JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
Three-straight runs in goal-to-go plays late in Green Bay's 35-31 loss to Carolina on Sunday would seem to indicate coach Mike McCarthy doesn't trust first-year starter Aaron Rodgers as much as former quarterback Brett Favre. That's not quite accurate if you look at the numbers, especially on third downs. How to the quarterbacks stack up in goal-to-go plays the past two seasons:
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
After a month of frustration with their punting game, general manager Ted Thompson and coach Mike McCarthy made the decision to cut punter Derrick Frost.
Wizbang Sports (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Will Green Bay give Derrick Frost a plane ticket to somewhere sunny as a parting gift? From AP - The Green Bay Packers have seen enough from inconsistent punter Derrick Frost. Coach Mike McCarthy said Monday the team was going to cut Frost and replace him with another player this week. McCarthy said Frost, who was signed when the team cut Jon Ryan just before the season opener in September, performed...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
The Green Bay Packers are releasing punter Derrick Frost after another poor outing yesterday against Carolina, coach Mike McCarthy said today at his weekly Monday news conference. McCarthy said the Packers don't yet have a replacement.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
There was no ambivalence about it. Two days before the start of training camp in late July, Mike McCarthy stood behind a podium and unequivocally stated what the identity of the Green Bay Packers would be A.F. - After Four.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
All of the Green Bay Packers' safeties took part in practice Wednesday, which was not something coach Mike McCarthy expected given all five are on the injury report.
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
The message Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy tried to present to players, fans and anybody else who cared to listen after a demoralizing 51-29 defeat to the New Orleans Saints on Monday night was that there was no time to dwell on the past.
Daily Norseman (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
That's the word from Access Vikings . Allen has been fined $25,000 by the league for his "vicious" hit on Aaron Rodgers, but won't miss any playing time due to a suspension. Upon hearing the news, Rodgers apparently asked for his binky, a glass of warm milk, and for Mike McCarthy to read him Goodnight, Moon . Again. Also, in a move that's about a year and a half too late in coming, Ryan Cook is finally...
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he wanted to get backup QB Matt Flynn some snaps toward the end of Sunday's game against the Bears but "didn't get it done from a timing standpoint."
Acme Packing Company (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
I took a close look at the game vs. Minnesota last Sunday to figure out what went wrong on the offensive and defensive lines. On the offensive line (pass blocking): It was surprising to see LT Chad Clifton get beat a couple times by DE Jared Allen. What really surprised me was that Mike McCarthy didn't keep a back or tight end in to help. Clifton got a lot of help in pass protection during the Tennessee...
ArmchairGM (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
According to the Green Bay Packers’ Head Coach Mike McCarthy, starting middle linebacker Nick Barnett is out for the season with a torn knee ligament. Barnett injured his knee on the opening series of the second half of the game against teh Minnesota Vikings on 09Nov08 and did not
The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
by Bruce Ciskie Filed under: Packers , NFC North , NFL Injuries The already leaky Packers defense suffered another huge blow Monday, as it was announced that linebacker Nick Barnett will miss the rest of the season. Head coach Mike McCarthy told the media that Barnett suffered a torn knee ligament . He didn't specify what ligament was torn, and he said surgery has not been scheduled. Barnett was injured...
The Viking Age (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
Mike McCarthy admits he should’ve passed on challenging the late Adrian Peterson touchdown that gave the Vikings the lead - a challenge that failed, costing him a precious timeout. “In hindsight, I would have rather had the second timeout with the 2-minute drill,” McCarthy said. So that’s what it sounds like when a coach holds [...]
Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Getty Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy is used to being kept awake at night for the wrong reasons -- like bad calls during games -- but his lack of sleep can now be attributed to a "right reason" -- one-week-old daughter Gabrielle Kathleen. Following the birth of Gabrielle, Mike...
Famecrawler (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
Coach Mike McCarthy of the Green Bay Packers and his wife Jessica have welcomed a new baby girl. Gabrielle Kathleen McCarthy was born on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Green Bay. McCarthy has a 17-year-old daughter from a previous relationship and says, "it's been 17 years since I have been through this, but I don't remember doing a whole lot! I'll carry the bag and make sure there is gas in the car, things...
