Ok- I agree with that. When a team isn't ready to play, it's on the coaches.
I have gone back and forth on this subject- if McCarthy's time has come. I guess I just don't understand why a guy who used to be so ahead of the game, so innovative, and right there with the best coaches in the game suddenly loses it. Last year the play-calling debacle it was "They miss Jordy"... this year not much has changed.
And I go back to that Bleacher Report article- is Rodgers seeing ghosts? Today's game Rodgers was passing on the early look to buy time- is it just to get bigger plays? Is it a rift and he's making a point? Is he just stubborn? How many times did he simply choose not to throw in rhythm? I saw a lot of guys that by the design of the play he could have thrown to, and he pulled the ball back and bought time.
And this is in a nutshell what's going on. They trot out 11 personnel and throw the ball 10-11 times to a pedestrian TE duo. Try some Ace... not much better. Go 5 wide and mix things up and they damn near come back. The rhythm throws suddenly start reaping rewards.
The defense obviously isn't good enough to win like Seattle. They need their so-called leaders and best players to be as advertised. Coaches and players included. It's a total collapse that will fall on McCarthy, but I think it is just as much on Rodgers. They aren't going to fire Rodgers...