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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 363788" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">How about the "Bone" formation? (Inverted wishbone.) Others have used a full backfield formation but I don't remember seeing one using McCarthy's bone formation. The key is it's a balanced formation so the defense can't overload one side without the risk of being burned by a Rodgers' audible to the other side. In the playoff game vs. the Eagles, Starks averaged 7.6 yards on 8 carries in that formation and 4.1 yards on his other 15 carries. IMO that's as innovative as Sherman's U-71 formation. (Sherman had the benefit of a great run-blocking OL that McCarthy doesn't enjoy.)</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Verdana'">McCarthy creates mismatches by going from a 5-WRs formation to the bone and nearly every combination in between. Think back on just the Packers playoff run and all the passes Packer receivers dropped - particularly the ones that hit 'em on the hands. Every team and every receiver drops some passes, but had they caught just one-half of the catchable passes and consider their offensive output. Is "genius" stretching it a bit? Maybe - I plead guilty to being a biased Packers fan - but don't think it's stretching it by much. IMO he's among the very best at creating mismatches in the passing game. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 363788, member: 4300"] [FONT=Verdana]How about the "Bone" formation? (Inverted wishbone.) Others have used a full backfield formation but I don't remember seeing one using McCarthy's bone formation. The key is it's a balanced formation so the defense can't overload one side without the risk of being burned by a Rodgers' audible to the other side. In the playoff game vs. the Eagles, Starks averaged 7.6 yards on 8 carries in that formation and 4.1 yards on his other 15 carries. IMO that's as innovative as Sherman's U-71 formation. (Sherman had the benefit of a great run-blocking OL that McCarthy doesn't enjoy.)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]McCarthy creates mismatches by going from a 5-WRs formation to the bone and nearly every combination in between. Think back on just the Packers playoff run and all the passes Packer receivers dropped - particularly the ones that hit 'em on the hands. Every team and every receiver drops some passes, but had they caught just one-half of the catchable passes and consider their offensive output. Is "genius" stretching it a bit? Maybe - I plead guilty to being a biased Packers fan - but don't think it's stretching it by much. IMO he's among the very best at creating mismatches in the passing game. [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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