A Mystery Wrapped in a Riddle, Wrapped in Size 64 Pants
Shermbutt shed some light on the disastrous offensive gameplan used in Sunday's happless loss to the nearly happless Lions.It seems that he served up a special plate of Shermyosophy, consciously making the decision to NOT run the ball despite the fact that Ahman Green was clicking off 5 yards per run.
Even when Walker went down and Fergie went down, he still tried to throw the ball deep, using human statue David Martin and Bubba Franks to try and stretch the field.
Now, I'm not an offensive guru, but I know two things about this plan: 1. Bubba Franks is slower than FEMA and 2. David Martin's hands are actually two standard sized bricks attached to his forearms by an evil backwoods scientist. Oh, and he sucks.
From today's paper: "The strength of their defense is their front four," Rossley said. "We have a good (passing) game with some good skilled receivers and thought we could make plays."
The problem was that the Lions stuck to their two-deep safety defense and refused to allow Walker, Driver or Ferguson to get by them. It was clear Bryant was going to allow Walker to catch the ball in front of him rather than get beat deep.
With the Detroit safeties playing back, the Packers should have been able to run the ball and force adjustments in coverage. But it never came to that.
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"We were definitely out of rhythm and out of sync, a lot of it because of our own doings," Sherman said.
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