Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Packers coaching

MIke McCarthy is a bad coach, I have never liked him. He spreads the field, which is fine, but when your QB is laying on the ground on every play its time to change things up. A lot of people in the country think Aaron Rodgers is the best QB talent wise in the NFL right now. He has all the tools to be an MVP type player except he has no protection. They gave up 5 sacks to the Bengals, that should have been a wake up call. They need to keep Finley and Lee in tight in their formations, I'm baffled that hasn't happened already. This could be the most explosive offense in the NFL next to NO if they had some time to get the ball down the field. Rodgers has no time to get it to Jennings and Driver, let alone the tight ends, so stay in and protect him, and if you're in the gun, they have a package where the tight end lines up off center in front of Rodgers.

Now on to the defense. We have 3 pro-bowlers in our secondary, Nick Collins, Al Harris, and Charles Woodsen who was the NFL's defensive player of the month in September. They are arguably the best secondary in the NFL, so tell me why they keep getting burned?

  • The line backers are terrible, Nick Barnett has lost a step and AJ Hawk is overrated. Brandon Chillar is our best LB
  • Aaron F*****g Kampman is playing OLB, the guy has had double digit sacks the last 4 years and is a perennial pro-bowl pass rusher and you have him dropping 20 yards into coverage.
  • The DT's are huge, and by huge I mean the biggest in the NFL, Jenkins, Jolly, and Raji are all 370+. This is great for clogging holes and stopping the run, but against the pass, they are just too slow to get to QB's. They play a 3-4, meaning 3 down lineman and 4 line backers. If they don't blitz, which they rarely do, they only rush three people and they have to go against 5 offensive linemen plus running backs and tight ends who may stay in. They are not fast enough to get anywhere. What's the answer? Hmmm I don't know maybe put one of the best speed pass rushers in the NFL back on the line and let him do what he was drafted for, sack the QB.
Mike McCarthy had better figure this thing out in the bye week because with good coaching this team is a playoff team no doubt. They have so many weapons, they just need to get their scheme right and get better play from the line backers.

People will think I'm disappointed with the Vikings winning last night, but in reality, in happy with how the team fought. They had no pass rush all and the offensive line is so hurt, that the backup center was playing LT and blocking Jared Allen, that's never gonna go well and they should have lost by 30. Rodgers was sacked 8 times and still managed to throw for almost 400 yards and 2 TD's (should have been 3 but Lee dropped a TD on fourth down) This team is so close to breaking out and being a contender, they have to change things around this week though, or they will lose a lot of the locker room, Rodgers will end up in the hospital after being sacked 700 times, and we will end up with 6 wins again.


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