McCarthy 'comfortable with the toughness of our team'

MintBaconDrivel
Senior Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

Mike McCarthy didn't need to wait until the Green Bay Packers completed their crash course on defending the read option or give defensive coordinator Dom Capers time to finish his offseason analysis to know what his team must do better this season.

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MintBaconDrivel
Senior Member Topic Starter

11 years ago

Mike McCarthy hates the question. He bristled when asked it again Tuesday at the NFL annual meetings: Are the Green Bay Packers a physical enough football team?

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wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

I don't get it. Why go to TAM to learn how to defend the read option?
Certainly go and learn how the offense puts it together and what they look for but get your butts down to LSU to learn how to DEFEND the damn thing.

Manziel had season lows against LSU. They must know something about how to shut it down.

The kid was 29-56 a 51.8% for 276 yards. He was intercepted 3 times. Ran the ball 17 times for 27 yards. The score was close 24-19 so it was not a blow out where he had to pass every single time.

wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

The Packers did little last season to support McCarthy’s claim.

see the comments in the other thread on this issue. GB has a long way to go to show they are even remotely "tough". But then [MM] has no other choice but to say they are a tough team even when they have proven that they are not. He can't come out and say they play like a bunch of pu wimps. Perhaps injuries are part of the reason. We will see if they can beat up teams on both the OL and DL.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

11 years ago

Originally Posted by: wpr

So, those who were injured were the "tough" guys? 🙂

wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

So, those who were injured were the "tough" guys? :)

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

I wasn't making the excuse that it was all injury related. I meant to say some people will claim that.

Zero2Cool
Elite Member

11 years ago

I wasn't making the excuse that it was all injury related. I meant to say some people will claim that.

Originally Posted by: wpr

I was just poking around that the idea the tough guys on the team were injured. They got boo-boo's but yet they are the "tough" guys. [grin1]

wpr
Preferred Member

11 years ago

I was just poking around that the idea the tough guys on the team were injured. They got boo-boo's but yet they are the "tough" guys. [grin1]

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool

ahhh

zing right over my head.

nerdmann
Premier Member

11 years ago

They've been called out. That's the first step.

Let's see if they can prove themselves. I'll believe it when I see it.

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PackerTraxx
Senior Member

11 years ago

#10

I would say if the team doesn't respond to the toughness question we have problems. If that doesn't raise your hackles as an athlete nothing will.

Why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame?

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