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Those are the three areas that concern me most after watching last night's game. The penalties we've all banged our heads against the wall about - what is it with this team, anyway?
The pass interference calls reminded me of the way of the NFL about 8 or 10 years ago. Does anybody remember that two or three year stretch where the officials called pass intereference all the time? If you needed a chunk of yardage, coordinators would just chuck it up and get a call. It was maddening. But I think the NFL saw what was happening, or players and coaches adapted, and changed the rules or the way they played.
Special teams. Kee-rist. Can we fire Slocum after the season? It's week 12 - well, twelve games have been played - and the offense has improved, the defense has improved, and the special teams suck on. Crosby's two fairly-close-range misses are cause for some alarm - is his confidence shaken? - and this special teams unit can't seem to keep on task.
I was bothered by the play calling last night. At risk of sounding like Bo Schmebecler, run the damn ball. Toward the end of the game, Green Bay needing to keep possession, finally - finally - MM calls two runs from his own 20, I believe. He faces a third and two or three.
Does he call the kind of f*cuk you run that sends a message to his own team and the other's? Does he call a short route to get the three yards - some quick short high percentage?
No - he calls a back-shoulder sideline throw to Jones that goes nowhere. Team has to punt.
Only once in the game that I saw did he run the ball three times in a row. Guess what? A first down after the first two runs, and a gain of two on the next.
The line pass blocked well but had no chance to get untracked run blocking because of the lack of run calls. I fear that MM is sliding back into his early habits - where are the shorter underneath routes on those plays where Rodgers is scrambling all day and can find no one?
The pass interference calls reminded me of the way of the NFL about 8 or 10 years ago. Does anybody remember that two or three year stretch where the officials called pass intereference all the time? If you needed a chunk of yardage, coordinators would just chuck it up and get a call. It was maddening. But I think the NFL saw what was happening, or players and coaches adapted, and changed the rules or the way they played.
Special teams. Kee-rist. Can we fire Slocum after the season? It's week 12 - well, twelve games have been played - and the offense has improved, the defense has improved, and the special teams suck on. Crosby's two fairly-close-range misses are cause for some alarm - is his confidence shaken? - and this special teams unit can't seem to keep on task.
I was bothered by the play calling last night. At risk of sounding like Bo Schmebecler, run the damn ball. Toward the end of the game, Green Bay needing to keep possession, finally - finally - MM calls two runs from his own 20, I believe. He faces a third and two or three.
Does he call the kind of f*cuk you run that sends a message to his own team and the other's? Does he call a short route to get the three yards - some quick short high percentage?
No - he calls a back-shoulder sideline throw to Jones that goes nowhere. Team has to punt.
Only once in the game that I saw did he run the ball three times in a row. Guess what? A first down after the first two runs, and a gain of two on the next.
The line pass blocked well but had no chance to get untracked run blocking because of the lack of run calls. I fear that MM is sliding back into his early habits - where are the shorter underneath routes on those plays where Rodgers is scrambling all day and can find no one?
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