The clock may issue beef is mostly a philosophical difference and something I don't see a need to get in a twist about.
My biggest worry with McCarthy is his eagerness to take chances early in games. Too many teams out there with high octane offenses who will make you pay for a bad gamble and can keep the pressure on.
Other than that, gonna ride with the big guy until he shows me he is not up for the gig. So far, so good. The transformation of this team in one year has been uplifting to say the least.
maxie, I was feeling that way but the fact is this team really hasn't changed, they will ride the offense as far as that can take them because the D really isn't that good, it is that opportunistic and what happens when it's not. It's not like McC hasn't seen that before in GB.
There is no HC in the NFL more all in on his offense than McC and he has the #1 O, #2 run and #5 pass and scoring at 34 ppg.
This is a team that must take the risks because that D is still in rebuild mode and McC knows he has the owner the most amenable to that in the league. Booger loves risk because Booger loves reward and so far he's seeing his team rewarded with not only a 5-1 record but the highest confidence level of any offense in the league.
I also think part of the problem between McC and his former QB in GB was his reluctance to take the risks and I think that worked on him while he was on the beach that season.
The Dallas Cowboys are the best team to apply analytics to in the league and that was not the last time you will see him go for it on 4th and short on his own side of the 50 and true to form, he will get hammered if they don't make it and not enough credit if they do.
I love the risk taking because I am not watching them to see them win, I am watching them to see them play and that's edge of the seat stuff right there.
I could not help but flash back to Barry Switzer's infamous run Emmitt twice on the same play go for it and he caught hell for that. But what if they'd made it? I also wonder what the analytics would say the likelihood a team runs the same play on 4th down right after it fails?