There is so much to talk about in the Packers’ 27-24 loss. There are so many reasons they lost this game. If this team knows one thing, it is how to lose. There is no bigger reason for the loss, than McCarthy’s lack of analytical acumen and common sense on their very last drive.
After Marques Valdez-Scantling’s eight yard catch on 2nd down, after a nice effort after the catch, the Packers faced a 3rd and 2. They followed that up with an incompletion, on a poor Rodgers’ throw to the flat. McCarthy elected to punt, with 4:20 seconds left in the 4th quarter, and one timeout.