Why on earth did we not give the rock to Howard?

LOL, or maybe they just wanted to throw the game to ensure the higher draft pick  :-)

you give this coaching staff WAY to much credit.

You aren't the only one questioning it.  Others have said the same.  By then Howard was running against a very cold tired GB defense who didn't seem too anxious to stop him with more than high arm tackles.  You're 3rd and goal from the 3 and you have a bruising RB averaging 5.0 ypc and you don't use him?

That makes no sense and it's one more example of poor coaching decisions no matter who made them.  Since Loggains has been too quick to abandon the run all season long I guess I'll hang this on him.  All I know is Howard is probably the best goal line back we've had since Walter and back then he would have been carrying the ball in a situation like that.

So we fight to get back in the game and then the coaching staff shoots itself in the foot twice.  Twice on offense and twice on defense.  Better players and less injuries won't change poor personnel management and poor game day coaching and we've seen far too much of both for two years IMHO.