Goal Line Playcalling

[BallHawk]

Not to beat a dead horse with MM's playcalling, but once again I find myself puzzled. Your QB is playing arguably the best game of his career. He's driven you down the field twice with his arm. He took a huge hit from Peppers that gives the team a first down. And what does Mike do? He calls 3 straight run plays. He takes the ball out of the hands of the best player on that field today. I just don't get it.

[gbgary]

yup. mm got caught trying to make a point rather than trying to win the game. his head needs to roll.

[red]

just ugly

a FB draw into a wall of white

WE ARE NOT A POWER FOOTBALL TEAM, we do not have the beef for it

[Patler]

I have to admit, it looked like MM wanted to prove they were a tough, physical team that could pound it into the end zone. Only problem is, they aren't that.

It would seem that moving Rodgers outside with a pass/run option of some sort would have been a good call. He always has the opportunity to throw it out of the end zone if nothing opens up. It was a funny time to try and out-physical a physical team.

[retailguy]

I didn't like the playcalling either, but you have to remember, that Peppers had just rung Rodgers bell. Hard.

I understand the first running play for sure, the second one was questionable (but I'll give the benefit of the doubt), and the 3rd one was stupid. Just plain stupid.

[DonHutson]

The mistake was calling plays under the assumption that this pathetic joke of a defense, and this sieve of a kick coverage unit, could actually prevent a TD with less than two minutes left.

[denverYooper]

He sucks at staying with the guy that's "on fire". I don't quite get it...

[Fosco33]

Very questionable. It's been that way all year long.

To tie the game with a TD in 3Q (at 21), we did a rollout. Had a fullhouse backfield on 2nd and 3 from the 5 - playaction to Lee. For 2pt conversion, they went shotgun, 2 TE and hit GJ easily.

On the last series, you give it to Jackson and he makes a few cuts to get to the one.
2nd and goal - 3 TEs, Jackson gets hit in the backfield and loses yardage.
3rd and goal - goalline, 3 TEs again, fullback attempt. Clifton blew his assignment and caused the massive pileup.

[PA Pack Fan]

The mistake was calling plays under the assumption that this pathetic joke of a defense, and this sieve of a kick coverage unit, could actually prevent a TD with less than two minutes left.

Yep. How many of us knew we were going to lose by 4?

[bobblehead]

The mistake was calling plays under the assumption that this pathetic joke of a defense, and this sieve of a kick coverage unit, could actually prevent a TD with less than two minutes left.

in actuallity they gave one up in under 30 seconds.

[channtheman]

I think MM needs to go. He's cost us 2 games that we should have won because he lost his balls and couldn't call the aggressive plays when it counted the most. MM, just like our defense, can't do what it has to do when it matters the most.

[denverYooper]

The mistake was calling plays under the assumption that this pathetic joke of a defense, and this sieve of a kick coverage unit, could actually prevent a TD with less than two minutes left.

I thought the same thing last week when we punted from our 48. What's the point?

[pbmax]

He WAS being conservative, but not about run vs. pass. He was trying to take as much time off the clock as he could, or force the use of timeouts. It was all for naught, but M3 might believe the last person left in the state that believes in his defense.

[MJZiggy]

Probably not any more...

[wist43]

The formations are what was moronic... no room to operate. You could tell b/4 the ball was snapped that it was just going to be a clogged up mess in there. Should have spread it out more, two TE's balanced, and gone into an I...

They had both backs crowded in there, and the TE in the back field... there was a 22 man mass of humanity within 6 inches of the ball on both 2nd and 3rd down. No room for anything to develop.

Both of those plays were dead b/4 the ball was ever snapped.