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I know everyone likes to blame Mike Sherman for everything from 4th and 26 to the 70's outbreak of genital herpes but one thing is for certain, he coached up one of the most dominating offenses in Packers history.
Last season aside, the Greenbay Packers have definitly had an offensive identity. That identity was the Mike Sherman assmebled power run game. The staple was Rivera and Tauscher road grating the right side with Wahle pulling and knocking the first trembling defender on his ass. Ahman Green in his prime would hit a crease and take it 60 yards seemingly every game. He did it pretty consistantly to the tune of almost 1,900 yards in one season and more rushing yards than any other back in the NFL from 1999-2004.
From there, the offense would adjust and take what was given. Walker streched the field and made defenses pay for forgetting to cover the deep ball. Franks, Driver and Ferg excelled in the short to mid range making defenses pay for any lapse in that range. Green and Henderson kept it honest in the flats. Yeah, when the O-line and Ahman Green were DOMINATING the line of scrimmage and run game, it was pretty hard to stop the rest of the seemigly endless weapons. Oh yeah and they had Brett Favre at QB. I forgot to mention that little detail.
I can just picture Clifton, Wahle, Flanagan, Rivera and Tauscher walking up to the line in perfect sinc like some sort of Western battle was about to begin. But enough of yesterday. Are we going to have an identity under Mike McCarthy today? I want to say yes, but I'm having a hard time finding a position group strong enough to dominate. RB's? WR's? OL? QB? You could make an arguement for QB but what can a QB do with pressure in his face and a non existant running game? Not much is the simple answer. In the words of anti-polarbear, McCarthy can only dream of having and offense as dominate as Mike Shermans. The way I see it, APB is right on. This year is not going to be some highlight reel of Brett Favre throwing 5 TD's per game. It is going to be hard fought 17 - 13 games which will be won and lost with defense, special teams and the turnover battle. The season is going to hinge on the defenses ability to come up with crucial stops and Bretts ability to take every thing that is given to him and nothing more. The Packers can win a lot of games but it's going to be done in a different way. Hopefully us Packer fans can hang our hat on a different identity. Hopefully we can watch a dominating defense led by A.J. Hawk and a special team unit strait from hell. We'll see, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it's not going to be the offense winning games in 2006.
Just curious what people think our offensive identity will be. I'm thinking short/intermediate passes and a smart, efficiant offense that allows the defense to win games and doesn't go out and lose games. I guess that is what I see as the best case sinerio anyway.
Last season aside, the Greenbay Packers have definitly had an offensive identity. That identity was the Mike Sherman assmebled power run game. The staple was Rivera and Tauscher road grating the right side with Wahle pulling and knocking the first trembling defender on his ass. Ahman Green in his prime would hit a crease and take it 60 yards seemingly every game. He did it pretty consistantly to the tune of almost 1,900 yards in one season and more rushing yards than any other back in the NFL from 1999-2004.
From there, the offense would adjust and take what was given. Walker streched the field and made defenses pay for forgetting to cover the deep ball. Franks, Driver and Ferg excelled in the short to mid range making defenses pay for any lapse in that range. Green and Henderson kept it honest in the flats. Yeah, when the O-line and Ahman Green were DOMINATING the line of scrimmage and run game, it was pretty hard to stop the rest of the seemigly endless weapons. Oh yeah and they had Brett Favre at QB. I forgot to mention that little detail.
I can just picture Clifton, Wahle, Flanagan, Rivera and Tauscher walking up to the line in perfect sinc like some sort of Western battle was about to begin. But enough of yesterday. Are we going to have an identity under Mike McCarthy today? I want to say yes, but I'm having a hard time finding a position group strong enough to dominate. RB's? WR's? OL? QB? You could make an arguement for QB but what can a QB do with pressure in his face and a non existant running game? Not much is the simple answer. In the words of anti-polarbear, McCarthy can only dream of having and offense as dominate as Mike Shermans. The way I see it, APB is right on. This year is not going to be some highlight reel of Brett Favre throwing 5 TD's per game. It is going to be hard fought 17 - 13 games which will be won and lost with defense, special teams and the turnover battle. The season is going to hinge on the defenses ability to come up with crucial stops and Bretts ability to take every thing that is given to him and nothing more. The Packers can win a lot of games but it's going to be done in a different way. Hopefully us Packer fans can hang our hat on a different identity. Hopefully we can watch a dominating defense led by A.J. Hawk and a special team unit strait from hell. We'll see, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts it's not going to be the offense winning games in 2006.
Just curious what people think our offensive identity will be. I'm thinking short/intermediate passes and a smart, efficiant offense that allows the defense to win games and doesn't go out and lose games. I guess that is what I see as the best case sinerio anyway.
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