Is McCarthy smarter than a 3rd grader?

[pbmax]

Other thing to remember about the 4th down call. The second touchdown was a 80 yard drive where they ran out of time, had no timeouts left and had to Hail Mary it.

So I get wanting to give the offense a jump start. Just maybe not your own 37.

[Maxie the Taxi]

McCarthy obviously is not stupid. He must have seen some tendency or whatever that caused him to call that play. The most significant thing I read here was that Spriggs apparently missed a block that would have enabled a cut back. That's Montgomery's thing - to hit the pile and bounce the other way, and it has worked great for the Packers since he has been a RB. Undoubtedly McCarthy wishes he had a do over, either to call something else or have the play executed better or just punt. We won the game anyway; McCarthy and the team will learn from situation; Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger; Get over it, people.

+1

[vince]

Glad about the changes at half. Was he saying his plan was the screwup or the 4th down call?

He regrets the fourth down call. His job, he said, is to put his players in positon to succeed, and that didn't happen there. A big part of his comment is throwing himself in front of his guys when the daggers fly. This team may not win it all, but they're ready to go to all in for/with him.

[Maxie the Taxi]

He regrets the fourth down call. His job, he said, is to put his players in positon to succeed, and that didn't happen there. A big part of his comment is throwing himself in front of his guys when the daggers fly. This team is ready to go to all in for/with him and they WILL win it all.

FIFY

[gbgary]

I definitely remember those well. Something about today's D, though, you just can't catch them completely selling out for the run like when Starr would hit Dale, etc. Maybe it's because so many teams routinely use short passes on 3rd and 1 or 2.

Vince, I hear ya, but I'm not as annoyed by going for broke with a long one than I am with damn fade patterns in the end zone, possibly my least favorite play in the book - unless it is the other team doing it.

we don't have Hornung and Taylor back there either. it turned out to be a bad play call but not necessarily a bad decision. could have made it trying another play...perhaps the Rodgers bootleg to run/pass, a bull-rush sneak. who knows. it ended up not making a difference so it CAN'T be the stupidest playoff call ever.

[vince]

FIFY

You da man Maxie! I'm trying but I don't see how they can match up to Atlanta. They're the best in the league exactly where the Packers are the worst, their defense has been trending strong lately - and they're on a serious roll too. League's leading sacker on a D playing far better than GB's, and far more serious weapons on O than Green Bay's increasingly bandaged-together squad of positional converts (TMo), street FA pickups (CMike), and late season PS call-ups (GMo).

[pbmax]

vince's quotes are from here I believe, and they include this quote from Mark Murphy about Stubby:

"That was nonsense," Murphy told me, referring to the midseason talk that McCarthy could be fired after the season. "We've been through rough patches before, and we've always bounced back. Though, I have to admit, this one's a pretty remarkable turnaround."

[vince]

McCarthy obviously is not stupid.

Don't tell red, rutnstrut or King Friday that.

[vince]

vince's quotes are from here I believe, and they include this quote from Mark Murphy about Stubby:

It's linked in one of my posts above... Sorry I didn't re-post the link.

[pbmax]

It's linked in one of my posts above... Sorry I didn't re-post the link.

Yeah I just missed it and found the quotes in one of the tabs I opened through Nagler's roundup at JSO.

[Freak Out]

It was a stupid call. I'm not sure what the debate is all about? lol Up to that point I don't remember the GB OL getting any push on the Giants and they were on the Packer side of the field. If you are going to go for it AT LEAST give Rodgers the option of a pass or keeper.

[vince]

I'd say the debate's about whether it was one of the stupidest calls in the history of the world and grounds for immediate firing or a stupid call that turned out to be meaningless and/or might have had some intangible benefit for team chemistry.

[Maxie the Taxi]

I'm trying but I don't see how they can match up to Atlanta.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

[gbgary]

the ht adjustment mirrored last weeks game...short, quick, take what they give you. the result was the same as last week too. victory!

[Freak Out]

I'd say the debate's about whether it was one of the stupidest calls in the history of the world and grounds for immediate firing or a stupid call that turned out to be meaningless and/or might have had some intangible benefit for team chemistry.

It's just one of those M3 headscratchers. Not a grounds for firing in and of itself but a WTF moment.