Mucky Tundra
10 years ago

GREEN BAY — To hear Mike McCarthy tell it, the Green Bay Packers didn't avoid Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman intentionally.

If anything, they were trying to bait the All-Pro cornerback into moving outside his comfort zone and leaving his spot on the left corner and move across the field to cover their No. 1 wideout, Jordy Nelson.

And when that didn't happen, the Packers merely accepted the fact that their No. 3 wideout, Jarrett Boykin, was going against Sherman and didn't throw that direction.

Rodgers was not asked after the game whether he made up his mind not to throw to Boykin and at Sherman, although Sherman did confront Rodgers quasi-playfully about avoiding him.

"I don't think you ever make a conscious decision not to throw to one side of the field," McCarthy said Friday. "Frankly, it was more of a decision to put Jordy on the left and see if he would come over and play him. They played their defense and obviously they did a heck of a job. I'm sure they feel good about where they are today."

Nelson did catch nine passes and was targeted 16 times in the game. But he had only 83 receiving yards and had Rodgers' first interception of the season ricochet off his hands to the Seahawks "other" cornerback, Byron Maxwell. Rodgers also missed Nelson early in the game on a potential touchdown and had to settle for a field goal instead.

Asked after the game about their approach, Nelson said it only made sense for Rodgers to go to him more often than to Boykin against Sherman.

"Obviously we liked the matchup on the 🇲🇾 side, and if they wanted to bring [Sherman] over we were going to put him in an uncomfortable spot," Nelson said. "They stayed with their defense, which I was expecting the whole time. We made some plays. I think if we hit the touchdown between Aaron and I early in the game, it's a different story."

In an exchange captured by NBC Sports following the game , lip-readers could see Sherman ask Rodgers something to the effect of, "You avoided me, didn't you?" To which Rodgers appeared to reply, "Yep."

Jason Wilde  wrote:


yooperfan
10 years ago
Whatever!
Your play calling sucked anyway Mike.
nerdmann
10 years ago
To summarize:

1: He wasn't purposely avoiding Richardson.

2: He genuinely initially believes all these devastating injuries are "nothing serioius."

3: He doesn't coach scared.

4: He doesn't believe in abandoning the run.

5: They are not a finesse team.

6: He's gonna take more responsibility for the defensive side of the ball.

7: He's doing everything he can to prevent injuries.
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10 years ago
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Mucky Tundra
10 years ago
I'm starting to get a vibe that Rodgers and McCarthy may not be on the same page when it comes to the direction of the offense (see the Cincinnati blowup from last year).


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nyrpack
10 years ago
i like mike, but he clearly didnt want to go against sherman, hes great but not invincible !!
jimmy b.
nerdmann
10 years ago

i like mike, but he clearly didnt want to go against sherman, hes great but not invincible !!

Originally Posted by: nyrpack 



SHERMAN is good, but not invincible.
“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”
Cheesey
10 years ago
I talked with Mike McCarthy and this is what he had to say:
Cheesey:"Mike, did you try to avoid Sherman?"
MM:"No Cheesey. The only thing we tried to avoid was the end zone. And I'd say, mission accomplished!"
😆

wpr
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10 years ago

I talked with Mike McCarthy and this is what he had to say:
Cheesey:"Mike, did you try to avoid Sherman?"
MM:"No Cheesey. The only thing we tried to avoid was the end zone. And I'd say, mission accomplished!"
😆

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 



sad cheesey very sad.
Cal2GreenBay
10 years ago
What is suspect is that McCarthy said that they did not "intentionally" avoid Sherman, and they were trying to rotate Jordy around for the best match up. Like I said in a previous post, "rotate" typically means switching a receiver from one side to another. Jordy wasn't rotated if at all, and stayed specifically on the left side to match up with Maxwell. That's NOT a rotation.

"Favorable match up" is a PR statement. What does that really mean?
There was no favorable match up on the right side(with Sherman) because the receiver wasn't open(Boykin).
Then why were Cobb/Nelson not sent over there more(to the right side) to create a different match up?
Were they also NOT a favorable match up on that side? You put your no.3 receiver against their no.1 corner, but never rotate your 2 or 1 against him? That would imply that our 1, and 2 can't get open on Sherman either.
But how do we know unless they try? They didn't. That's playing scared.

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