Mike McCarthy looks to get Packers out of 3-game tailspin

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The close loss was of no consolation to 49ers coach Chip Kelly, whose team has lost eight in a row since winning its opener. Only Curly Lambeau has won more games as Packers coach.

Tennessee only had 95 total yards of offense in the final two quarters, but two personal-foul penalties aided two Titans scoring drives in the second half.

“That’s the type of guy I am”, Adams said.

To accept Mularkey upon first glance is hard. Petty made his first National Football League start in place of an injured Ryan Fitzpatrick but couldn’t get much going against the Los Angeles defense.

Numbers don’t lie in analyzing one of the most disappointing teams in the National Football League this season; a team many (including myself) predicted to be the NFC’s Super Bowl representative. DeMarco Murray plowed over defenders.

For Marcus Mariota, this must have been what it felt like at OR, you know, scoring nearly at will, touchdown after touchdown, putting as much stress on the scoreboard operator as the opposing defense. The Packers trailed by margins of 31-13 against Indianapolis and 21-0 against Tennessee in back-to-back weeks.

Obviously, there’s more to turning around a season than talk. Murray came into Sunday as the NFL’s second-leading rusher with 807 yards and a sore toe on his right foot that limited him in practice this week. Rishard Matthews has had a good season as the top target for Mariota, and Delanie Walker has been sneaky good not that we should expect anything less.

Versatile receiver Ty Montgomery, who started two of the previous three games at running back and had 16 carries for 113 yards in those two outings, had only three carries Sunday for nine yards.

After the Packers’ three-and-out DeMarco Murray took the Titans’ opening play from scrimmage, running 75 yards for a touchdown.

So can Tennessee’s offense be characterized as a big-play offense?

“That’s up to you guys”, Mariota said. And the post season may soon be a pipe dream if the players and coaches don’t find a way to turn things around quickly.

Line of communications: With all the miscommunication that occurred in the secondary against the Titans, safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was asked whether he thought the players needed to have more input with defensive coordinator Dom Capers on what coverages and calls might cause the least mistakes.

In Sunday’s other early kick-offs, the Eagles overcame the Falcons while the Panthers suffered defeat to the Chiefs: Marcus Peters stripped Kelvin Benjamin with 20 seconds left, Cairo Santos kicked a 37-yard field goal as time expired, and the Chiefs overcame a 17-point deficit to win 20-17.

Marcus Mariota is getting the best of his first matchup against two-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers – at least through the first half. They’ve made the playoffs seven straight seasons, with five division titles and a Super Bowl victory in the 2010 campaign.

Titans: Travel to Indy to face the AFC South rival Colts. First, my biggest issue with this team in recent years has been their lack of identity.

The Green Bay Packers on Sunday, November 13th are kicking off a three-game road trip with a visit to Nashville, Tennessee – to square up against the Titans.

Could this be the start of a real turnaround, a new era in Tennessee? Their season is becoming increasingly concerning and essentially, they’re looking worse as time goes on. But the tide has shifted this season. Despite losing four of their last five, the Packers are very much alive in a convoluted NFC playoff picture.

“Every team’s different, every opportunity’s different, every season is a different ride”, he continued. It won’t be long until you hear things like “Mariota just did X that no quarterback has done in franchise history”.

If anyone felt a slight sense of relief that the Packers would not start by kicking off to start the game, it was short lived. That’s really where our focus is.