SANTA CLARA – Here’s a snippet of Packers head coach Mike McCarthy’s Wednesday teleconference, in which he discussed Jim Harbaugh, Alex Smith, and Colin Kaepernick.
Q: Is the read-option play with Colin Kaepernick something you have to prepare for?
McCARTHY: It’s definitely something you have to prepare for. You have to put the time in, and we feel fortunate to have had the extra time to prepare for the 49ers. We’re confident with all of our adjustments and we’re ready to go, but the reality of it is when you play Week 1 football, there are going to be unscouted looks.
Q: What impresses you about Alex Smith’s game?
McCARTHY: His consistency. Alex is very bright and athletic. He’s very confident and he’s also got a ton of experience. I thought he was extremely consistent last year.
Q: Have you ever had a chance to talk to Jim Harbaugh about coaching quarterbacks?
McCARTHY: No, I haven’t. I haven’t had an opportunity to spend much time around Jim. I definitely remember him as a player. I came up on the short end of one of his games when he was on the Colts and I was on the Chiefs. He’s done a great job there with his football team and he’s got an exciting group of quarterbacks to work with.
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McCarthy establishes himself as the master of the obvious: “…when you play Week 1 football, there are going to be unscouted looks.”
Here’s the deal, Mike: When you play against a Jim Harbaugh-coached team, “unscouted looks” are about ALL you’re going to get!
Go Niners!
Well said ^^^
He’s clearly damning with faint praise. You don’t expect him to give the 49ers bulletin board material do you?
And if the 49ers were so hard to scout, why did they suck so bad on third downs in the NFC championship game.
That being said, I hope that by Monday, people are talking about all opportunities that Aldon and Justin Smith and Rogers had to get acquainted instead of the Alex Smith comparisons.
Lol. A Rodgers sandwich with the Smiths as the bread.
Roger Ramjet? How old are you? Much to my dismay, I remember Roger Ramjet, a hilarious fighter pilot in a cartoon for five year olds. “Scribble, I mean, scramble!” genius, absolute genius. Ah, good times.