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Blame Packers' loss on McCarthy
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November 9, 2008 at
5:32PM CST
BY GERY WOELFEL
Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy hasn’t had any problem publicly ripping on his players this season.
He’s criticized quarterback Aaron Rodgers, he’s ripped on veteran offensive tackle Chad Clifton and during Sunday’s game, he angrily got in Will Blackmon’s face.
Well, maybe Packers GM Ted Thompson should get in McCarthy’s face – especially atter his horrible performance Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. After all, McCarthy, more than anyone, was the reason why the Packers lost to an inferior team.
McCarthy failed miserably to make several in-game adjustments, one being his refusal to establish a running back and put the ball in running back Ryan Grant’s hands.
Yes, Minnesota has a dynamic defensive line, but on this day, Grant seemingly couldn’t be stopped. In just 16 carries, Grant totaled 75 yards.
Instead of utilizing Grant, McCarthy insisted on throwing the ball and putting Rodgers in harm’s way. The latter could have been avoided if McCarthy would have realized early on that Clifton simply couldn’t handle Vikings defensive end Jared Allen.
Allen constantly harassed and roughed up Rodgers. Allen has done that to a lot of quarterbacks the last couple of seasons.
If Allen isn’t the best defensive end in the game, he’s awfully close. He isn’t being paid $21 million this season for nothing.
But McCarthy didn’t give Clifton any assistance, with either a tight end or a running back, and the Packers paid the price for it.
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