Re: Packer 2022 Defense Thoughts
Posted: 27 Sep 2022 08:20
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It just honestly makes no sense to me.
Especially when you consider it is Tom Brady who can't really force it down the field and will dink and dunk all day long because that is what he does well.go pak go wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 08:40It just honestly makes no sense to me.
Like from a pure "chance" and statistical standpoint, the strategy makes no sense.
The whole thought is to not give up a big play because you don't want them to score easily. Essentially you want them to get inside the 20 and then squeeze the field to force them out of the EZ or win the 2 pt. conversion. But that reasoning is so flawed to me.
Playing soft and letting them inside the 20 increases the chance of loss in my mind because you are effectively putting the game on a maximum 5 plays (4 down series and the 2 point conversion).
Instead, put the game on MORE plays. Make their life miserable when at the 10 yardline. Make them earn each yard. Force them into a mistake. If they bust one, they bust one but the end result is still the same! The game still hinges on a 2 pt conversion AND we still have time available to get a FG.
The Packers strategy in my eyes gave us LESS chances to win the game than if they went for it. I hate it so, so much.
Then why not use it all game?Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:15here we go again with forum members thinking they know more then actual NFL coaches, and to my knowledge, only 23 has a resume that shows he's been a pee wee's league defensive assistent
the goal with prevent is obvious, cause the opposing offense to use short passes hoping to stop yac and burn down the clock, which most of the time it accomplishes, we all hate it, but it works far more often then it fails, and those odds are in favor of it's use.
Dom Capers abused those odds and it killed us, but then ya have to look at the HC concerning that stuff too, Mike McCarthy was the definition of ultra conservatism, and we still see the results of that (sometimes good, often bad) with Aaron Rodgers, playing conservative kept the NFL in small ball till Coryell introduced the wide open spread passing attack.
Agreed. Plus, let's say the worst case scenario happens and Brady throws a 60 yard bomb for a TD with 1 minute left. Then Rodgers has a whole minute to drive the team down for a game winning FG.AmishMafia wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:26Then why not use it all game?Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:15here we go again with forum members thinking they know more then actual NFL coaches, and to my knowledge, only 23 has a resume that shows he's been a pee wee's league defensive assistent
the goal with prevent is obvious, cause the opposing offense to use short passes hoping to stop yac and burn down the clock, which most of the time it accomplishes, we all hate it, but it works far more often then it fails, and those odds are in favor of it's use.
Dom Capers abused those odds and it killed us, but then ya have to look at the HC concerning that stuff too, Mike McCarthy was the definition of ultra conservatism, and we still see the results of that (sometimes good, often bad) with Aaron Rodgers, playing conservative kept the NFL in small ball till Coryell introduced the wide open spread passing attack.
Had there been 30 seconds on the clock it would have been fine. But there was over 2 mins. Enough time to dink and dunk their way down the field and score. Which they did. Then we lucked out on the delay of game penalty or the run may conversion may have worked.
The defense held all game and Brady's deepball ability and the receiver capability were both questionable
And the secondary, even without Jaire, is still a strength.
It seemed like everything pointed to keeping the rush pressure up and force Bradys arm and their receivers speed to beat us. Force that Buc online to hold off Gary, clark and company long enough for the receivers to get deep and open. I would take that matchup all day - I believe we win it 95 times out of a hundred. Letting them drive down the field and getting into the red zone - I believe the odds are much better for the Bucs.
forgot that there was that much time, I do agree we did a poor job of it, to much cushion allowed yrds after the catch and Fournettes 18 yarder killed us, we should have just stuck with some variation of 2 high safety coverage.Pckfn23 wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 13:06Ya there was nothing about the game scenario at that time that pointed to prevent being the route to go.
3:04 remaining. 1 timeout. The 2 minute warning. Needed 89 yards to score. Tom Brady had only completed 1 pass over 10 yards down the field until that point and it was the first play of the game.
not sure about that time for us to close it out, we hadn't closed anything out in 30 minutes, so that was certainly anything but a hope and a prayer, we played poorly at prevent, we allowed Brady to complete 6 passes, one for the TDAcrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:42Agreed. Plus, let's say the worst case scenario happens and Brady throws a 60 yard bomb for a TD with 1 minute left. Then Rodgers has a whole minute to drive the team down for a game winning FG.AmishMafia wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:26Then why not use it all game?Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:15here we go again with forum members thinking they know more then actual NFL coaches, and to my knowledge, only 23 has a resume that shows he's been a pee wee's league defensive assistent
the goal with prevent is obvious, cause the opposing offense to use short passes hoping to stop yac and burn down the clock, which most of the time it accomplishes, we all hate it, but it works far more often then it fails, and those odds are in favor of it's use.
