Favre Disappoints

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I don't believe that McCarthy called any plays tonight that called for the QB to underthrow it to the deepest receiver who was double covered.

Favre clearly had a below par game. To many guys came free on pressure packages, but Rodgers demonstrated that sometimes its best to to take the sack. Twice he kept drives alive by simply going down.

Sanders, not Schottenheimer, deserves to have his bell rung for either playing zone with his man to man corners or not assigning Harris to TO all over the field, regardless that Woodson was hurt. It killed us that TO could lose Harris by moving to the slot and then the adjustments in the 2nd half freed Witten.

Loved the run D most of the night. Most rush yardage seemed to be against nickle. Bush seemed to take a huge step backward.

ARod is no Favre, but he may be good enough to be effective. Greg Jennings is scary in the open field.

Game was depressing, probably feel better about in the am.

[Partial]

He looked tense before the game. Never a good sign.

[Pacopete4]

i dont think mccarthy put favre in a position to succeed either.. where were the slants? quick passes that we've ran every week.. all of a sudden it was play action heeve hoe down the field.. it was dumb and not packer football..

favre and mccarthy need to do a better job with play selection and i say favre too because he has options to check out of certain things and he needs to see that blitz that got him injured

[Pacopete4]

and lets not forget this offense still put up 27... THE DEFENSE ALLOWED 37!!!



37 mother fing points.... THAT IS NOT WHAT TOP TIER TEAMS DO!!


FIX IT NOW!

[pbmax]

Another thread said McCarthy wanted to challenge the Cowboys deep, that can't mean you throw it regardless of coverage and reads. The one INT that was way short to his left was thrown under duress. Just take the damn sack.

[pbmax]

One of the first plays was a slant. (to Martin?)

And Rodgers put up a good chunk of those points by not throwing it to the other team.

Too often the Defense was playing with a short field. We've all heard this song before.

i dont think mccarthy put favre in a position to succeed either.. where were the slants? quick passes that we've ran every week.. all of a sudden it was play action heeve hoe down the field.. it was dumb and not packer football..

favre and mccarthy need to do a better job with play selection and i say favre too because he has options to check out of certain things and he needs to see that blitz that got him injured

[The Leaper]

Re: Favre Disappoints

I don't believe that McCarthy called any plays tonight that called for the QB to underthrow it to the deepest receiver who was double covered.

He still called far too many play action passes against a team that clearly wasn't going to respect the run. McCarthy certainly deserves a fair share of blame for the offensive woes early. Favre did not play well either, refusing to look at mid-level routes and always going deep. However, McCarthy admitted that was his goal, so he probably TOLD Favre to look deep.

That is not smart. Always tell Favre to look short...he'll look deep on his own.

Sanders, not Schottenheimer, deserves to have his bell rung for either playing zone with his man to man corners or not assigning Harris to TO all over the field, regardless that Woodson was hurt. It killed us that TO could lose Harris by moving to the slot and then the adjustments in the 2nd half freed Witten.

I'm not sure who to blame. Sanders get a hunk for a poor game plan that allowed Owens to run wild. Schotty can't seem to coach the young kids into improvement in the secondary. Name one young DB that has shown any kind of real improvement in the last 2 years? I can't. That's on Schotty IMO.

[pbmax]

I thought Bush had shown improvement during this year. Bigby has gotten better. Rouse played OK. Outside of Bush, I was more concerned about scheme.

[SD GB fan]

mm gambled and he lost. had the long ball executed, the dallas D would have been off balance for the rest of the night. think about this, if the long ball connected early and then they went back to the short passing game with the danger of the long ball at any time, it would be hard to contain the offense. instead, the long ball didnt work and the pressure got to favre early.

[RashanGary]

Another thread said McCarthy wanted to challenge the Cowboys deep, that can't mean you throw it regardless of coverage and reads. The one INT that was way short to his left was thrown under duress. Just take the damn sack.

Very true. I think MM made mistakes by trying to attack the way he did over and over but Brett is the last check. He doesn't have to just throw it up. He had a bad game. The best thing was AR came in and showed him it can be done with check downs. I honestly think this could be a good learning experience for Brett. I just don't want to blame it all on him. I know MM wanted him ot take shots.

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The entire team looked bad

[pbmax]

Actually, I thought Hawk, Poppinga and Pickett played well.

Another question, who was beating the wedge to death on kickoffs? Robinson and Williams were getting decked.

The entire team looked bad

[RashanGary]

Actually, I thought Hawk, Poppinga and Pickett played well.

Another question, who was beating the wedge to death on kickoffs? Robinson and Williams were getting decked.

The entire team looked bad

Jolly used to play on the wedge. He was good at it too. Nobody could get through him.

[RashanGary]

The entire team looked bad

I thought Rodgers, Grant, Jennings, Driver and JOnes looked pretty good when they weren't asked ot jsut air it out. The offense put up a lot of points despite the shit defense and it's not like Dallas wasn't playing well. They were getting pass rush.

EDIT: Crosby kicked FG's well too.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Favre did disappoint. I'm not sure how the night would have gone if he stayed in. I've seen him start off slow, but turn it around and light it up. I'm not too discouraged, but I hope it's not mental (playing in Dallas). Favre has had two bad games, two average, and about eight great ones--and that's way better than almost anybody but Tom Brady. Let's not forget that Peyton Manning threw 6 picks and Tony Romo threw 5 picks in a game this year. Again, hopefully it's not mental. I actually think the success ARod showed could help in a small way if we play them again.