OK so 3rd and 8 on the worst drive of the game, which is to say, the only drive where they scored. You know, the 8 and a half minute drive. Aaron scrambled for 4 yards on it. I think some others have looked and concluded that Lazard here wasn't his first read. That's fine, but...
He's open a LONG LONG TIME. We'll get back to that, but also, maybe Jamaal Williams is open for some kind of slant-like dumpoff here? No matter, that still would have been worse...
Because even if Aaron didn't see him earlier, Lazard read the scramble drill correctly and comes back to Rodgers, and is still WIDE open.
And Rodgers has bought himself time. He's made this throw on the run many times. And some receiver is also breaking open deep too. THERE ARE ONLY 2 RECEIVERS HE COULD BE LOOKING AT.
This is when he pulls it down and decides he would rather get 4 yards on 3rd and 8 than hit a wide open Lazard, who has been wide open literally the entire play, for an easy first down.