Quote Originally Posted by pittstang5 View Post
The OS kick is one of those things MM does that drives me up a wall. It's like he thinks he can outsmart other coaches.

MM: "Ah Ha, they'll never suspect a an OS kick when were down three scores so let's go for it."

Save that crap for when we're up a couple scores and the defense has been playing lights out. If that will ever happen.
The onside kick this week and going for it on 4th down in the 3rd quarter last week are risks I am fine with, and are probably as much for psychological reasons as for strategic ones. That is M3 taking a risk at a calculated time to extend a drive or steal a possession, and it lets them know that he's not afraid to stick his neck out to win them the game. It goes to the kind of mentality a team needs to be successful -- playing with a sort of controlled chaos. Neither of those hurt the Packers. The D made a stand after the 4th down failure and the D again came up with the big INT this week.