Big Mac

[Patler]

But it probably was one of Peppers plays off, there is no way a game changing pick six is going to interrupt that.

he certainly was not looking to make a block for Burnett!

[hoosier]

So stubby's style of chickenshit football has spread to the defense also?

Yeah, wouldn't it have been nice to see Shields try to stick another one into the Bears after snuffing out their last gasp drive, and in the process end up coughing the ball up and giving them another chance? Then we could have watched a Bears-Steelers Superbowl!

But seriously, aren't you asking a question that has already been answered by some of MM's more persuasive detractors such as Harlan the Hound?

[mraynrand]

When I saw Burnett slide ... I started thinking about the 2010-11 championship game when Shields picked off Hanie...

I think you've captured what happened. After the Burnett INT, the Packers behaved just as though they had wrapped it up, like when Shields got the INT. It's like they totally believed that it had become a mere formality to run out the clock. It must have been the way their defense had been dominating the game that they just couldn't see the possibility of Seattle getting back in it. It seems to have instantly swept through the entire Packer team, like one of those viruses in a Zombie movie.

[denverYooper]

You've been wrong on much of your analysis of the game, Leroy Butler has forgotten more about football than you know.

leroy butler @leap36 3m3 minutes ago
Your top 3 weed movies; up in smoke, half baked, how high,,, lol

[denverYooper]

McCarthy's younger brother died this morning:

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/01/21/brother-of-green-bay-packers-coach-mike-mccarthy-passes-away/#.VMA4gyGouOw.twitter

[Freak Out]

McCarthy's younger brother died this morning:

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2015/...yGouOw.twitter

Talk about a bad week. Sad.

[Carolina_Packer]

HH,

I liked MM's approach until I didn't. I couldn't answer the poll correctly because I thought he did both things. He wasn't doing the anal clench until things got close and adversity arrived on the scene.

My biggest point is, you can pick apart and analyze should Burnett have kept running, should MM have gone for TD's on the 1 yard line, etc. My point is, for those players and coaches who made the mistake of not doing your job, they probably cost the Packers the most.

Bostick did not do his job on the onside. If he does, we likely hold the ball and milk the clock, or at least make it a heck of a lot harder for Seattle to get the ball back with any kind of time to move down the field with the Packers leading by 5 still. If there is someone on what turned into the fake field goal to cover the tackle eligible who leaked out from the end of the line when Brad Jones gave up the edge. Contingency plan, much? They looked like they had never, ever thought about a team running a fake when the edge was given up. Do your job! When Ha Ha was having his momentary loss of concentration on the 2 pt. conversion where he inexplicably lost track of where Wilson was and the flight of his prayer that he threw from the far sideline. It's an elementary play if he's tracking the ball. Do your job! All of my examples are from special teams. Fire Slocum! That is all.

[Harlan Huckleby]

At halftime, I had MM penciled into the hall of fame, Capers had split the atom.

The team played so well, certainly MM & Capers did an awful lot right in preparation.

It was a sloppy game, but the heroes kicking butt.

[pbmax]

Clench is not the right way to look at this unless you think the clench is his preferred method of operating (to me this poll seems to suggest he panicked mid-game - I could be mistaken).

He has always gone four minute offense at least one possession prior to when I prefer to see it. But it has worked for him more often than not, I have no numbers to try to determine if it is optimal or not.

The Defensive picture is almost as easy to figure. McCarthy ALWAYS trusts his team to bounce back in tight situations. You need to be beating them up and down the field for more than a half before the game plan goes out the door. I almost guarantee he thought the D would get a stop on one of the two drives they would face no matter if Seattle had come back to life or not. Worked that way in Miami, the Dallas playoff game and he clearly expected it to versus Atlanta.

Now as to the question of pulling Burnett back into Cover 2 late in the game, I would love to know if that was Capers or M3. Because with a sputtering offense and a limping Rodgers, I can see eating clock as a wise choice. I am less happy on the D side of the ball.