I really like that analogy there. Mostly because Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy is a fat bastard and I can totally picture him as a pig, rolling around in some shit.
But the larger point here is, Big Mike must be pretty happy with himself today.
That was pretty evident when he took the opportunity to stick it to the media following Sunday’s Wild Card win.
“That’s the way you want to play offense,” McCarthy said. “When you get in the playoffs, you don’t have to talk about the regular season anymore. I don’t know if you guys got the memo about that. It’s the way you need to play, and we’re going to have to play that way moving forward.”
And yes, we’ll hand it to that rotund sonofabitch. His offense played pretty well on Sunday, marking the first time the Packers offense has looked formidable since early in the season.
The Packers mixed it up against Washington, not trying to rely on one guy to carry the load, but spreading the wealth.
Eddie Lacy and James Starks both rushed for over 50 yards on a 141-yard rushing day. Seven guys caught a pass on a 210-yard passing day.
Aaron Rodgers was only sacked once, as the Packers moved quickly from play to play and kept the Redskins defense on their heels.
This was similar to the McCarthy offense we saw last season.
With McCarthy taking over play calling with four games left in the regular season, there was bound to be an adjustment period. Is that adjustment period over?
We can only hope, but Sunday was a good sign.
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Now, the question is, will he be this cocky this weekend?
The question is if he sees packattacks comments on here and says “by golly Aaron rodgers is our best player!” “I am going to say to hell with the run game and throwing 80% of plays so that my already average offensive tackles can get torn a new one and A-Rod will be drooling from his mouth at the end of the game!!!”
McCarthy is a great coach, Green Bay is lucky to have him.
since 2 out 3 comments ask questions, let me continue that and ask: the question here is would mccarthy prefer horse shit or cow shit?
I know what won’t happen. He won’t guarantee a Packer win like he did before the Viking game. At 310lbs, he’s finally starting to learn not to push his weight around.
I thought there was a key change to this game. In the pre-game, they quoted Aaron as saying “We’re going to come out and throw it all over the place”. And what did they do in the first 10 passes or so? He went deep (15+ yards) a few times… missed all of them (overthrown), but he threw it.
I thought this was an important change because of everything we’ve been seeing about how defenses aren’t respecting our receivers. Take some shots, even if you purposely overthrow them or lead them out of bounds every so often. It could be a wasted throw, but you’re making the secondary play the entire field and thinking twice about sitting in routes. I really felt that eventually opened up some holes in the middle and for the run game to come along.
I think Washington was trying to emulate the same defensive scheme we’ve seen since Denver. But after Aaron took some shots downfield, they had to play a little safer.
I just don’t understand how he keeps missing on the deep routes. All the other factors considered this year it has made sense, but yesterday he had plenty of time and in some cases wide open receivers and was missing. Two to Cobb and Jones stand out to me in particular. It’s just odd to watch.
BOOM!!!!! BIG MIKE!!!!!
-Usen them Timeouts just before halftime…BOOM!
-A bold 4th & 1 call at Midfield in the Middle of the 3rd quarter… BOOM!
-R-E-L-A-X ing as we’re down 11-0 …YEP!
-Bringen together a beat-up team … CERTAINLY!
-Dailing-up those plays, baby! BAM-BAM!!!!!
I’m sure glad one of the best coaches in the game is back on that laminated spread again.
WE’RE SO BLESSED, BOYS!!!!! =D
Just like the Cinderella song: Don’t Know What Cha Got…Till It’s Gone!!!