All Entries in the "Offense" Category

The Case For A Change of Pace

Jason Wilde is currently running through a different position group every day over at ESPNMilwaukee.com and today he’s focused on the running back position. He has a great take overall, but I wanted to point out something toward the end of his breakdown:
…adding a young, dynamic back wouldn’t be the worst thing for Thompson to [...]

2009 Season Offensive Player Grades

The defense, specialist and coaching grades to follow tomorrow.
Look forward to your reactions.
Quarterback:
Aaron Rodgers: A-
Rodgers became one of the leagues best quarterbacks throughout the course of the season and did a great job attacking his major flaw – holding on to the ball too long. Next season should cement Rodgers as an elite NFL quarterback.
Matt [...]

Opening Struggles Perfectly Illustrated

This just dumbfounds me:
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers offered up an interesting detail in explaining his interception on the Packers’ first play of the game. According to Rodgers, tight ends Donald Lee and Jermichael Finley ran the same pattern. “We had a little bit of miscommunication,” Rodgers said.
Emphasis mine. And here’s Rodgers’ full quote regarding the play:
It was a bad [...]

Mixing It Up In The Postseason

ESPN is running a feature called ‘Player X’ where an anonymous NFL ’star’ player talks about sports. This week the topic is, surprise, the NFL playoffs. Player X gives 10 lessons on how teams can get through the postseason. It’s good stuff, all of it, but I particularly liked #3 Mix It Up:
As far as [...]

Shake Up The PreSnap Read/Count

There’s a very good reason the Packers struggled in the passing game yesterday and it had little to do with the offensive line for a change.
As good as Rodgers was in the pre-snap phase of the game last Monday night against the Ravens, he was equally bad yesterday against the Bears. Time and again, the [...]

The Red Zone Issue

Tom Pelissero, as usual, does a great job of breaking down the tape and hits upon one of the biggest things McCarthy needs to work on over the next month – his red zone offense. Pelissero:
The black mark on the Packers’ improving offense remains in the red zone, where coach Mike McCarthy keeps spreading the [...]

Cheesehead TV Matchup: Week 7 Offense

Keep It Simple, Stupid (Especially In Pass Protection)

Look, no one is under any illusions about this weekends game against the Browns. Or at least they shouldn’t be. If The Packers lose, everyone should be fired. OK, maybe not, but you can bet the doom merchants that populate the comment sections of the Journal Sentinel and [...]

Dougherty Nails It

Excellent piece from Pete Dougherty today in the Green Bay Press Gazette about the Packers return to the short passing game in lieu of a serviceable running game. As I’ve been telling anyone who will listen, a lot of the hand wringing over the running game is just wasted energy. Mike Holmgren’s teams never ran the ball [...]

For The Record…

…provided his knee checks out with the medical staff, I would sign Ryan Torain and cut DeShawn Wynn. Like, yesterday.

Memo To McCarthy

Not that he needs my help, but I offer it unsolicited for Coach McCarthy to do with it as he sees fit:
McCarthy needs to rethink his offense and get back to the basics of the West Coast Offense.
What both McCarthy and Rodgers needed yesterday was for 2009 Rodgers to get hurt, forcing 2007 Rodgers to [...]