Preston Smith has Opportunity to Build Off Sunday's Performance against Struggling Eagles OL
It's been a quiet season for Preston Smith, but he is coming off his best performance of the season and has a great opportunity to build off of it against a struggling Eagles' offensive line.
By Paul_Bretl
I think the "demotion" of Preston Smith achieved the desired result. On first re-watch, he played extremely well. pic.twitter.com/uY4TCKpejJ
— Ross Uglem (@RossUglem) November 30, 2020
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Comments (9)
Lphill
December 04, 2020 at 01:16 pm
The Eagles defense will be smacking the Packers around like last year, the Packers D especially the Smiths better answer back in a big way.
canadapacker
December 04, 2020 at 04:34 pm
As long as the Oline can give AR 2 seconds of clear pocket -- we will be good. I expect that the tight ends and running backs will profit from their pressure and get into the middle. Once they soften up Adams will have his chances against Slay.
Lphill
December 04, 2020 at 05:26 pm
I'm not worried about the Packers offense, its Mike Pettine and his soft deep coverage , just watching on sports center the analyst's picking the Eagles in an upset , saying Wentz has to take what the Packers give him, that usually means an easy 8 or 9 yards a pass with the defensive backs so far off.
CoachDino
December 04, 2020 at 06:34 pm
I'm always suspect when I guy improves from just playing harder. I can't imagine a player not giving 100% if not for himself but for his teammates. I do agree though he was lost and last week looked more like his old self.
I also wonder what impact the packers being a much more dominant team this year and being in positions to move away from a pass rush rush focus to a Prevent/Coverage focus. The allowance of holding also impacted numbers but to the authors point as a team vs league ratio the Packers overall are down. Possibly the refocus on the run will impact the teams pass rush. Last year and through games this year I see a great deal of players selling out their run D assignment for pass rush advantage.
Stroh
December 05, 2020 at 04:52 pm
That is the essence of the Ryan/Pettine D. Its all about disrupting the backfield, or more specifically the QB. They play the run on the way to the QB. Basically as almost an afterthought.
The more you focus on one the more the other suffers.
mnbadger
December 05, 2020 at 09:13 am
Let's not rush wildly and forget about our Achilles heel, stopping the run. The addition of Anthony "Mount Rush-LESS" (tip of the hat for the nickname to knockthesnotoutofyou) may allow edge rushers a chance to attack on passing downs without compromising the entire D-line. GPG
PhantomII
December 05, 2020 at 07:36 pm
Let's just hope there is a passing down. Pretty much every down is a rushing down. I hope Pettine uses the proper size and number of players on the DL for down and distance and they execute to their ability.
egbertsouse
December 05, 2020 at 09:58 am
I’ve been reading articles stating “Preston has turned it around” this season. No, he had one good game, we’ll see if he’s turned it around in the next few games. I applaud this writer for not hopping that bandwagon.
PatrickGB
December 05, 2020 at 11:24 am
If Z can’t play Sunday then the other Smith will definitely need to pick up his game. It’s good that Gary is rounding out to form because that’s all we have for pass rushers.