all envy when you watch him play, when he extends the play. His ability now, his accuracy I think is uncanny when he leaves the pocket and makes the unannounced play.

"I said it when he threw the Hail Mary against the Giants [in the wild-card game], this is the best Hail Mary passer ever and it's not even close. And even the Hail Mary for them, it's not a prayer. His gets answered a lot."

Fundamental flaws fixed

Back in October, Matt Bowen -- the former NFL safety and current ESPN analyst -- viewed Rodgers' main problem as a slip in his fundamentals. "Technique flaws from his footwork to his core to his balance to his shoulders to his release point," Bowen said.

Says Bowen now: "That throw he made atfor a while going back to last year" because he wasn't on the same page with his receivers.

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Says Bowen now: "It's the confidence in his receivers and the development of some of his guys. The second half of the season, you could put together a film of Davante Adams and say, 'Look, this is how you win versus press coverage. This is how you create separation down the field. This is how you beat off-man [coverage] on the slant route.' He has gotten so good at his footwork at the top of the route and at the beginning of the route. It's really top-level stuff. I think getting Randall Cobb healthy is big.

"I think before