McCarthy PC in GB on the QT

[mraynrand]

The nice thing about Green Bay versus SF, is that Last Sunday is probably the best that Boldin will feel all year. By season's end, he might very well be washed out. With a youthful team and a good coaching staff (even spraypainthair), the Packers have more overall upside. And since last year's opener, the Packers have clearly narrowed the talent and competetiveness gap. Last year's opener, they weren't close; in the playoffs, they were a typical not quite there Divisional sacrifice, and on Sunday they were evenly matched, but made more errors. They face again in the playoffs and it will likely be a dead heat. Very exciting.

[Fritz]

Ah, a breath of optimism. Thank you.

I will add that I was pleased with MM's decision to go back to the running game in the 4th quarter. Many of us have excorciated MM for giving up on the run, but he didn't in that game, even though the run game/Sitton sucked throughout the first half or so.

Bahktieri seemed to hold up pretty well, too.

And I like having the bigger OLB's, too.

Any word on Perry's stinger?

[pbmax]

Ah, a breath of optimism. Thank you.

I will add that I was pleased with MM's decision to go back to the running game in the 4th quarter. Many of us have excorciated MM for giving up on the run, but he didn't in that game, even though the run game/Sitton sucked throughout the first half or so.

I was stunned and appalled, but it did seem to work somehow.

[Fritz]

Hey, I'd be nearly as happy if he'd taken your advice and run the old WCO as his running game.

I'm essentially conservative, so that short-pass stuff works for me.

[mraynrand]

Stubby didn't seem to have much interest in WCO underneath stuff, but you can't blame him. SF gets plenty of pressure with their line, and their LBs are terrific, so it's hard to get much in that underneath area - and the Packer options for RB dump offs aren't all that great.

[pbmax]

Stubby didn't seem to have much interest in WCO underneath stuff, but you can't blame him. SF gets plenty of pressure with their line, and their LBs are terrific, so it's hard to get much in that underneath area - and the Packer options for RB dump offs aren't all that great.

They did try a few screens. Poor blocking got two of them misdirected or blocked. The one to Starks was a thing of beauty. If M3 can stand to stay with the running game, he should stay with these until the O tackles get the knack of putting the DE on the deck.