GREEN BAY, Wis. – Aaron Rodgers does not believe his fundamentals have abandoned him. Nor is the two-time NFL MVP particularly concerned with anyone who’s scrutinizing those fundamentals – and the myriad other aspects of the Green Bay Packers’ scuffling offense – across the World Wide Web.

In fact, when the Packers quarterback was asked Wednesday afternoon, during a more-crowded-than-usual, standing-room-only session with reporters in front of his locker, whether his fundamentals needed a tuneup, he had his response ready.

“I feel pretty good about my fundamentals. I'm a two-time USA All-Fundamentals team [selection]. First team. I have the helmets at the house,” Rodgers replied with a half-smirk, referring to the silver Riddell helmets each honoree receives. Then, a pause, to gauge reaction. “True story.”

Yep, it is. A visit to USAFootball.com reveals that Rodgers was indeed named to their all-fundamentals teams in 2010 and 2011. But it also reveals something else: A reminder of what an in-rhythm Rodgers looks like when he’s at the top of his game.

And that, in turn, may provide one explanation for why he hasn’t looked like the NFL’s all-time leader in passer rating while going an astonishing 14 straight games without a passer rating of 100 or above.

In the “throwing mechanics” video that accompanies his bio for being on the 2011 team, Rodgers is shown in the shotgun on a play during the Packers’ 2011 season opener against New Orleans – a game in which Rodgers threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns (132.1 rating) in a 42-34 victory. He catches the snap, takes a quick, three-step drop, turns his body slightly and delivers a strike to wide receiver Donald Driver.

The entire process lasts roughly three seconds. The timing is perfect. It’s exactly the type of in-rhythm throw Rodgers has not only been famous for, but could probably do in his sleep.

And that’s obviously one of the issues with the Packers' offense and Rodgers’ performance. Such throws aren’t as frequent of late. The timing is clearly off.

“I think it is [an issue]. The West Coast offense is all about timing, and if your timing is even just a little bit off, you're going to be miles off at times with your connection points,” Rodgers explained. “We've been working on that throughout training camp and the [exhibition] season, but it's a little different when it's live out there and things are a little bit off based on coverage or protection or anything else that could mix up the timing in our offense.

“We've got to get back to finding ways to throw it on time, and that's only done when we're at the proper break point at the right time and then you can deliver an accurate ball on time so you can eliminate some of those times you've got to hold it.”

That seemed to happen a lot on Sunday night, when Rodgers fumbled an out-of-character three times and threw a defeat-clinching interception late in the Packers’ 17-14 loss at Minnesota.

“I know a lot's been said about the passing game,” said Packers coach Mike McCarthy, later adding that he has “never trusted a quarterback or an individual as a player” more than Rodgers. “The passing game is a coordinated effort by all the people. Number one, the protection part of it, the ability to have a launching point time up with the route progression, regardless of the formation you’re in. And with that, the timing of the quarterback and the routes. At the end of it, it's trusting the process of improvement and working on the fundamentals. That's what we'll all be working on."

For his part, Rodgers owned his poor performance (“I've got to play better”), acknowledged his poor ball security (“I'll get that fixed”) and said his self-confidence hasn’t been shaken (“I have as a high a confidence level as possible”).

Whether it's his own fundamentals or the timing of the offense as a whole -- or both -- Rodgers insisted that he and his teammates aren't panicking entering Sunday's game against Detroit at Lambeau Field.

“We have the confidence that we can get this thing going in the right direction,” Rodgers said. “This is not an end-of-the-world-type moment, like everything's coming down on top of us.”