Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy has insisted that he has no regrets about his play calling in his side's defeat to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC championship game.
The Packers spurned a 12-point lead with two minutes to play in the match as the Seahawks took the lead late in the game, but Mason Crosby took the game to overtime for the visitors before Russell Wilson sent the Seattle to the Super Bowl with a touchdown strike.
However, McCarthy's play calling was questioned in the first quarter as he opted not to go for a touchdown on fourth down twice, which could have put his side out of reach in the match following early mistakes from Pete Carroll's men.
"Hey, if you want to question my play calling - I'm not questioning it," McCarthy told reporters. "I came in here to run the ball. The one statistic I had has as far as a target to hit was 20 rushing attempts in the second half, I felt would be a very important target to hit for our offense.
"I have no regrets. I don't regret anything. Hell, I expected to win the game, we were in position to win the game, and that's football. We had opportunities to get that thing done and we came up a little short."
The Packers have failed to reach the Super Bowl since the 2010 season.
Simon Sinclair
