4th and 5 with 11:37 left in the game

I felt he should have gone for it. Punting was conceding.

They had two timeouts with 24 seconds left. Why did McCarthy leave two timeouts? In the playoffs????? It's no different than a college basketball game!

Given the porous defense field position really wasn't an issue and I would have gone for it, but in the end it probably wouldn't have mattered anyway. SF was the far superior team and it's hard to envision a series of events that have the Packers winning the game.

I agree. At the time I didn't understand it either. They weren't stopping SF at all on D and you are down.

Just another one of many questions that we'll all be asking going into next year.

Thought Jennings should have made the catch right before MM decided to punt. I agree punting was the wrong decision for all the reasons you mentioned tit. SF drove 90 yards after that punt against a D that had had enough.

If I was in the press room at Lambeau, I'd ask McCarthy how much $$$ he bet on SF.

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Originally posted by ChilliJon:
Thought Jennings should have made the catch right before MM decided to punt. I agree punting was the wrong decision for all the reasons you mentioned tit. SF drove 90 yards after that punt against a D that had had enough.

I thought the ball was a bit out of reach on that one. Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't #12 missed a wide open Jennings in the playoffs when behind 3 times in the last 4 yrs?


I would have gone for it, I too thought that was basically giving up. 2 93 yd drives....unfreekingbelieveable.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. hat decision & deciding to have Ross receive the punt inside our 10 yard line, instead of Cobb were MM's 2 most questionable decisions....buts lets face it, no matter what we did we were not going to overcome giving up 600 yards of offense.

The punt by McCarthy just blew me away. I couldn't believe he did it.

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Originally posted by FLPACKER:
lets face it, no matter what we did we were not going to overcome giving up 600 yards of offense.

yeah its interesting were going through the initial psychological step of coping with a big loss by pointing out specific plays here or there. Truth is, we werent beating this team on the road or at home. We just could not stop them.

Im moving on to the next step, acceptance. This is where we all look back on a good run and be glad were not insert team here

Packers had the ball 14-7, and with any kind of score on our next possession, the game's complexion could have been much different. Maybe the Niners don't get 600 yards of offense. Maybe they pass more. Who knows.

The fumble by Ross completely changed the game, that much is certain. We hung in there until 24-24, but the turnovers hurt.

I agree the punt call was a big mistake, but it did not make as much difference as I thought it would in the win probability.

GB probably should have gone for it at this point.

I think the flu had its effects on this playoff game.

Matthews did not look very good but maybe he was just tired.

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Originally posted by michiganjoe:
Given the porous defense field position really wasn't an issue and I would have gone for it, but in the end it probably wouldn't have mattered anyway. SF was the far superior team and it's hard to envision a series of events that have the Packers winning the game.

Packers should have had the lead at halftime but for the muffed punt at the 9 yard line.

Then in the second half midway throught the third, the defense finally gets a stop on the third down with the game in reach, but Tramon Williams gets flagged for holding. The next play he's watching Hawk trying to cover Davis, and it was pretty much over from there.

Watching Williams practically point at Hawk for the camera was not a proud moment.

After that, I would have still walked away happy if someone had rushed the Niner bench and beat the crap out of Jim Harbaugh. Something about the guy makes me homicidal. Not sure what it is.

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Originally posted by radman:
I think the flu had its effects on this playoff game.

Matthews did not look very good but maybe he was just tired.

The whole defense looked jetlagged.

Punting with 11 minutes left was mind boggling. The defense was tired and it was 4th and 5, which is a short pass. I liked the odds of making it on 4th down more than giving it back to the 49ers. If the Packers did go down and score a TD, then they are only 7 down, and the defense had some time to rest. At that point the defense hopefully would have motivation to stop the 49ers and get the ball back to the offense.

At least fake the punt.

Whatever. The Packers deserved to lose & the Niners deserved to win.

You knew at some point all the injuries to Packer 1st round draft picks would affect them. At the end of the day it comes down to matchups. Right now the Niners have the better, healthier team which is why they are advancing.

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Packers had the ball 14-7, and with any kind of score on our next possession, the game's complexion could have been much different. Maybe the Niners don't get 600 yards of offense. Maybe they pass more. Who knows.

The fumble by Ross completely changed the game, that much is certain. We hung in there until 24-24, but the turnovers hurt.

+1

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You knew at some point all the injuries to Packer 1st round draft picks would affect them.

What killed me was the offensive line seemed to play pretty darn well. No way I expected both Barclay and Newhouse to hold up as well as they did. Was very impressed by both.

The linebackers are just brutal however. Walden needs to not be back. He's just not athletic enough and gets a case of the dum dums more often than a candy store. Hawk played like Hawk. He gives you everything he has it's just not good enough. Brad Jones is a back up. Even Clay looked like his head was spinning with all the misdirection.

Going to be excited to see what Manning has next year. I think he's going to impress with a full off season and a training camp where he's not fighting off daily green apple splatters.

I also hope McMillian can get his head in the playbook and figure out where he needs to be. One of the few players on the defense that plays with the nasty streak you need and he has all the athletic ability in the world he just runs around lost out there at times.

The NFC is by far the tougher conference right now and SF and SEA are both just entering their prime windows. They need to get a whole lot better at winning tough, close, hard hitting games because that's what they're going to be involved in if they cross paths with either.

Did any reporters ask MM about the decision to punt? That was the equivalent of waving the white flag. It wasn't like they did anything to stop SF all day, and that was their last real chance.

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Originally posted by titmfatied:
What killed me was the offensive line seemed to play pretty darn well. No way I expected both Barclay and Newhouse to hold up as well as they did. Was very impressed by both.

Exactly. Good observation. Newhouse looks like a legit LT. It has been many weeks since he had his last bad game.

since Saturday was benched, the middle of the offense line has played a lot better. Would be nice for them to get a big strong center tho to help out going forward. EDS is a free agent I think so will need to work that out.

I think Newhouse is good enough at LT as well.

Surely some reporter asked MM why he punted in that situation. What did he say?

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Originally posted by CALBuccaneer:
Surely some reporter asked MM why he punted in that situation. What did he say?

I'm sure whatever he said if asked was a bunch of nothing.

A lot like your posts.

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Originally posted by CALBuccaneer:
Surely some reporter asked MM why he punted in that situation. What did he say?

"I took the over" - Mike McDumb****

Maybe you should write a song about the 4th and 5 play.

Don't have time for that...

Will this work for now?

4th and 5

Braunschweiger does not make you **** for days. More like a 24 hour flu bug.

What you put in is what you get out.

I can't tell the difference.