If the Packers needed something to point them in the right direction, Sunday's game showed exactly what they need in a coach. Their utter futility on offense, even before Rodgers left with a concussion, pointed to a crying need for a new approach on offense.

What does that mean? It means that if the next head coach comes from the offensive side, he had better bring along a great scheme that can get the 35-year-old Rodgers out of the rut he fell into this season. And if the new coach comes from the defensive side or is a CEO-type, he had better have a great offensive coordinator in his back pocket. Anything less would be unacceptable for a team trying to capitalize on the final five years of Rodgers' contract (and maybe career).

The offense was off kilter all season and Philbin, a Packers assistant coach for nine years before leaving to become Miami's head coach, was part of the problem after returning to the fold this season. But this was McCarthy's offense, not Philbin's, and in his short stint as interim coach Philbin changed some things, got Rodgers re-engaged and achieved positive results. Until Sunday, that is.