Yet it wasn’t Barnidge’s play McCarthy was focused on, rather one of the men behind it. Just days after former tight ends coach Jerry Fontenot was fired, Brian Angelichio was handed the task of reigniting a dormant position in the Packers offense.
While Barnidge’s success is ultimately down to his own play on the field, McCarthy clearly believes tight ends coach Angelichio had a key role to play. Barnidge, after all, had never caught more than 13 passes in a season before hauling in 79 for 1,043 yards and nine touchdowns in 2015 at 30 years old.