Photo credit: Terry Renna/AP When the Green Bay Packers defeated the Carolina Panthers 38-17 last Sunday, the crafty defensive coordinator Dom Capers rolled out a new defensive personnel package he called “NASCAR.” Admittedly, I wasn’t the first to break this story. Credit goes to Rob Demovsky and later Jayme Snowden. However, when I first saw it […]
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Packers Xs and Os Film Session: Game-Winning Touchdown
Photo credit: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers completed a remarkable fourth quarter comeback to beat the Miami Dolphins 27-24 with only 3 seconds remaining on the clock. The final drive was certainly high drama, including crucial 3rd and 4th down conversions, TJ Lang’s game-saving fumble recovery, a fake spike clock play, […]
Packers Xs and Os Film Session: Corey Linsley May Not Relinquish Job
Photo credit: John Konstantaras/Getty Images The center position for the Green Bay Packers has been a case of musical chairs over the last four years. You could even joke around and say it was like the drummers for Spinal Tap. In other words, they haven’t had much continuity there since the Super Bowl run during the […]
Packers Xs and Os Film Session: For the Naysayers
Photo credit: Rex Arbogast/AP Last Sunday, the Green Bay Packers thoroughly beat down their rival Chicago Bears 38-17. In doing so, they built up much needed morale, but also silenced many of the naysayers. In the last week, following a very disappointing offensive performance against the Detroit Lions, I read and heard several complaints about […]
Packers Xs and Os Film Session: Finally an Interception by a Safety!
Photo credit: @Packers Twitter feed Last Sunday, there weren’t many things to celebrate during the Green Bay Packers’ 19-7 loss to their division rivals Detroit Lions. However, there were a few bright spots during the game, which were (shockingly) on the defensive side of the ball. One such defensive milestone was a Packers safety finally […]