FrankRizzo
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This part is from Packers.com, Vic Ketchman's story.
-We all know our path to the Super Bowl goes thru Lambeau in January, which is going to be cold conditions not conducive to our precision passing game. Even the wind today in 50 degree weather seemed to have an effect. So in those conditions, the team with the better running game, and better time of possession, will have some advantage.
Remember the wildcard win at Philly, outdoors? That was James Starks 120 yards leading the way. Rodgers wasn't awesome in that game. Neither was he in week 17 vs Chicago, or in the NFC Title game at Chicago. Cold weather affects everything.
So, with this game tape on film, reading this and what Rodgers, Donald, said.... teams are going to defend us this way too.... safeties wide.... press coverage, etc. But what it does do is allows some room to run, and Grant had about 5-6 yards per carry today, in 12 carries. But being our only available halfback today, with Swaine and Starks out, I think McCarthy didn't want to risk running Ryan too much, but also wants opponents to forget about that for us......
I think, maybe, McCarthy has some tricks up his sleeve and he wants defenses to prepare to defend that way, which will allow him to feature a little more of Starks, Grant, and Saine in January. Hit them with a surprise running game.
If it works, it will also open up the passing game, and keep a little heat off the OL and Rodgers as now, you see every edge rusher just going wide around Newhouse and whoever the RT is. Dangit I wish we hadn't lost Alex Green.
Maybe that's not a "conspiracy" theory.....
This part is from Packers.com, Vic Ketchman's story.
Alright, here's my theory which paints McCarthy as a GENIUS:As it pertains to that pursuit, the Packers will have to look long and analytically at what the Chiefs did to win. The Chiefs married an aggressive, press pass-coverage scheme with an in-your-face pass-rush that forced Packers receivers to cut their routes short, and that disrupted the timing of the Packers’ precision passing attack.
“They challenged us. That’s the way you stop a team that can throw the football. They pressed us from the time we got off the bus,” McCarthy said.
Driver offered a slightly different slant.
“Their press coverage didn’t do anything. They pressured our quarterback. You could tell the receivers had to cut their routes down. We knew they were going to play aggressive,” Driver said.
“We have to make plays down the middle of the field when they have their safeties so wide,” Rodgers said.
The Bears, Lions and every team the Packers will face in the postseason are going to spend a lot of time with the tape of Sunday’s game. They’re going to see the press coverage and the pass-rush and they’re going to decide that’s the way to beat the Packers, and the Packers know they’re going to see the Chiefs’ game plan again, hopefully three more times in the postseason.
That’s the way it is in the copycat NFL.
-We all know our path to the Super Bowl goes thru Lambeau in January, which is going to be cold conditions not conducive to our precision passing game. Even the wind today in 50 degree weather seemed to have an effect. So in those conditions, the team with the better running game, and better time of possession, will have some advantage.
Remember the wildcard win at Philly, outdoors? That was James Starks 120 yards leading the way. Rodgers wasn't awesome in that game. Neither was he in week 17 vs Chicago, or in the NFC Title game at Chicago. Cold weather affects everything.
So, with this game tape on film, reading this and what Rodgers, Donald, said.... teams are going to defend us this way too.... safeties wide.... press coverage, etc. But what it does do is allows some room to run, and Grant had about 5-6 yards per carry today, in 12 carries. But being our only available halfback today, with Swaine and Starks out, I think McCarthy didn't want to risk running Ryan too much, but also wants opponents to forget about that for us......
I think, maybe, McCarthy has some tricks up his sleeve and he wants defenses to prepare to defend that way, which will allow him to feature a little more of Starks, Grant, and Saine in January. Hit them with a surprise running game.
If it works, it will also open up the passing game, and keep a little heat off the OL and Rodgers as now, you see every edge rusher just going wide around Newhouse and whoever the RT is. Dangit I wish we hadn't lost Alex Green.
Maybe that's not a "conspiracy" theory.....