Dom Capers abused those odds and it killed us, but then ya have to look at the HC concerning that stuff too, Mike McCarthy was the definition of ultra conservatism, and we still see the results of that (sometimes good, often bad) with Aaron Rodgers, playing conservative kept the NFL in small ball till Coryell introduced the wide open spread passing attack.
Had there been 30 seconds on the clock it would have been fine. But there was over 2 mins. Enough time to dink and dunk their way down the field and score. Which they did. Then we lucked out on the delay of game penalty or the run may conversion may have worked.
The defense held all game and Brady's deepball ability and the receiver capability were both questionable
And the secondary, even without Jaire, is still a strength.
It seemed like everything pointed to keeping the rush pressure up and force Bradys arm and their receivers speed to beat us. Force that Buc online to hold off Gary, clark and company long enough for the receivers to get deep and open. I would take that matchup all day - I believe we win it 95 times out of a hundred. Letting them drive down the field and getting into the red zone - I believe the odds are much better for the Bucs.
The Prevent can be effective sometimes, but it's situational. In this case, I would have rather kept the pressure on knowing that if they get something over the top, which they hadn't done all game, we have the time to close it out.
Maybe we could have banked on Tampa also playing Prevent.Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:42not sure about that time for us to close it out, we hadn't closed anything out in 30 minutes, so that was certainly anything but a hope and a prayer, we played poorly at prevent, we allowed Brady to complete 6 passes, one for the TDAcrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:42Agreed. Plus, let's say the worst case scenario happens and Brady throws a 60 yard bomb for a TD with 1 minute left. Then Rodgers has a whole minute to drive the team down for a game winning FG.AmishMafia wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:26
Then why not use it all game?
Had there been 30 seconds on the clock it would have been fine. But there was over 2 mins. Enough time to dink and dunk their way down the field and score. Which they did. Then we lucked out on the delay of game penalty or the run may conversion may have worked.
The defense held all game and Brady's deepball ability and the receiver capability were both questionable
And the secondary, even without Jaire, is still a strength.
It seemed like everything pointed to keeping the rush pressure up and force Bradys arm and their receivers speed to beat us. Force that Buc online to hold off Gary, clark and company long enough for the receivers to get deep and open. I would take that matchup all day - I believe we win it 95 times out of a hundred. Letting them drive down the field and getting into the red zone - I believe the odds are much better for the Bucs.
The Prevent can be effective sometimes, but it's situational. In this case, I would have rather kept the pressure on knowing that if they get something over the top, which they hadn't done all game, we have the time to close it out.
I mean that is very definition of prevent defense. You are giving them "gimme" completions until you squeeze the field in the RZ.Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:42not sure about that time for us to close it out, we hadn't closed anything out in 30 minutes, so that was certainly anything but a hope and a prayer, we played poorly at prevent, we allowed Brady to complete 6 passes, one for the TDAcrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:42Agreed. Plus, let's say the worst case scenario happens and Brady throws a 60 yard bomb for a TD with 1 minute left. Then Rodgers has a whole minute to drive the team down for a game winning FG.AmishMafia wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:26
Then why not use it all game?
Had there been 30 seconds on the clock it would have been fine. But there was over 2 mins. Enough time to dink and dunk their way down the field and score. Which they did. Then we lucked out on the delay of game penalty or the run may conversion may have worked.
The defense held all game and Brady's deepball ability and the receiver capability were both questionable
And the secondary, even without Jaire, is still a strength.
It seemed like everything pointed to keeping the rush pressure up and force Bradys arm and their receivers speed to beat us. Force that Buc online to hold off Gary, clark and company long enough for the receivers to get deep and open. I would take that matchup all day - I believe we win it 95 times out of a hundred. Letting them drive down the field and getting into the red zone - I believe the odds are much better for the Bucs.
The Prevent can be effective sometimes, but it's situational. In this case, I would have rather kept the pressure on knowing that if they get something over the top, which they hadn't done all game, we have the time to close it out.
It's also expecting a lot from the defense to hold up on a long drive in that heat.go pak go wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:55I mean that is very definition of prevent defense. You are giving them "gimme" completions until you squeeze the field in the RZ.Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:42not sure about that time for us to close it out, we hadn't closed anything out in 30 minutes, so that was certainly anything but a hope and a prayer, we played poorly at prevent, we allowed Brady to complete 6 passes, one for the TDAcrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:42
Agreed. Plus, let's say the worst case scenario happens and Brady throws a 60 yard bomb for a TD with 1 minute left. Then Rodgers has a whole minute to drive the team down for a game winning FG.
