Packers Seahawks minuses and minuses

When I saw MM not take a timeout with :54 left and using :20 more for the next play, I knew he was going for OT.  And I knew it was lost right there.  I was not at all excited to go to OT.  I even paused the DVR and saw a friend off who was in town for the weekend.  We spent a good half hour saying goodbyes before I went back to the TV to get it over with.  No, I didn't think AR would even see the field.

As we all were, I was hoping to see how McCarthy would play offensively once we got the ball in overtime. I think it would have been similar to how he played the 2nd half against Dallas; open up the passing, Cobb in the backfield, strike them over the middle, set up the run with the pass and run Eddie after we've softened them up with passes... very little of which we saw in the 2nd half of this game. It appears McCarthy has to be desperate to play to our strength.

****. This is what I was afraid of. Lotta green there.

@PackerUpdate:  Here's a screen shot of the INT by Burnett, courtesy of @PFF

 

EDIT:

@RobDemovsky: From the end-zone angle:

 

Why is he facing the wrong way?

That's Peppers being highlighted, looks like he's starting to signal go down.

You just put a square around someone like the TV guys do.

I feel sick all over again. 

It's just sad. You have to continue playing. It's not like there was 2:00 left. There was still 5:00 LEFT! As soon as he went down, I was screaming at the TV. KEEP PLAYING! At worst we need to come out with 3 from that INT.

 

It's just sad.....another blown opportunity with a VERY healthy team that had no excuse to lose & found one anyway. Congrats! Way to invent new ways to lose

http://www.packersnews.com/sto...rrect-play/22031847/

 

There's a defense of the play, which I disagree with completely. The "logic" they used would apply in the first quarter as well and doesn't really make any sense. Time left has to be a primary consideration and they just ignore it.

The part that pissed me off is the idiots celebrating on the sideline celebrating like the game was over. I yelled at the TV that there were 5 minutes left. (they didn't hear me)

Not only that, but early on, with 4th & goal at the one, after the stupidity that was the Kuhn run, don't kick it, play to win, drive it home and score 6. MM coached scared the whole damned game.

Just think if he would have waved his way thru traffic after Peppers made the first block and he scored a TD.....chances were about the same as fumbling. At the time I must admit thatI thought going down was correct, that was without seeing the clear path ahead of him.. Stevie Wonder in a wheel chair could have matriculated down the field for 20 yds.

There's apparently an end zone shot out there that's even more depressing. That one's really inexplicable.

Bottom line...

 

They played not to lose, instead of playing to win.

 

In the end, all you did was prevent the win. It's just sad to flush such a golden opportunity down the toilet.

Why do I sense this won't be the last newly revealed nugget to make the clown car explosion worse?

Just added it to my post above with the original side angle picture.

 

https://packers.timesfour.com/t...6#434210043791528696

 

If Peppers blocks the lineman behind him instead of signalling, looks like Wilson is the only guy with a legitimate shot to tackle Burnett.

 

 

It's like fricking halloween and I'm 5 yrs old.

No, he shouldn't.  But, unless MM fires him, he will be.

Teams with owners holding people "accountable":

San Francisco
Chicago
Denver

I'd throw Minnesota in, but I think the Wilfs simply have no idea what they're doing.

YOU GUYS ARE MASOCHISTS!

SF no, that was just York/Baalke ego not co-existing with Harbaugh ego. They were looking to unload him as early as last spring.

Except Rodgers wasn't Rodgers.  He was hobbled to the point of missing dump-off throws and if he had to run, to hopping on 1 foot. 

 

That had to factor in there.

Didn't factor on the last drive, or much of the 1st half, or the DAL game.

Taking chances when you have to is the issue.

 

IMO, Rodgers is healthy and you want a first down to run out the clock, Rodgers rolls out and either dumps it off or runs it himself.  That safe option is gone.

 

Obviously it's easy to second guess now.  It failed.

Everyone is pissed. When there's no rational explanation for losing that game then dammit someone needs to lose their damn job. Someone has to pay and they have to pay right now. 

 

This is how fans justify crap losses like this one. I get it.

 

Now isn't the time to talk about firings and public lynchings. That time will come. When it does Slocum and Zook can pack their **** up and beat it. 

And Seattle's bench was spiking its collective helmet, and tens of thousands of fans are pouring out of the stadium in disgust, and NONE of them were wrong:  barring a miraculous and astronomically improbable set of events, the game was over.

SF, that is about to unravel.  If you want to hear the ultimate inarticulate coach, just watch this interview.   http://thebiglead.com/2015/01/...-his-interview-game/

Chicago--holding Lovie "accountable" for not making the Super Bowl turned out swell for them, didn't it?

 

And Denver.  Again, another team that went all in and failed.  Could see them not even making the playoffs next year, and that's with a healthy Manning.

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SF no, that was just York/Baalke ego not co-existing with Harbaugh ego.

They're holding the wrong people accountable.  That's a way meddling owners can screw things up.

Along the same lines, Woody Johnson really screwed up the GM situation with the Jets two years ago, and look where that got the franchise.

If Burnett doesn't score, it's quite likely WORST case, he's inside Seattle's 30.

 

I think he scores though. 

And what does that tell you? It tells you that I was right and they were Rong!

Yep. Worst case scenario is they are in FG range, likely expand the lead to 22-7. Unbelievable decision by Burnett to just slide there

Almost impossible to re-watch that play.

To me this play was the turning point of the game.   I could not understand it, even 15 more yards to get on the other side of the 50 would of been nice.

That's how I see it as well. My guess is Mike Daniels would take care of Wilson.

He couldn't breathe.

Both Pep and Burnett really misjudged everything there.

 

No doubt Peppers saw the Packers' sideline brain trust signaling to go down

 

Why are these two not fired.  They probably are standing there trying to figure out where they put the play call list. :-)

The hardest thing to accept is just how out of character it was to see the team be that over-cautious/conservative. It was like they morphed into the Falcons

 

 

I feel like I am relatively fine with everything. Then I pop on here and see how it could have easily been and was just thinking that this is not the best way to keep my mind on productive things.