All Entries in the "3-4 defense" Category
#1 Run Defense: A Paper Tiger?
It would sure seem like it from the way the Cardinals tore through them with Hightower and Wells yesterday. I was worried about the possibility but thought they would do a better job of controlling them after watching how well they did corralling Adrian Peterson and Marion Barber. Of course, the big difference was Wisenhunt sticking with [...]
How Long Will It Take Capers?
Good catch by Brandon over at ACME Packing Company in finding this interview with Sun Times Bears beat writer Brad Biggs and his take on how successful Capers’ defense will be out of the gate:
Everywhere Dom Capers has been, he’s had a knack for getting that system up and running immediately. There hasn’t been an [...]
More On Jeremy Thompson
On the heels of our discussion on Jeremy Thompson comes this from Tom Pellissero:
During OTAs and minicamp, the outside linebackers worked pretty straight-up: Aaron Kampman (1) and Brady Poppinga (2) on the left side, Thompson (1) and Clay Matthews (2) on the right in all sets. However, the reality is that, beginning in training camp, [...]
How Will Capers Do It?
Much has been written about Dom Capers and how he will put his defensive players in a position to be successful. It’s a wonderful thought and you hear it all the time around the league on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. “We want to put our players in a position to [...]
Brohm Still Struggling
That’s the word out of camp today.
Though he seemed to do a bit better in the red zone drill, throwing for a touchdown and also running one in, during full team sessions, Brohm reportedly struggled mightily, holding the ball too long, staring down receivers and generally looking unsure in his play over all.
Now, it’s June. [...]
Bigby Better Be Better
Following on the heels of Greg Bedard’s piece on Atari Bigby comes an article on the same subject from Tom Pelissero. The general gist of both? Bigby was hurt much worse than he or the Packers (specifically the Packers) let on last season. Bigby talks of not being able to walk across the room in [...]
The Subject Was Raji
Great point by Brian over at Railbird Central regarding the fact that lost in all the drama surrounding who WASN’T at OTAs last week (or who was and just wasn’t talking), is a pretty important development with the players that WERE in attendance.
Money quote:
…first round draft choice B.J. Raji has been lining up as the [...]
The Heavy Lifting
I’ve been rereading a lot of the coverage from around the time of the announced switch to the 3-4 and I’ve been reminded of a nagging question I had at the time that has still not been answered.
Who, exactly, does McCarthy expect to do the heavy lifting on defense?
Here’s how Bob McGinn reported McCarthy’s thoughts [...]
Dom Capers\’ Magic Front
Any regular reader of this site has no doubt already read Greg Bedard’s excellent overview of the 3-4 defense and the Packers’ first foray into it. Greg does a great job of setting up each position and comparing what they were asked to do in Sanders’ old scheme vs. what they will be asked to do [...]
My Final Word Until My Next One
Well Hellllloooo Sunshine!
Bedard is actually pretty fair in his take on our back and forth yesterday in his Packers Daily Briefing today. I will point out three things.
First, Greg writes:
What you have to understand about Nagler is he’s basically pushed all his chips to the center of the table on the 3-4 defense. That’s fine. I [...]
