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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sky King" data-source="post: 738038" data-attributes="member: 7171">McCarthy has been quoted in the past to have said, "We're nobody's underdog."  Well, as a matter of fact they are.  Whether it is a result of talent, injury or simply what circumstance the team finds themselves in when they meet any of their opponents, IMHO it would be wiser to formulate all those items into a kickoff strategy rather than to engage in a one-size-fits-all show of bravado.  Personally, I think against Atlanta it would have been better to receive the opening kickoff.  They had a better chance to score first than to stop Atlanta first.   Trying to break serve against a team that talented seems to be a better overall strategy than to risk the offense already having to play from behind the first time they touch the ball.  We've all seen how successful the other option of trying to end the first half and start the second half on offense has worked out so far this season.  Save that stop 'em first strategy for those teams having less-powerful offenses than the Packers.  Otherwise, try scoring first.Hopefully, McCarthy is not too proud or stubborn to reconsider how he exercises his opening kickoff options based upon the actual talent of their opponent rather than living by a cookie-cutter dogma.</blockquote>

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