Why does everyone think we're mad, just because we're sick of Mike McCarthy's teams pissing games away? That's our job as fans, to call out those responsible. The Patriots are not gods. Our QB was better than Tom Brady today. But we spotted the Patriots too many points.

"nerdmann" wrote:

I don't know who you're ranting at, warhawk, but I've said repeatedly I don't blame McCarthy for this loss. That doesn't mean I think his feet should be exempt from the fire for that last sequence.

The run defense was stalwart. The pass defense was good, until Capers backed off. I can't even figure out why he did it. It wasn't like Belichick really tested the DBs in any significant way. They had the Patriots' offense effectively bottled up.

"Nonstopdrivel" wrote:

Some people just don't get it. Anybody that didn't see Mike McCarthy outcoached his opponent yesterday is just whinning. His game planning is what even gave the team a thread of hope last night and his mentoring of Flynn didn't hurt.

Flynn was limited, yes. He doesn't have the two-minute drill down to a science and didn't get rid of the ball quick enough on the blitz. It was the kids first start for crying out loud and to sit here and say McCarthy should be fired is totally rediculous.

This coaching staff has has put this team in a position to win every single game they have played this year. Now everything hasn't gone exactly right but if you look at what has happened in these losses it comes down to PLAYER EXECUTION and NOT the GAME PLAN or the PREPARATATION.

We had four passes droppen last night, Woodson dropped a sure INT and we could have had two others, and, ST's lets a frigging OG return a KO further than any in NFL HISTORY.

Now you tell me what part of any of that had to do with how well McCarthy had this team ready to play this game? You bitch at McCarthy for the TO's at the end of the game, well, Flynn was not ABLE to handle moving the team quickly enough in that situation. He had a WEEK to get as ready as he could to start the game and there are QB's that can't run a two-minute that have been starting for a couple of years.

This was NOT the position McCarthy wanted Flynn to be in. Unfortunately he made one costly throw and ST's puked on one very ugly play and so it came down to that.

I'll throw my name in the hat stating McCarthy outcoached the coach that seldom ever happens to and unquestionably had the game plan and the team prepared and in position to win against a team that very rarely ever loses at home. Bravo McCarthy!

"warhawk" wrote:

Well, every team in every game has a lapse of some sort. Good corners sometimes get burned, or drop easy interceptions (Woodson, Shields). Good receivers drop passes (two or three that I counted). To me that's execution, and when we fans are frustrated we want an easier answer than "sometimes the ball bounces the wrong way". We want to be able to say it's coaching, because you can always get a new coach.

As far as "injuries or backups or not", personally I can't get on board with the concept that each team should have 2-3 guys who can reasonably be expected to step in and play at the same level. Doesn't happen. Doesn't happen with Indy, who are in deep stuff due to missing key skill players. Doesn't happen with Pittsburgh, whose awesome defense is pretty average if Polamalu isn't in the game. It's not an excuse, but it is an explanation.

Fact is, the Packers can very realistically beat the Giants and Bears @ Lambeau and thus qualify for the post-season, in a season that logically should have been lost some time ago. Hell, they very nearly beat the Pats, who've been killing great teams lately, with their backup QB (and who coached that kid up?).

This team has faced a lot of adversity and they're still in the running - that's the result, IMO, of building as much quality depth as possible (thank you, Ted), and solid coaching to get all those backups to perform at a high level (thank you, coaching staff). Personally, I intend to give them my support and the benefit of the doubt until they play their final snap of the season, whenever that occurs. And then I'll thank them for providing an exciting, entertaining season against some pretty long odds.

"ILikeThePackers39" wrote:

I blame the o-line they give up a sack,Mike McCarthy has to come up with something,and time is ticking but o-line was awful in that play .

"gbpfan" wrote: