Green Bay Packers 'Playoff Fate tuaj yeem txiav txim siab los ntawm - Mike McCarthy

Nrog plaub qhov kev ua si sab laug hauv lub caij 2018, Mike McCarthy-era tau los xaus rau hauv Green Bay.

McCarthy tau coj cov Packers mus rau ib lub npe Super Bowl, plaub NFC Championship kev ua si thiab cuaj playoff tshwm sim thaum nws ze li ntawm 13 lub caij ntawm txoj haujlwm. Thiab nws tau pab kom Brett Favre txoj haujlwm rov qab los thiab Aaron Rodgers txoj haujlwm pib.

Tab sis nrog cov Packers zaum ntawm 4-7-1, pab pawg thawj coj Mark Murphy raug rho tawm haujlwm McCarthy - uas tau tawm nrog qhov thib ob-feem ntau yeej (125) thiab yog tus kws qhia ntev tshaj plaws thib ob hauv pab pawg keeb kwm.

McCarthy, uas tam sim no tus kws qhia Dallas Cowboys tau hais tias "Qhov kev tawm mus, nws ua rau muaj kev ncaj ncees, nrog peb tsev neeg," “Tab sis nws tau plaub xyoos. Peb zoo heev vim nws. Peb tau muaj sijhawm los ua txhua yam thiab nws txawv me ntsis. "

Tam sim no, nyob rau hauv ib zaj dab neeg zoo kawg nkaus dripping nrog irony, McCarthy's Cowboys thaum kawg tuaj yeem txiav txim siab seb 2022 Packers mus txog lub caij nplooj zeeg.

Cov Packers tau yeej peb qhov kev sib tw ncaj nraim, txhim kho mus rau 7-8 thiab khi rau qhov chaw 8 hauv NFC nrog Seattle thiab Detroit. New York Giants (8-6-1) yog tam sim no noob thib rau thiab Washington (7-7-1) tuav qhov thib xya thiab zaum kawg playoff.

Green Bay yuav tsum yeej tawm thiab cia siab rau qee qhov kev pab raws txoj kev.

Cov Giants - uas yog tus tswv tsev txaus ntshai Indianapolis (4-10-1) pab pawg thiab Philadelphia (13-2) - xav tau ib qho yeej hauv lawv ob qhov kawg nkaus kom tau txais qhov chaw playoff. Lub vev xaib FiveThirtyEight.com muab Giants rau 92% txoj hauv kev los ua qhov playoffs.

Yog li Green Bay txoj hauv kev zoo tshaj plaws rau kev ua si yog rau Washington kom poob ib qho ntawm ob qhov kev ua si zaum kawg. Thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov chaw McCarthy thiab Cowboys tuaj.

Washington tuav ib pab pawg subpar Cleveland (6-9) Hnub Sunday thiab Cov Thawj Coj yog 2-point nyiam. Washington tom qab ntawd tuav Dallas hauv Lub Limtiam 18 - qhov kev ua si uas Cowboys feem ntau yuav nyiam me ntsis.

Dallas (11-4) yuav raug kaw rau hauv qhov chaw thib 5 hauv NFC, txawm li cas los xij, yog tias Philadelphia (13-2) yeej New Orleans (6-9) hnub Sunday. Thiab tsis muaj txoj hauv kev los nce lossis nqis, Cowboys yuav muaj kev txhawb siab me me los ua lawv cov pib hauv Lub Limtiam 18.

Yog tias Dallas ua si ntau ntawm nws cov peev txheej hauv lub caij kawg - muab Washington lub sijhawm ntau dua los yeej - McCarthy thiab Cowboys tuaj yeem yog qhov laj thawj loj Green Bay thaum kawg tsis tuaj yeem ua si.

"Kuv xav ua, cia saib peb yog dab tsi, 7-8?" Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers tau hais tom qab Green Bay yeej Miami hnub Sunday. "Kuv xav ua, koj paub, 10-5, 11-4, tab sis xav txog qhov peb nyob ob peb lub lis piam dhau los, ntau qhov tau tshwm sim hauv peb qhov kev pom zoo. Tag nrho cov kev ua si uas yuav tsum tau mus rau ib txoj kev yuav tsum tau mus rau ib txoj kev.

