“Yeah, anytime it doesn’t work out, you always regret it right?” That was Matt LaFleur on his decision to kick a field goal down 8 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, late in the fourth quarter of the NFC Championship Game. Win probability models disagree on how big a mistake that was in terms of risk management, but it wasn’t the biggest misstep the Packers made in the conference title game. In fact, that blunder came before the contest even kicked off and they’re proving in heading into 2021.
Well thought out. The other point, which too often gets forgotten in all of the Rodgers let us down criticism, the Packers were without two of its best four offensive players in the second half of that game. Aaron Jones was out as well. With him in the backfield, that critical goal to go series would have had more play options, making the windows for Rodgers to throw the ball into, better.
Well thought out. The other point, which too often gets forgotten in all of the Rodgers let us down criticism, the Packers were without two of its best four offensive players in the second half of that game. Aaron Jones was out as well. With him in the backfield, that critical goal to go series would have had more play options, making the windows for Rodgers to throw the ball into, better.