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Posted by Kurt Bohland
October 8, 2007 |
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In what appeared to be the tail of two halves, the Packers handed victory to the Bears last night in Lambeau field. With the exception of two James Jones fumbles in the first half, the Pack came out firing on all cylinders and looked like they would be cruising to their first 5-0 start since 1965.
Instead, they came out of the locker room for the second half and played a completely different game plan than the one that had worked for them the first four and a half games.
Did the fumbles in the first half take the air out the Packers sails?
Did McCarthy change to more conservative play-calling in hopes of preserving the lead?
Did the Bears make that many adjustments on defense to completely shutdown an offense that racked up 300+ yards in the first half?
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Did McCarthy’s timeout near the end of the first half, which Favre took exception to, set in motion a little dissension causing Favre to run things precisely as called since it was made obvious that McCarthy knows better than anyone?
I kind of doubt the last one was true, but it was naturally the one that disgruntled fans clung to after the game was over.
The call to fire McCarthy has begun again in Green Bay, and will continue until the season is over, win or lose. The fans will pick apart every play call, and find ways to blame everything that didn’t work on him.
I’ve become used to it and find it humorous now. But hey, Packer Fans are passionate and always look for a scapegoat.
As an added aside, Atari Bigby made the hit of the game, and it came on the bears very first possession.
This, is the coolest picture I have seen all year:

Photo courtesy of Dan Powers/The Post-Crescent
Comments
So now we wait and see if the packers revert to their old selves, and continue to make each game worse, or if they can re-huddle and win some more games.