QB problem? What problem?
GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Mike McCarthy isn’t pulling a Sean McDermott when it comes to his quarterback.
The Green Bay Packers coach said after Sunday’s shutout loss to the Baltimore Ravens that he plans to stick with Brett Hundley, and he reiterated it a day later with another vote of confidence for his struggling fill-in for Aaron Rodgers.
“I’ll just say it again: I believe in Brett Hundley. I believe in Brett Hundley as a quarterback, and I believe he will improve,” McCarthy said Monday. “And that’s where we are.”
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“Anytime your passing game isn’t quite what you want it to be, the first thing, and it’s the baseline, is you just have to look at the timeclock,” McCarthy said. “Every play design has a timeclock as far as the protection, creating the proper platform to give the quarterback and the receivers the timeclock to win.
So whether it’s the releases or breaking points of the perimeter group, or is it the footwork and the release of the football, we need to be better there, and that will definitely be a focus for Brett this week.”
Hundley crumbled under pressure against the Ravens, who sacked him six times. According to ESPN Stats & Information, Hundley was pressured (sacked or under duress) 18 times, the most for a Packers quarterback since 2015. Hundley threw two of his three interceptions and lost a fumble when pressured.
“I thought he actually did a good job getting to the perimeter and creating time in the scramble phase, but I don’t think our scramble spacing was quite what it could be,” McCarthy said. “That’s something that we’ll focus on as an emphasis this week from the offense’s perimeter. It will come out of the self-scout segment of our game plan.”
Umm, Mike. Hundley had plenty of space to step up. He just didn't do it. just like he didn't do it in previous games. Oh, and UCLA. #nothingnew
