hahahaha How much is too much "trying hard to crush" the other team?
Compensation and Scheming is what Capers does, and if he didn't, we'd have a lot of problems with our D more than what we have now. The fact that the Chiefs came back a little bit toward the end - hardly an implosion - was due on the D side to playing too soft almost a prevent type D - allowing them to march down the field, but to take what was it, 18 or 19 plays to score? And even that wouldn't have happened if not for the poor spot on the 4th down play and no timeouts left to challenge it. Yeah, we continued to blitz - because it was necessary to get pressure on Smith. The other reason for their slight comeback was that Smith suddenly started to play a lot better. The other other aspect, which I didn't like, was overly cautious play calling when we got the ball back running it twice into the line, leaving pressure to convert on 3rd and long. Arguably, when you have Aaron Rodgers, trust him to complete short passes, get first downs, and keep the clock running that way - but that hyper-caution took time off the clock, and we WON - who could ask for more than that?
Originally Posted by: texaspackerbacker