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  1. OldSchoolSnapper
    It sure worked to his advantage at this point even if he tanks. It seemed he got his pick of the litter this year, and the openings were plenty, vs. last year when the vibe on him seemed sour and he was basically forcing himself into the Jets job (ew) or bust.
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    I wish the Brewers would release the damn promo schedule already. It's a month late already.
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    I don't think Jimmy Nelson can play baseball anymore, but hopefully that isn't true regardless of team.
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    Well, no, it's carries, not touches, because he said he's averaging 3.7 more carries, and implying it's not that much, but I would say that is a pretty massive swing without context. 3.7 carries a game is a lot more carries. It's just not that simple though because he started the season suspended and was getting like 5 carries for a while. In the majority of the games his carries are mostly identical to 2018. He has twice as many receptions though. In post 33 in this thread I said this, and that while there have been designed plays for him, I don't think he went from 25 catches to 50 because of designed plays. It's much harder for a coach to get the ball to a receiver than a rusher, obviously. I don't think this is as simple as "McCarthy didn't give him the ball." It is his 3rd year in the league and his stats reflect a very natural progression. He probably would have seen more touches no matter who the coach was this year.
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    Jones averaged 3.7 more carries (but 0.9 fewer yards per carry) and ~7 more rushing yards per game in 2019 than 2018. The only significant difference between 2019 and 2018 is that Jones missed 4.5 games in 2018, and that Jones was a bigger part of the passing game in 2019. The substance abuse suspension in 2018 (with the arrest happening during the season in 2017) probably didn't help to earn McCarthy's trust. 3.7 would be a significant number actually, but it's skewed by a bunch of things, it took time to figure out what kind of player he was, the suspension + the fact the team was trailing often. He has some 5-8 carry games early that skew it low. This idea that he chose not to give him the ball is a bit of hyperbole though. As I said earlier, his use in the run game has been identical for the bulk of the season from 18 to 19. He's right in the 13-17 carry range for most of both seasons. He has been much more involved in the passing game, but that's not really the same as a hand-off and guaranteed touch. The Packers are winning games and people are seeing what they want to see.
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    If I have a big grievance with McCarthy it is that. The playcalling and going for it and things of that nature are such hot take fodder, you are nailed for it no matter what you do. The timeout usage and clock management under him did seem abhorrent. It also seemed frequent they'd emerge from one and run a dive or something.
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    Because even though Jones was leading the NFL in yards per carry, he only got about 10 carries a game. He didn't give him the ball enough, but they were also losing all the time. He's still not a bell cow type RB even on this year's team. Edit: After going back and actually looking this up, there is really not much difference in his usage from 2018 to 2019. He took a while to establish himself last year, but for the bulk of the season he's been used almost identically, in the 13-17 carry range. The more significant difference is in the passing game, where he's gotten 2x as many touches, and has definitely had designed passing plays go his way, but also probably a bit of Rodgers checking down plays a role there as well.
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    Based on what McCarthy has been doing for a year it sure doesn't sound like a guy trying to get a big contract and coast. He's spent months using archives with several other high-profile ex coaches working on some film study project. He apparently had an extremely detailed and specific proposal for Dallas down to practice schedules and organizational philosophy etc., and is installing a 22-person football analytics staff. I'm sure he's capable of adjusting for personnel. He had the best QB in football and put the ball in his hands a lot. The Packers never had anyone half as good as Elliot at RB.
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    That makes no sense. Ted Thompson literally has dementia, and was given a very gracious and heroic exit by the team. McCarthy was a sitting duck last year. When random guys like me are predicting the on-field and off-field outcome in July that is obvious. They signed Jimmy Graham and Muhammad Wilkerson to a prove-it deal and had Rodgers coming off an injury. BK never wanted McCarthy to coach HIS Packers and that's fair. You want your own stamp on the team. He got his own coach and then signs 3 crucial FAs the same offseason. They knew the team was probably going to bad last year and re-tooled it as such...one that MIGHT win if Rodgers is an MVP but they knew that roster was a mess. Ted Thompson knew he took over a bad roster in 2005, BK knew it in 2018. And you don't know they would have kept McCarthy. I was always of the opinion that he was getting canned last year without a Super Bowl run. We can't prove that, but the writing was on the wall when Ted left. I've never argued for McCarthy being retained though. It was time for everyone to move on. But the wrap he's gotten since does bother me.
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    It doesn't really ignore it so much as it places more emphasis on MM's more recent teams. From 2007 to 2011 it seemed like MM was maybe ahead of the curve relative to other NFL coaches. From 2012 onward, I'd say he started to get passed up & left farther & farther behind. From 2014-2018 the Packers appeared in two NFCCGs. If that's getting passed up by the league there are a lot of coaches out who'd love to get passed up. Now we can relive the horror of that the 2014 game all we want and talk about his conservative nature within it, but that onside kick was headed right for Jordy Nelson's chest and that was at worst a Super Bowl losing team 99% of the time. I think people downplay the relevance of luck. I don't buy the argument of him being dated though, if anything his absence has shown that there is plenty of blame to go around on that offense. I tend to place more of the Packers failures at the feet of the guy running the show who had early onset dementia and the "team president" who let this go on for 5 years too long. In the end MM was the fall guy. Everyone had a part in their shortcoming but he is 3rd in that line behind Murphy and TT.
