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If the Cowboys do not exist, Mike McCarthy's offensive program could be the worst in the league. This is certainly in the "least creative" discussion. In the early 1990s, he still has a good chance to call plays from an old playbook he pulled from Bill Walsh's trash. Only, he added about 50 pages of different games inclined.
Like the rest of the audience watching the NFL, I'm not a fan of McCarthy who is wasting Aaron Rodgers' career with his obsolete ploy. I totally agree with Tom Brady when he says that if Rodgers receives the Patriots' offensive stratagem and his institutional knowledge of opposing defenses, he would throw 7,000 yards each year.
I agree with the feeling, at least.
Rodgers is the most talented quarterback I've ever seen. At its peak, he is the best quarterback I've ever seen. BUT … there was time when what separates Rodgers from other elite quarterbacks – the mindset of this playmaker – can also hurt his offense.
It happened Sunday in Detroit. Blame McCarthy for what you want from the 31-23 loss to the Lions, but make no mistake: Number 12 lost the Packers this game.
(Before digging into the movie, I'll say this: Rodgers was his usual shine in the second half, but the game was practically over by then, with the Lions taking a 24-0 lead in the break. lost in the first half and Rodgers was the main culprit.)
Let's start with the two escaped Rodgers.
The first came on a third pass. McCarthy has developed a poorly executed meshing concept that somehow triggers an open receiver. Rodgers, trying to play a game, decides to leave a relatively clean pocket and ends up being undressed from behind while waiting for Jimmy Graham to be released for a scrambling exercise.
The next fumble comes in second and second. The Lions send a blitz on the left edge that leaves a wide open back in the apartment. Instead of running the chains easily, Rodgers holds the ball and ends up undressing from behind.
These two easily avoidable turnovers led directly to 10 points. The Packers lost by eight.
In general, when Rodgers clings to the ball, we simply assume that his receiver is not released, but that was not the case in the first half at Detroit. Many times a Packer (or two) catcher was free but Rodgers did not see them because he was trying to move and play.
Here, it's Marquez Valdes-Scandling (bottom of the screen) that opens on a bend. And after a few waffles in the pocket, Graham is also free. Rodgers is content with a battle that almost risks hurting him.
McCarthy designs a nice pattern to trigger an open catcher (this happens from time to time) and Rodgers does not see it at all, and instead launches a covered running back.
It's a touchdown if Rodgers throws it. Green Bay instead opted for a field placement attempt, but Mason Crosby could not convert.
Here's a play where Rodgers has two receivers open to his right but decides to keep the ball for an eternity instead of throwing, resulting in another bag.
Rodgers complained that Davante Adams and Graham should be more involved last weekend. Here, he opened the two players and Rodgers launched a balance sheet.
Rodgers' lack of vision spilled over into a player in the second half. Here is another bag where Rodgers had a receiver that opened in transparency on his field of vision.
We have already seen this happen. The Packers' offense stagnates, Rodgers begins to put pressure on the team and this only complicates the team's offensive problems. We saw it during the second half of the 2015 season and it lasted until the 2016 season before Rodgers escaped and moved to Green Bay with one of the best courses we have ever had seen with a NFL quarterback.
Even when Rodgers does not play well (by his high standards), he remains one of the best quarterbacks in the league. He's just not the superhuman quarterback capable of elevating McCarthy's myopic schema and unreliable receiver body. And then there may even be stretching like the one we saw in Detroit where it does the opposite.
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