Every team leaves points on the field, every game. We scored 36 points and should have scored 39 if not for Crosbyfail. At what point do you have to stop saying "Well, we could have/should have scored more points" and stop blaming the coach? It's not MM's fault that so many balls were dropped (that ended up stalling a lot of the drives), and it's not his fault Crosby missed, and it's not his fault that Rodgers was throwing wild the first drive or two.

Running the ball just wasn't working in this game. I'm sorry, but there's no way we would have scored more points relative to the Steelers (since there'd probably be less possessions in the game) by running the ball. We had all kinds of success in the air, and most of our lack of success was not due to great coverage, it was due to drops and Rodgersfail early in the game. Bringing a safety into the box wouldn't have done much for us, we were already having our way with them. The PA pass wouldn't have done much more of anything for us, even if we did set it up and they did bite.

Sorry, I simply wouldn't agree with many more runs than we did beyond for the sake of surprising them. Maybe 3-5 more tops.

How can we say the run wasn't working. Grant got the ball 4 times in the 2nd half. 2 were the first two plays in the half for us. The remaining time, we ran twice with Grant and one was a 24 yard TD.

If I don't try to turn my car on, how can I say it doesn't run?

Notice the beginning of the game. two drives, both 3 and out, then we run Grant twice and hit Jennings for 83. That wasn't even play action, is was just the effect of having to worry even a little about the RB in the back field.

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Why bother trying to turn your car on when your helicopter is warmed up and waiting? The passing game, minus the drops, was working as well as I've ever seen it. We were averaging 7.98 yards per pass ATTEMPT, and we were averaging 4.2 yards per called run. Take away the longest run and the longest completion, and you have 6.38 yards per pass attempt and 1.55 yards per called run. If you're averaging 6.38 yards per pass attempt, why the hell would you run hardly at all, much less if you're averaging 8? I guarantee you that if Grant would have gotten 20 more carries, he would have never bumped that 4.2 yards/carry up any higher.



While I don't agree with all the 5 man sets we were using ALL FREAKING GAME (seriously, at least make them have to worry about the RB catching a pass out of the backfield), you can't blame the first two drives on too many pass plays. Rodgers was overthrowing EVERYTHING. That's why we started running more, then we took a shot downfield and scored. We might have ran more the next possession, but after that Rodgers began executing consistently, and we stuck with what was working. I fail to see the problem. Of all the things you could bitch about in this game, passing too much isn't really one of them.

The drops cost us alot too.
Our WR's have been BAD in that department this year.

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I noticed this too. What's with all the drops these past few weeks? I think this week was our worst. The normally dependable Driver had a lot of drops the past 2 weeks.

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great posts porforis. Balance is great and all, but it was a shoot-out game that the packers kept pace in. Also, steelers were 46:19 in favor of the pass and won but nobody is complaining about their playcalling.

In this particular game, the pass was working very effectively so I don't see why we need to 'fire M. M.' because he stuck with it.

MM did fine. He got us 36 points.

The culprit of this game is Dom Capers. He was rushing 3 guys all night long and allowed Ben to get his team 37 points.

Screw balance. Do what works. Aaron kicked ass and almost had 400 yards with his 3 TDs + 1 running.

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Can you blame him? He was knocked down 5 times in his first 13 dropbacks, and a couple of those hits were brutal. Blame for this lies squarely on the offensive line.

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So not having offensive balance and controlling the ball didn't play into the outcome?

If you have a defense that is being attacked effectively, one of the simplest things you can do to assist is keep them off the field with a more methodical attack.. which would require a more clock draining running game.

Shorten up the amount of time the opposition has the ball and it directly will impact the performance of your defense.

The Steelers had the blueprint to our defense as we had one for theirs.. so I hold little worry about a defensive collapse past this week.

However.. I have concerns about a inconsistent running game/ abandoning the run and our ability to consistently catch passes on offense.. along with the sheer lack of discipline in regards to penalties.. those three things I worry about come playoff time.

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