The Prevent can be effective sometimes, but it's situational. In this case, I would have rather kept the pressure on knowing that if they get something over the top, which they hadn't done all game, we have the time to close it out.
Playing prevent defense essentially is betting you can stop the opponent from getting in the EZ with 1st and 10 between the 10 and 20 yardline AND preventing the 2 point conversion.
We fortunately did that. But me personally, I would have rather made it harder 90 yards away from the EZ rather than try to tighten the screws 15 yards away. It's just a lot easier for one leak or missed assignment or good offensive play to really bite you from a closer distance. It also allows a big back to be more effective.
Even though the odds of our offense responding to a tie game is minimal, it's still greater than 0 which is effecitvely what our prevent style of defense put us in.
I just hated it in that situation.
just because we failed at causing a costly mistake then giving up a TD pass and the big gainer to Fournette doesn't mean the prevent is a poor decision, we simply failed to execute it well.
actually I think it takes more exertion to play normal scheme then prevention, attacking is strenuous, sitting back and letting the play come to ya preserves energy, in fact the heat may have been one reason Barry checked into it, and I'd wager it's why you see teams revert to it during mid part of games.Acrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:59It's also expecting a lot from the defense to hold up on a long drive in that heat.go pak go wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:55I mean that is very definition of prevent defense. You are giving them "gimme" completions until you squeeze the field in the RZ.
Playing prevent defense essentially is betting you can stop the opponent from getting in the EZ with 1st and 10 between the 10 and 20 yardline AND preventing the 2 point conversion.
We fortunately did that. But me personally, I would have rather made it harder 90 yards away from the EZ rather than try to tighten the screws 15 yards away. It's just a lot easier for one leak or missed assignment or good offensive play to really bite you from a closer distance. It also allows a big back to be more effective.
Even though the odds of our offense responding to a tie game is minimal, it's still greater than 0 which is effecitvely what our prevent style of defense put us in.
I just hated it in that situation.
I highly doubt that with the game on the line, Barry thought "Let's give these guys a little bit of a breather".Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 15:31actually I think it takes more exertion to play normal scheme then prevention, attacking is strenuous, sitting back and letting the play come to ya preserves energy, in fact the heat may have been one reason Barry checked into it, and I'd wager it's why you see teams revert to it during mid part of games.Acrobat wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:59It's also expecting a lot from the defense to hold up on a long drive in that heat.go pak go wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 14:55
I mean that is very definition of prevent defense. You are giving them "gimme" completions until you squeeze the field in the RZ.
Playing prevent defense essentially is betting you can stop the opponent from getting in the EZ with 1st and 10 between the 10 and 20 yardline AND preventing the 2 point conversion.
We fortunately did that. But me personally, I would have rather made it harder 90 yards away from the EZ rather than try to tighten the screws 15 yards away. It's just a lot easier for one leak or missed assignment or good offensive play to really bite you from a closer distance. It also allows a big back to be more effective.
Even though the odds of our offense responding to a tie game is minimal, it's still greater than 0 which is effecitvely what our prevent style of defense put us in.
I just hated it in that situation.
This coming from the poster who continually suggests he can read Rodgers’ mind…Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:15here we go again with forum members thinking they know more then actual NFL coaches, and to my knowledge, only 23 has a resume that shows he's been a pee wee's league defensive assistent
the goal with prevent is obvious, cause the opposing offense to use short passes hoping to stop yac and burn down the clock, which most of the time it accomplishes, we all hate it, but it works far more often then it fails, and those odds are in favor of it's use.
Dom Capers abused those odds and it killed us, but then ya have to look at the HC concerning that stuff too, Mike McCarthy was the definition of ultra conservatism, and we still see the results of that (sometimes good, often bad) with Aaron Rodgers, playing conservative kept the NFL in small ball till Coryell introduced the wide open spread passing attack.
I also respect the knowledge of a NFL coach over people on a internet forum, Barry's prevent actually was successful, the clock expired and we won the game.APB wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 22:09This coming from the poster who continually suggests he can read Rodgers’ mind…Yoop wrote: ↑27 Sep 2022 12:15here we go again with forum members thinking they know more then actual NFL coaches, and to my knowledge, only 23 has a resume that shows he's been a pee wee's league defensive assistent
the goal with prevent is obvious, cause the opposing offense to use short passes hoping to stop yac and burn down the clock, which most of the time it accomplishes, we all hate it, but it works far more often then it fails, and those odds are in favor of it's use.
Dom Capers abused those odds and it killed us, but then ya have to look at the HC concerning that stuff too, Mike McCarthy was the definition of ultra conservatism, and we still see the results of that (sometimes good, often bad) with Aaron Rodgers, playing conservative kept the NFL in small ball till Coryell introduced the wide open spread passing attack.