When he was head coach of the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks, Mike Holmgren considered giving up play-calling several times.

But whenever he thought about the long-term consequences, he gave up on the idea.

"I thought through that myself a few times where you consider it because you're angry," Holmgren said last week. "You wish you had done something different. We all experience it.

"If I ever did that, I would second-guess every call that was made. I know I would. If it didn't work, I'd say I would have called this (instead of that)."

Holmgren, who coached the Packers from 1992-'98 and called the plays throughout, did not want to take part in the Journal Sentinel's experts' review of the current Packers offense, but he was willing to share his thoughts on coach Mike McCarthy giving up play-calling before this season.

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