Game 5: Washington - Pregame talk
Posted: Mon Oct 4, 2010 5:26 pm
There will definitely be an emotional letdown after the circus that surrounded McNabb and the team last week.
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Rodgers was critical of the offensive game plan used against Detroit. Particularly that Driver and Jennings were out too many plays.
Rodgers: "Offensively we’ve got to find our identity again. I think we’ve got to make sure that we’ve got our best players on the field at all times and find ways to get them the ball. We had some ad-libs today where we hit Donald (Driver) on the big play today. Take that play away and there’s clearly not a whole lot of production. We ran 42 plays or 45 -- I don't remember how many plays we ran -- but it's not going to cut it. How do you get better from that? Well, you've got to stop them but you also have to convert third downs. I think we need to find ways to keep our best players on the field and find ways to get them the ball.”
We had great production last week getting in the shotgun, spreading them out. Chicago is a tough scheme. I think Detroit runs their scheme well but II don't think we gave them a chance (by) spreading them out enough to find those mismatches. When we did, I think we were pretty productive.
I think you have to see what's working. We had a lot of success last week. Chicago plays a different scheme than Detroit does but I think we can dink and dunk out of the spread and I think we can attack down the field. We need to continue to find ways to keep our best weapons on the field at all times.
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McCarthy: "I would say we're on the same page....We're a multiple offense so we do a lot with our personnel, we have a lot on the quarterback's plate so we talk every day. I'm very confident we're on the same page."
"I have not talked to Aaron today."
"As far as spreading it out or not spreading it out....coaches coach and players play."
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Other items from MM's presser today:
On Atari Bigby: "We won't know until we have him on the field."
Charlie Peprah should be able to practice this week.
"Derrick (Martin) did OK."
"We need to play better on defense. There's no question it was not our best day on defense."
Anthony Levine off the practice squad is a possibility.
My biggest disappointment, four giveaways is unforgivable.
Third down we didn't do a good job on either side of the ball.
Looking at Jordy Nelson on kickoffs, 'there's accountability back there.'
Had some breakdowns in man coverage...had a tough time screens. Screens are used against fire zone.
Nick Barnett is getting some more testing done.
To turn the ball over four turnovers and still win the football game, says something about your team.
"I think we need to get a little more realistic....You would have thought we lost the game. We're about winning and improvement. We won, but we have a ton of room for improvement. Maybe it will be good for us."
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Rodgers was critical of the offensive game plan used against Detroit. Particularly that Driver and Jennings were out too many plays.
Rodgers: "Offensively we’ve got to find our identity again. I think we’ve got to make sure that we’ve got our best players on the field at all times and find ways to get them the ball. We had some ad-libs today where we hit Donald (Driver) on the big play today. Take that play away and there’s clearly not a whole lot of production. We ran 42 plays or 45 -- I don't remember how many plays we ran -- but it's not going to cut it. How do you get better from that? Well, you've got to stop them but you also have to convert third downs. I think we need to find ways to keep our best players on the field and find ways to get them the ball.”
We had great production last week getting in the shotgun, spreading them out. Chicago is a tough scheme. I think Detroit runs their scheme well but II don't think we gave them a chance (by) spreading them out enough to find those mismatches. When we did, I think we were pretty productive.
I think you have to see what's working. We had a lot of success last week. Chicago plays a different scheme than Detroit does but I think we can dink and dunk out of the spread and I think we can attack down the field. We need to continue to find ways to keep our best weapons on the field at all times.
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McCarthy: "I would say we're on the same page....We're a multiple offense so we do a lot with our personnel, we have a lot on the quarterback's plate so we talk every day. I'm very confident we're on the same page."
"I have not talked to Aaron today."
"As far as spreading it out or not spreading it out....coaches coach and players play."
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Other items from MM's presser today:
On Atari Bigby: "We won't know until we have him on the field."
Charlie Peprah should be able to practice this week.
"Derrick (Martin) did OK."
"We need to play better on defense. There's no question it was not our best day on defense."
Anthony Levine off the practice squad is a possibility.
My biggest disappointment, four giveaways is unforgivable.
Third down we didn't do a good job on either side of the ball.
Looking at Jordy Nelson on kickoffs, 'there's accountability back there.'
Had some breakdowns in man coverage...had a tough time screens. Screens are used against fire zone.
Nick Barnett is getting some more testing done.
To turn the ball over four turnovers and still win the football game, says something about your team.
"I think we need to get a little more realistic....You would have thought we lost the game. We're about winning and improvement. We won, but we have a ton of room for improvement. Maybe it will be good for us."
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Please get it together.