Studs n Duds vs The Bears

[PackerDNA]

You need to decide what you're going to do and how you going to handle things before it happens. Don't be a leaf in the wind

 

[swhitset]

I've been critical of MLF most of the season when it comes to his clock management, challenges and play calling. Like I have said, brilliant offensive mind and I think a good guy to have as your HC coach, but not wearing all the hats he tries to wear. His inability to get play calls in faster is obvious, just watch the Packers offense and the play clock and compare it to other teams.

Anyway, if he doesn't realize it himself, he needs to be told by Gute, that he has to hire an OC that will take over play calling. He won't like it, so that is the hard part. The new OC can work with Matt on the offense during meetings, practice, film, etc. but he will be the guy/gal calling the shots on offense.

Im not sure Gute even has any authority over LeFleur. He might… but I was under the impression that The Packers were still using that weird hierarchy where the head coach and GM were equals only answering to the President.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Im not sure Gute even has any authority over LeFleur. He might… but I was under the impression that The Packers were still using that weird hierarchy where the head coach and GM were equals only answering to the President.

Yeah, I don't quite know how it all works up there either. That said, I am pretty sure Gute and MLF have a decent relationship and even if Gute doesn't have "authority" over MLF, he can reason with him. I doubt even if he did have authority over MLF he would say "Look Matt, unless you hand over the play calling hat, I gotta fire you."

Hopefully, when the season is over, if Matt doesn't already know it, he will realize that in order to move the team forward, he needs to hire a solid OC to take over what he has been failing at, play calling.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

To be fair, we didn’t know til the very end that the game was meaningless. Up until then it still had potential implications — 6th seed at Tampa or 7th seed at Philly. I can’t say how much that factored into the decision-making but it clearly had some factor or they would have just straight up rested starters.

Again, to me, possibly moving up 1 seed, if we won and another team lost, makes it pretty much meaningless for me. At minimum, it wasn't worth the risks of losing starters to injury. It wasn't worth not giving banged up players the week off. It wasn't worth possibly losing at home and having to deal with that.

I look at what Sean McVay did in LA as the correct move. He sat his starters, lost a game at home to a team he probably beats. They even controlled their own destiny, a win and they move up a spot in the seeding. Instead, McVay gave the following players a much needed rest and more importantly, protected them from injuries.

Offense​

• QB Matthew Stafford
• RB Kyren Williams
• WR Cooper Kupp
• WR Puka Nacua
• LT Alaric Jackson
• C Beaux Limmer
• RG Kevin Dotson
• RT Rob Havenstein

Defense​

• CB Darious Williams
• ILB Christian Rozeboom
• S Kam Curl

oh and to go even a step further, he limited the snaps of these players.

• S Quentin Lake (10 snaps)
• DL Braden Fiske (11 snaps)
• OLB Byron Young (11 snaps)
• OLB Jared Verse (11 snaps)
• NT Kobie Turner (11 snaps)
• TE Hunter Long - (7 snaps) suffered a knee injury in the game.
• DB Ahkello Witherspoon (13 snaps)
• OLB Michael Hoecht (26 snaps)

 

[rmontro]

Hopefully, when the season is over, if Matt doesn't already know it, he will realize that in order to move the team forward, he needs to hire a solid OC to take over what he has been failing at, play calling.

It didn't seem to help much when McCarthy handed over the play calling.