Richard Rodgers played only 6 snaps with his hand in the dirt and he played almost every snap. So the "highly successful NFL coach" has 7 WRs on the roster and insists on using Richard Rodgers as a straight up WR on just about every play. Meanwhile Ty Montgomery (possibly the best player in the 4 games he's played in) hangs out on the bench all game. Some very questionable decisions coming from the mind of Mike McCarthy, I wouldn't blame Rodgers at all for not being on the same page as him.
Originally Posted by: steveishere
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The McSpinn article , sorry 'bout that.
And now Cobb has chimed in saying that players must stop pointing fingers...which translated to football English is "Rodgers, STFU." Rodgers is acting out more because he feels the team is reaching a boiling point with him.
Steve, I see what you're saying and agree it makes no sense. But, to some Adams starting over Janis seemed just as stupid and it is if the determining factor is the stat production in AZ PO game. But, I can assure you if Mike decided to, he'd be able to tell you exactly why Adams starts over Janis and he'd tell you exactly why he played Rodgers and Monty as he did.
Monty doesn't have full command over the playbook yet, though his progress on that score has been sensational, maybe in that situation after seeing Monty in practice the staff decided Rodgers should take those snaps. Maybe Mike liked the D personnel Titans rolled out w/ Rodgers in there. Or felt Titans Defensive tendencies were favorable with a TE in there creating more of a run threat. GB self scouts alot, they see their tendency is to run X% with 1 TE and see how Titans react to that tendency early in the game; then he exploits that tendency. Maybe later in game the D didn't respect GB's ability to run, so Monty came in. Maybe Monty was injured, a muscle pull, and as soon as Monty or med staff gave Mike the thumbs, Mike got him in there
instanter. Maybe Monty was on a pitch count, given his SCT and Monty was saved for the end of the game. Maybe Monty missed curfew, acted out in a meeting, or ran dozens of bad routes in practice, so Mike instituted a discipline measure to hold him accountable.
Mike knows exactly what he's got in Monty, better than we do. If Mike played favorites, there are alot of other things we'd have seen to support such a position over the years, I haven't seen it.