Much to the dismay of some, Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy was one of the most aggressive of his kind this past season.
According to the Football Outsiders Aggressiveness Index for 2017, McCarthy measured in the top-five of a multitude of categories that coincide with going for it on fourth down.
According to the index, McCarthy earned an AI [Aggressiveness Index] score of 1.62, meaning he's 62 percent more likely to go for it than the average coach in a similar situation. A measurement that only partially debunks a lot of the criticism McCarthy has faced over the years for being "conservative.