During his previous five-year stint as the Packers’ offensive coordinator, he was fond of boiling football down to a numbers game.
“If they have more guys over here, we’re going to run it over there,” he would say. Or, “If they have three cover guys against our two receivers over there, we’d like to throw it over here.”
So it was no surprise on Wednesday when Philbin was re-introduced as Green Bay’s offensive coordinator that he stated his immediate goals in similarly simple terms.
“Help Mike McCarthy be the smartest play-caller in the National Football League and help our offense score points, period,” Philbin said.