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    Holmgren achieved the rare feat of taking 2 teams in the Super Bowl. Reid gets pretty mercilessly mocked nationally. I don't know that it's necessarily BECAUSE MM is fat, but I think his overall appearance is a factor. He's fat but also has that local pub patron look going on, and speaks with a touch of country drawl. All to say I never felt like he got the credit he deserved but now he'll get another chance.
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    The lame and too popular take ignores the fact that McCarthy revived a dead Packers team in 2006 that had just won 4 games with the fantastic Brett Favre and had them within a game of the Super Bowl in two years. For how wonderful Rodgers is, he's been pretty unspectacular for a few years and has continued to look that way this season. Obviously having that QB makes your life easier but McCarthy had his hands on their success too. You can't appear in four NFCCGs in 13 years and be a bad football coach. That just doesn't happen. If McCarthy wasn't fat he would be a more respected coach. I really believe that. Sean Payton gets deified for having less success under almost the same circumstances.
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    Rodgers used the P in a lot of RPOs and when it didn't work it was McCarthy's fault is basically my view of it. McCarthy's was long known to love running the ball. He was damned either way. He was taking the ball out of Rodgers' hands and too conservative or he never got them going. I agree with you on MM. It was time to fire him, but he got a raw deal at the end. And that offense doesn't look any better.
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    They didn't update our logo.
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    Even if Cooper leaves, which who knows, the Cowboys still have a nice player in Gallup. Cobb was a 3rd target who had 800 yards. McCarthy is probably salivating at getting to work with that offense, it was likely a big draw to the job for him. I'm also not sure where this idea that Cobb struggled to get open in the system comes from. He had a monster year, got paid, and then continually got hurt. But he was rarely unproductive when actually playing and healthy. That just became super rare. We'll never know exactly how much of McCarthy ignoring the RBs was on Rodgers, but I think a decent amount of it was. I think at one point, he called out on Rodgers saying something like the runs were called but he opts out of them. But Zeke is an elite back, he's not going to ignore him. McCarthy loves running the ball. The defense is a valid concern, if I'm a Cowboys fan that's my worry.
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    I think your first point is flat wrong. McCarthy had no influence on personnel in Green Bay and that was his biggest frustration: TT doing nothing when help was available. There were multiple instances of MM vocally wanting players retained and TT saying no. In Dallas, if he tells Jones that player X is a FA and he needs him, Jerry is going to go get him at any cost. Second point seems like conjecture and I don't know how anyone would know that. Same thing with the third, I don't think Jones has any influence on playcalling. I can't see any way that Bill Parcells would last 4 years with Jerry Jones second guessing his plays. Fourth, well, maybe, but not really different than any other team. The owners don't typically get fired. Jones gets flack because of his playboy image in the 90s but he really has toned down the way he's run the team for the last couple decades. They've drafted fairly well. The sideline waltzing and media involvement is very un-McCarthy, but I think Jones is one of the most underrated owners in sports. He loves that team and will do anything to win. If people are going to complain about owners prioritizing profit over the fans, that's one thing you can never say he does.
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    Cowboys have hired McCarthy. I mentioned a month ago or so that if I'm him, that's the job I want. Wow, definitely back under the bright lights. I'm happy for the guy.
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    I thought that might be the case and remember it well. Without looking anything up, I believe wonderboy Kitna was their starting QB and the score 27-7. I think Derrick Mayes was playing for Seattle and did a fake jump into the stands after a TD.
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    I know the Packers dropped the unspoken game to Seattle, and the season opener that same year. Well, and the other referee game, but just going off memory I can't recall the last time they won in Green Bay. I don't believe Wilson ever has.
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    I only know this because years ago when I played Madden it would happen if you delayed over and over. I looked it up then and it was a real thing on the books. That's why the loophole involved committing two different infractions. Once it gets obvious the officials will do something about it. What's tricky now is that they're going to look for it, but they probably can't call it as it's been used twice without penalty. It'll definitely get scrubbed this off-season.
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    After 3 delays it's unsportsmanlike and ejections follow. When it's obvious like this the officials get quite a bit of discretion to protect the game, i.e. ejecting Rodgers, awarding points, etc. They can award touchdowns and DQ teams if things are really egregious. It never happens but they can. They get a bunch of discretion under the palpably unfair act rule.
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    Glad we're the last game. If SF has already won, a loss won't crush me as much.
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    I don't know what else you could ask for as far as not liking a matchup. Their strength plays well into the strength of our defense, and they can't run to take the heat off. Their defense isn't particularly good at either run or pass. Things happen and we can still lose, but I think it's just nostalgia that has people leery of playing Seattle.
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    Seattle's OL sucks. It's bad. Our line should eat that line alive. If they don't something went wrong.
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    I expect it go down to the wire like most of Seattle's games and many of GB's. Seattle is just frankly not a dominant team, much like GB wasn't. That team is full of weaknesses, has a major point differential red flag, eeked out so many wins they were dangerously close to being 8-8, and not as balanced as the Packers. It's Wilson, some nice WRs, and not much else. Wilson is great though.
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