As I said during the game, it didn't bother me at all that he went for it on fourth down. It didn't even bother me that he called a run -- statistically, that was the right call. What irked me was that there was no attempt at misdirection at all. They defense was bunched up the middle and they ran it up the gut instead of taking advantage of thin coverage on the edge. In the end, it didn't matter, though. Green Bay destroyed New York.

Originally Posted by: Nonstopdrivel 

I see this as McCarthy being aggressive at the wrong time and with a bad play call. That early in the game never go for it with that small of a lead. You fail and are almost in FG range to begin with and as we saw, one play from a TD. I was surprised NY didn't go for 2 in that situation. If we had been on the other side of the 50 at NY 45 or 40, than yeah, going for it is a better decision because you don't gain much field position with a punt.

Packers need to figure out how to run a damn QB sneak. If they can't get less than a yard on a sneak they have a problem.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 

We do have a problem. We can't run outside and we don't get good push upfront. Which is where Ripkowski comes in, at least if he's running with a full head of steam he'll push people forward generally.

Originally Posted by: Porforis 

Seems like less than a yard, seems like most teams will QB sneak at least 50% of the time. Since Rodgers took over it must be less than 20% that we have run a sneak and failed on most of them we have tried.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins 

Which is why I want to see us go for it more lol. Nobody expects it. Especially with Rodgers healthy. I don't want it to be a regular thing, but it's something we need to pull out sometime this postseason because it WILL take teams by surprise.

Originally Posted by: Porforis