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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 463606" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">I agree about overreacting either way. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Regarding the INT, I don’t place any of the blame on Rodgers – it’s one of many timing routes in which the QB has to trust the WR to make the proper break. Rodgers threw the ball before Jones screwed up his route. BTW McCarthy gave the reasoning behind the call. Because of the game situation the Bears were playing inside leverage knowing the Packers didn’t want to catch a ball at the sidelines and be forced out of bounds, stopping the clock. McCarthy was attempting to take advantage of the Bears over-playing the inside. On that play, the CB was behind Jones as the pass was being thrown, perhaps protecting against a deep move. I still don’t like it but McCarthy did have a reason for that route. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'"><span style="color: #000000">Another thing learned:</span><span style="color: #141414"> It’s hard to objectively evaluate anything when you have preconceived ideas about that thing. Of course that goes for me too and no one can be completely objective, but here are a couple examples<strong> IMO</strong> of preconceived ideas coloring Packers fans opinions. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Someone posted, “I think Dom Capers deserves <em>at least a little credit</em> for this one”. Preconceived idea: Capers is a bad DC and deserves to be fired. Another poster who has been adamant about Capers' firing spells it out: When the D is good/great it’s the players, when it’s bad/stinks its Capers fault. That's as subjective as it gets. </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #141414"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Preconceived idea: Jones and Finley struggle with drops. So when Jordy Nelson has two drive/momentum killing drops they don’t get mentioned. On the first series Jordy dropped a third down pass that hit him in the hands. That resulted in a three-and-out. On the next series Nelson didn’t catch what I considered a very catchable deep pass at about the Bears’ 25 yard line. Nelson has good hands but when he drops catchable balls he deserves to be criticized just like everyone else. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 463606, member: 4300"] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]I agree about overreacting either way. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Regarding the INT, I don’t place any of the blame on Rodgers – it’s one of many timing routes in which the QB has to trust the WR to make the proper break. Rodgers threw the ball before Jones screwed up his route. BTW McCarthy gave the reasoning behind the call. Because of the game situation the Bears were playing inside leverage knowing the Packers didn’t want to catch a ball at the sidelines and be forced out of bounds, stopping the clock. McCarthy was attempting to take advantage of the Bears over-playing the inside. On that play, the CB was behind Jones as the pass was being thrown, perhaps protecting against a deep move. I still don’t like it but McCarthy did have a reason for that route. [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Tahoma][COLOR=#000000]Another thing learned:[/COLOR][COLOR=#141414] It’s hard to objectively evaluate anything when you have preconceived ideas about that thing. Of course that goes for me too and no one can be completely objective, but here are a couple examples[B] IMO[/B] of preconceived ideas coloring Packers fans opinions. [/COLOR][/FONT] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]Someone posted, “I think Dom Capers deserves [I]at least a little credit[/I] for this one”. Preconceived idea: Capers is a bad DC and deserves to be fired. Another poster who has been adamant about Capers' firing spells it out: When the D is good/great it’s the players, when it’s bad/stinks its Capers fault. That's as subjective as it gets. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#141414][FONT=Tahoma]Preconceived idea: Jones and Finley struggle with drops. So when Jordy Nelson has two drive/momentum killing drops they don’t get mentioned. On the first series Jordy dropped a third down pass that hit him in the hands. That resulted in a three-and-out. On the next series Nelson didn’t catch what I considered a very catchable deep pass at about the Bears’ 25 yard line. Nelson has good hands but when he drops catchable balls he deserves to be criticized just like everyone else. [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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