"Tam sim no, muaj ntau qhov tseeb, tab sis dua, peb tau ua si muaj txiaj ntsig hauv lub Kaum Ob Hlis, peb yeej tag nrho peb ntawm cov ntawd. Tam sim no peb tab tom ua si muaj txiaj ntsig kev ua si thaum Lub Ib Hlis, thiab peb yuav tsum yeej cov ntawd. "

Green Bay ob qhov kev ua si zaum kawg yog ob qho tib si hauv tsev - tawm tsam Minnesota thiab Detroit.

Yog tias cov Packers - uas muaj 27% txoj hauv kev los ua qhov playoffs - yeej ob qho kev ua si, lawv yuav dhau Lions. Thiab thaum Seattle - uas muaj kev ua si hauv tsev nrog New York Jets thiab Los Angeles Rams - tuaj yeem mus txog 9-8, Packers yuav yeej qhov kev sib tw vim tias lawv yuav muaj cov ntaub ntawv zoo dua tawm tsam NFC pawg.

Nrog rau cov Giants tau kaw cia rau No.6 noob, Green Bay qhov kev cia siab zoo tshaj plaws zoo li yuav dhau Washington. Tau kawg, McCarthy thiab Cowboys tuaj yeem coj lawv ko taw tawm ntawm cov roj hauv Lub Limtiam 18, ua rau nws nyuaj dua rau Packers kom dhau Cov Thawj Coj.

Rov qab rau xyoo 2011, Green Bay tau mus 15-1 hauv lub caij tsis tu ncua thiab muaj cov noob No. Yog li nyob rau hauv lub caij nyoog kawg nkaus, McCarthy zaum standouts Rodgers, Charles Woodson thiab Clay Matthews thiab rub ntau nws pib thaum ntxov ntawm qhov kev ua si.

McCarthy tau hais rau hnub ntawd tias "Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb kom cov neeg ntawd tau so ...

Lawv tsis tau npaj txhij - raws li Green Bay poob nws qhov 2011 playoff qhib rau New York Giants, 37-20.

"Tsis muaj kev zam txim," McCarthy hais tom qab ntawd. "Tsis muaj dab tsi hauv kev npaj ua rau kuv ntseeg tias qhov no yuav tshwm sim."

Lub sijhawm McCarthy tseem tshuav nyob hauv Green Bay, Packers tau sib ntaus sib tua rau qhov chaw ua si mus txog rau lub lim tiam kawg ntawm lub caij. Yog li so nws lub hauv ntej-liners tsis yog qhov kev xaiv tiag tiag.

Nws yuav nthuav kom pom yog tias McCarthy xaiv los so ntau ntawm nws qhov kev sib tw hauv Lub Limtiam 18 - lossis kom lawv ua si tawm tsam Washington.

Ntau tus thoob plaws NFL, suav nrog McCarthy nws tus kheej, xav tias nws raug tua tsis zoo.

McCarthy tau koom nrog Gene Ronzani (1953) uas yog tib tus kws qhia hauv pab pawg keeb kwm kom raug rho tawm thaum nruab nrab lub caij. Thiab xav txog McCarthy muaj Super Bowl ntawm nws daim ntawv teev npe, ntau tus xav tias nws raug rho tawm haujlwm qhia tias tsis muaj kev hwm.

McCarthy hais rau ESPN.com tom qab lub caij 2018 tias "Yog tias peb plam qhov kev ua si, kuv xav tias yuav muaj kev hloov pauv," “Tab sis lub sijhawm ua rau kuv xav tsis thoob. Qhov tseeb nws stunned kuv. Nws tsis tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua. "

Amazingly, McCarthy tuaj yeem tau txais qee qhov kev ua pauj rau hnub tom ntej.

Dab tsi Green Bay tus qub kws qhia xaiv ua yuav ua rau kev pom zoo.