRs. 18 years as a pro and he had, like, what, two bad WR years? One was due to WR1 injury, not roster-building.
Every other year he either had a deep group of great talent -or- he had the best WR in all of football + a few guys who are not as good as the early 2010s, but nonetheless were really nice assortment of complementary pieces to having the best guy in the game (I actually prefer the latter to the former).
People kvetch about how TT's neglect of the defense in the early 2010s cost us some playoff runs. Well, maybe drafting WRs high for like five straight drafts had something to do with it.
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I'm sure your complaints are sincere. I just think they're unrealistic. You expect to have it both ways.your also claiming I'd complain to just complain, which is also a half truth, my main complaints for the last 8 years has been not having as potent a offense as I think we could/should have.
When we load up at WR, a few years later (2011-2013) it becomes, why did the GM neglect defense??
When we restock the defense, because we are trying to fix a serious problem, a few years later it becomes, why did the GM neglect our WRs??
This is the consistent flaw I see in the criticism of the GM, whether it's Gute or TT. Can't have it both ways.
Now and then you claim that WR trumps all else, which I disagree with, but could respect if you were committed to it. Yet you run away from that when it becomes inconvenient.