play calling...

[gbgary]

when the D needed a rest, and time needed to be eaten-up, MM failed them with the play calling. play action roll-out and let aaron get some yards with the arm or legs but you've got to get a first down, or two, late in the game.

[Partial]

I thought the play calling left a little bit to be desired towards the end. My guess is to take the pressure off A-Rod there. Consequently, it came off as if they didn't trust him to get the job done. Regardless, that penalty was killer and running on 3rd and 10 was equally dumb.

[PackerTimer]

I was ok with the play calling at the end of the game. Running on third and ten there is ok. Punt the ball and let the defense get a stop. The play call I didn't like was the end of the first half. Take a shot. I can't believe I agreed with Kornhole.

[Bossman641]

Tauscher's penalty on 2nd down killed them. Once that happened I had no problem with the run on 3rd down to get to the 2 min warning.

Vikings ate up the screens we had tried. Defense had been on the field a lot but I trust them to stop the Vikings.

It wasn't one of MM's better called games though. The penalties didn't help.

[VegasPackFan]

I agree. If you play fake on the second down play, you know all thos D linemen and Backers are going to bite on it. Rodgers just play fakes, rolls out, and then option for pass or run. WHo knows, he could have ended up all alone there and take it to the house.

[mmmdk]

McCarthy will rebound at Detroit!

[Lurker64]

Really, every coach of every team does the same sort of "bad play calling" and while it rankles the fans of virtually every team, it works a lot of the time so they keep doing it. You just have to live with sometimes being disappointed with the play that the coaches called. When the coaches start taking crazy risks that go against the conventional wisdom and they don't work out, that's when those coaches get fired. For example: Mike Martz.

[Partial]

I was ok with the play calling at the end of the game. Running on third and ten there is ok. Punt the ball and let the defense get a stop. The play call I didn't like was the end of the first half. Take a shot. I can't believe I agreed with Kornhole.

For the 12 seconds or whatever it ran off the clock, I would have gone for it personally and taken 4-5 off in a pass.

[gbgary]

i love MM but sometimes....

[mmmdk]

Really, every coach of every team does the same sort of "bad play calling" and while it rankles the fans of virtually every team, it works a lot of the time so they keep doing it. You just have to live with sometimes being disappointed with the play that the coaches called. When the coaches start taking crazy risks that go against the conventional wisdom and they don't work out, that's when those coaches get fired. For example: Mike Martz.

Jerry Glanville

[boiga]

Yeah, I really don't understand why we didn't use that third down to make one more attempt for a TD. We were close enough and had the time out to make it happen.

Then again, that conservative play calling won the game for us, Rodgers was well protected, and we didn't have a turn over (some luck with that though.)

[PackerTimer]

I was ok with the play calling at the end of the game. Running on third and ten there is ok. Punt the ball and let the defense get a stop. The play call I didn't like was the end of the first half. Take a shot. I can't believe I agreed with Kornhole.

For the 12 seconds or whatever it ran off the clock, I would have gone for it personally and taken 4-5 off in a pass.

You might be right. How much time was left on the clock? I was thinking it was something like 2:30. If you throw and incomplete pass and lost 5 seconds and then a punt with 10 that gives the Vikings the ball back with 2:15 and the two minute warning. Maybe my recollection of how much time was left was wrong.

[gbgary]

play-action roll-out run/pass option is hardly crazy nor risky. no more than running into a line with stripping the ball the number one thought in their minds.

[mission]

My stomach was hurting so bad when we punted... I hate that the Packers affect me THAT much... my whole table was so happy to see that interception and they arent even Packer fans. They just wanted me to be a decent guy for the rest of hte night. lol

[gbgary]

My stomach was hurting so bad when we punted... I hate that the Packers affect me THAT much... my whole table was so happy to see that interception and they arent even Packer fans. They just wanted me to be a decent guy for the rest of hte night. lol

i used to be that way. that subsides as the years pass. either that or i just got immune to it cuz of the 1000 nail bitters we lived through during the Brett years.