All Entries in the "3-4 defense" Category
The Dom Capers Bag Of Tricks
As usual, there seems to be a never-ending supply of defensive schemes and surprises at the disposal of Dom Capers.
Does Size Matter?
The nose tackles on the Packers’ roster are comparatively small in stature, but is that just coincidence?
Tandem and Bunch Formations: Capers’ Kryptonite
An excellent look at the offensive concepts that gave Capers’ defense such problems last year.
Brad Jones Taking The Next Step
Brad Jones has the tools to take his game to the proverbial “next level”. Cheesehead TV sees good things ahead.
How Capers Uses Woodson Will Be Key
Chris Squire returns to CHTV to write about Charles Woodson’s importance to the Packers’ 3-4 defense.
Offseason Moves Point To More Man Coverage
Dom Capers must adjust his coverage schemes to fit the personnel on hand, rather than forcing them to play zone coverage – poorly.
#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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Of Weakness And Twitter Battles
All seemed quiet here at Cheesehead TV today, what with a congratulatory post residing atop the blog for the balance of the morning and early afternoon, an idle passerby must have thought “Aaron is no doubt taking a break from the weary work of bringing his unique brand of Packers analysis to Packer fans everywhere and taking [...]
Do People Understand…?
…just how large an improvement having Dom Capers implementing and calling the defense is going to make? I keep seeing and hearing people saying things like “Dom Capers can’t work miracles” – well, let me tell you something: After the last three years, what you’ll be seeing on the defensive side of the ball will [...]
Last Man Standing breaks down the 3-4
Winston Moss. Last man standing. (by his own account at this presentation) Breaking down the key elements of the 3-4. We told you it was worth the wait. My favorite plays are when he digs into some older footage with some of our new defensive coaches making plays. You can find out about his entire [...]
Dom Capers And the 3-4
I got a chance to ask Dom Capers about the defensive transition and he didn’t disappoint. I asked if he planned on evolving into a pure 3-4 defense over the next few years or if he liked the idea of being what he will have to run this season, which will undoubtedly be a hybrid [...]
That Sound You Hear…
…is Ron La Canne’s head exploding. I’ll admit, I was very high on Montgomery heading into last season. But after watching him get destroyed repeatedly in the running game, I am dubious at best at this prospects of becoming an effective 3-4 end. I know some will ask why he’s not being moved to linebacker [...]
Packers Express Interest In Canty
Now it gets interesting… UPDATE: As suspected, Thompson is no doubt just gauging interest and making calls. Canty is reported to be visiting the Giants this weekend and the Seahawks on Monday. It would be a minor miracle if he was not signed before those visits come to an end… Tweet
