AP

Although he’s still technically a starter, Packers receiver Donald Driver has been largely phased out of Green Bay’s passing game. But don’t talk to Packers coach Mike McCarthy about that.

McCarthy was described as visibly ticked off when he was asked about Driver today.

“Donald’s very proud, he’s been a great player, [will] continue to be a great player here, but we have a lot of people, and we’re using them all,” McCarthy said. “That’s the reality of it. Every week it’s somebody else that we’re going to pick at because he didn’t have the numbers he had the week before. Frankly, I think it’s a bunch of garbage.”

The Packers have been spreading the ball around in the passing game, with Aaron Rodgers completing passes to a whopping 12 different receivers on Sunday. McCarthy sees that as a good thing.

“Do they want the ball? Yeah. Yeah, they want the ball,” McCarthy said. “They all want the ball. And if they don’t want the ball then I have a real issue with them. That’s part of playing in this league. But every week to come in here and a guy scores three touchdowns one week and he doesn’t have any the next week, and that’s an issue? I mean, what are we doing here? Those are good, positive things about your team. And I’m not going to continue to sit here and answer this thing every week. Like I said, I think it’s a bunch of garbage.”

But it’s not garbage to point out that Driver is seventh on the team in receiving yards, with 76 yards through five games. That’s not much production for a starting wide receiver on one of the best passing teams in the league.