Remember When Aaron Rodgers Was Good? | Defector

"It is, I submit, our shoulders, those ball-and-socket joints exquisitely crafted to throw things at other things, that gave us the edge that allowed us to go from clever apes to peerless hunters. Our soft, squishy bodies were no match to go toe-to-toe with beasts with claws or teeth or horns. But thanks to our shoulders, a miracle of evolution, we could throw things at them from a safe distance. With this edge, we summited the food chain."

"Rodgers played the best quarterback I've ever seen in my life. I'm not saying he was the best quarterback, but at his best he was doing things rarely seen on a football field before or since, and with some regularity. His was a combination of ruthlessness, game sense, and mechanical precision that added up a quarterback capable of making any throw at any time."

The human shoulder evolved into an exceptionally mobile ball-and-socket joint optimized for throwing, allowing early humans to attack prey and predators from a safe distance and secure a hunting advantage. This projectile capability contributed to human survival and dominance by compensating for otherwise vulnerable anatomy. In modern athletics, Aaron Rodgers exemplified the peak expression of throwing ability with effortless long-distance passes. Rodgers combined ruthlessness, exceptional game sense, and mechanical precision to execute a wide variety of throws. He routinely attempted and completed throws that seemed improbable while maintaining low interception rates through disciplined decision-making and situational awareness.

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