Ah, what should have been.
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy has uttered what most of us have been thinking since the season ended in Seattle. The Green Bay Packers were the best team in football.
“I thought we were the best team in football when our season ended,” McCarthy said on Thursday. “You have to prove it on the field, obviously.”
Yes.
Yes you do.
Instead, the Packers collapsed in epic fashion, but that has become a memory since the day we watched two inferior teams play each other in the Super Bowl.
The Packers, as well, are saying the debacle is forgotten, although that doesn’t seem to be entirely the case. And how could it be, when people constantly bring it up?
At any rate, McCarthy went on to make some bold proclamations about the team’s offense, as well.
“We scored the most points in the league, but our starting quarterback didn’t play five quarters,” he said. “I’ve never had an offense this good.”
“We hit 13 of the 16 (principles of championship football) on offense,” McCarthy said. “And the three that we didn’t get, I think we were like one play or two plays off. So you know, if we could play at this level of offense from here on in, it will be the best offense pro football has seen.”
That’s great and certainly something to look forward to.
However, as we’ve mentioned many times before, regular season greatness and the stats that come along with that don’t mean anything to us. If that super-awesome offense had been on display in Seattle when it really counted (ahem… Aaron Rodgers…), we wouldn’t be having this conversation.