Cheesehead
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Jeffrey from Eau Claire, WI
What’s your take on Mike McCarthy becoming the Cowboys’ next head coach?
Great hire for the Cowboys. I feel like McCarthy will hit the ground running with that team and be an excellent mentor for Dak Prescott. The media landscape is different in Dallas, but McCarthy has the temperament to handle it.
Gary from Davenport, IA
You don't suppose Jerry hired him because of his exemplary record playing in AT&T Stadium?
I mean that can’t hurt, right?
Jack from Wauwatosa, WI
Great job gentlemen! Wes, to the Packer faithful, we should all wish Mike McCarthy luck in his new endeavor in Dallas. He brought a lot of smiles to Packer fans over the years. His luck can take a break though when the Cowboys play the Packers.
That was a popular sentiment in the locker room on Monday. I always felt McCarthy was very fair with me – both at the newspaper and after I came on board at packers.com. I wish him nothing but the best in Dallas.
Ben from Beaver Dam, WI
I just saw McCarthy was hired by Dallas. I hope Packer fans give him a standing ovation whenever he returns to Lambeau in the future.
They will. That’s just not a guaranteed scenario again until 2022.
Brian from Chesapeake, VA
Suddenly, I don't hate the Cowboys as much. What do you make of the Redskins’ and Cowboys’ hires of less trendy and splashy head coaching picks? Seems like the NFC East just got a lot tougher.
It’s kind of been a trend in the NFC East over the past two decades to hire established coaches (Joe Gibbs, Mike Shanahan, Tom Coughlin, and Wade Phillips). As I alluded to last week, there’s more to being a head coach than X’s and O’s. Can you build a foundation? Can you lead a locker room? McCarthy and Ron Rivera have proven they can.
Harry from Chandler, AZ
What will be harder for fans to take? Favre going to the Vikings or McCarthy to the Cowboys.
Is that really a question?
Scott from Silver Lake, WI
I know overtime rules have been talked about before but I am really not a fan of the first team to get the ball winning the game without the other team getting an offensive possession. I know the adage make a defensive stop and you will get ball, but it still seems unfair that winning the coin flip gives you a better chance of winning in overtime. While I like to watch college overtime games, I think they are too gimmicky for the NFL. Any thoughts? GPG beat the Hawks.
No. We’re not talking about that now. Save it for July.
Matt from Holts Summit, MO
If anybody wants to know why blindside blocks are illegal they should go back to 2016 and look at Allen Barbre's hit on Clay Matthews, who was injured on the play. I know people complain a lot about the game getting too "soft," but there is no reason why we should be accepting of unnecessary injuries. I want the player I love to watch and who brings me joy during the season to have a good life and a healthy body after they retire.
The NFL officials gave us the same speech in training camp that they gave players – just don’t extend your arms. As long as you stand and screen a player, you’re fine. It’s a pretty simple adjustment to make.
Venny from Montgomery, AL
While many of us as fans are hoping for sweet revenge this weekend from the 2014 collapse against the Seahawks, I found that only seven Packers players and five Seahawks players from that game will be playing this weekend. 1) Roster turnover is crazy in a five-year period. 2) Do the players play into the revenge card, or do they see it as a very important game that they've got to find a way to win?
I’m sure some media will try to resuscitate that 2014 NFC title game storyline, but that’s an NFL lifetime ago at this point. The Packers have played Seattle more than any other non-division team over the past six years. Green Bay needs to beat Seattle because it’s the next opponent on the schedule. That’s it.