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Post by throttleplate Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:29 pm

The Packers' changes in their defensive scheme make it more important than ever that their inside linebackers press the line of scrimmage and play physically against the run. Their defensive line is smaller and playing more in single gaps rather than eating space and shielding blockers from the linebackers.
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Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson (3) pushes off Green Bay Packers linebacker A.J. Hawk (50) while making a run in the fourth quarter at CenturyLink Field in Seattle.(Photo: Evan Siegle/Press-Gazette Media)

But Jones and Hawk aren't physical enough; they mostly rip over the top or under blocks. So they have to fill fast to account for their gaps and leverage ball carriers. That isn't how they play. They were slow to fill and not aggressive enough to take on linemen at the line of scrimmage, which created running lanes for a top back such as Lynch to exploit. The Packers can afford to have only one of that kind of inside linebacker in the starting lineup.
Back-to-back plays at the start of the third quarter Thursday night were emblematic of the problem. On both plays, the Packers were in their nickel personnel.
On first-and-10 from the Seahawks' 14, Lynch took a handoff for an inside run to the right, and there was no hole so he cut back immediately. But Hawk didn't press the line. Instead, guard James Carpenter engaged Hawk 4 yards downfield and pushed him back to the 27. Lynch barreled for 14 yards and got the Seahawks out of a hole.
 
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Hawk needed to take on Carpenter closer to the line. That would have forced Lynch to change course. Hawk knew he had safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix to fill the alley and cornerback Sam Shields on the perimeter. They could have kept it to a short gain.
On the next play, Lynch again took a handoff to his right. Outside linebacker Clay Matthews got too far upfield, which gave Lynch a hole to cut up through. But it was hardly a disaster, because he had to cut into traffic.
However, Jones was a little tentative filling his gap, which gave Lynch time to bounce outside and pick up 9 yards. Jones avoided right tackle Justin Britt's block, but he was a half-beat late getting into the gap. A more confident run defender such as Seattle's Bobby Wagner would have exploded to that gap and hit Lynch before he could bounce outside.



Clinton-Dix is a more natural run defender than fifth-year pro Morgan Burnett and is much quicker to attack his gap. Lynch had a 21-yard run in the second quarter where Burnett made the tackle, but it was 21 yards downfield. He could have made that play several yards or more earlier. Same on Lynch's 9-yard touchdown run. Burnett lingered at the goal line for a beat or two rather than attacking, and that gave Lynch room to bounce outside him at about the 3-yard line for the score
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Post by RingoCStarrQB Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:23 am

Yep..............pigs in bumper cars with arms so short...............steering was nearly impossible.
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