Zero2Cool
14 years ago
http://packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100819/PKR01/100819146/Capers-defense-planned-on-Favre-as-Vikings-QB 

The Green Bay Packers coaches always spend a portion of their offseason studying their NFC North opponents, and when the defensive staff worked on the Minnesota Vikings, it was with Brett Favre in mind.

When the coaches first introduced some of the Vikings plays in practice on Tuesday morning, they were plays Favre would likely run.

And when the 40-year-old quarterback announced on Wednesday afternoon he would indeed return to the Vikings for another season, Dom Capers and his assistants didnt have to adjust a single thing.

There wasnt much doubt in my mind, just knowing what you know about the guy and his competitiveness and the kind of team they had last year, that he was going to play again, Capers said Thursday. Its hard to walk away from that, the kind of year he had. It lures you back when youve had that kind of success. So yeah, the time we spent on the Vikings was basically with Brett being the quarterback.

The Packers began working this week on two of their regular-season opponents the Philadelphia Eagles, the Week 1 opponent, and the Vikings in addition to some brief prep work for Saturdays preseason game at Seattle. During the periods devoted to the Vikings, the defensive starters went against the scout team offense that was mimicking some of the plays in which Favre gouged them during the Vikings two victories over the Packers last season.

Minnesota was successful with some stuff, so it would be wise to work on that, cornerback Tramon Williams said. I dont know if it was because of Favre, but we were working against some Minnesota stuff.

The two losses to Favre and the Vikings still stick in Capers craw. Even though he never worked for the Packers during Favres 16-year tenure in Green Bay, he fully understands how important those two games were to the Packers and to Favre.

In the first meeting at Minnesota on Oct. 5, the Packers were entering their fourth game in their conversion to Capers 3-4 scheme, and they were forced to start a safety, Derrick Martin, that they had acquired only a month earlier. Martin blew coverage on Bernard Berrians 31-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter that gave the Vikings a 14-point lead on the way to a 30-23 victory.

Count Martin among those who would like another crack at Favre.

No excuses, Martin said Thursday when asked about his breakdown against Favre. I felt like at the time I knew the defense, but I didnt know it half as well as I do now. Its funny, when I look back, I knew nothing back then. But I know the defense very well. I know who I am playing with, and I know what everybody else is supposed to do, so its a lot easier to play when its like that.

The same could be said for even those members of the defense who had a full offseason and training camp with Capers last year. Both games against the Vikings came in the first half of the season, when the players were still adjusting to Capers scheme.

Our communication, I think, is going to be a lot better this year because guys understand the defense more, and were communicating a lot better, Williams said. Obviously, we didnt perform as well as wed like to, and both of those games were early in the season, and I think we got better toward the end of the year.

The Packers actually held up well against the Vikings high-powered run game but never could put enough pressure on Favre to force him into mistakes. They didnt sack him in either game and only recorded five hits on him in the two games combined.

He hurt us getting the ball out quickly, Capers said. I think we would take our run play, certainly in the first game. The second game they hit us on a couple of runs, but we would take the run stats. What weve got to do is play their pass game better. We have to assume and anticipate that were going to see the same level (of play by Favre) that we saw last year, and they were darn good last year.



Keep practicing.
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longtimefan
14 years ago
ok he is acknowledging they got hurt with his fast release will they fix that this year? in terms of LOT of pressure?
tonyagnese
14 years ago
Go Packs Go!!! I love the Pack and have high hope for this year, but I sense that #4 will be finding those soft Capers zones and shredding us to pieces two times again this year.
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bigfog
14 years ago
I'd believe this if they drafted a player who could give them some additional outside pressure. But they didn't.
"I wouldn't root for the Minnesota Vikings to win a chess match against Nazi Germany."
doddpower
14 years ago

I'd believe this if they drafted a player who could give them some additional outside pressure. But they didn't.

"bigfog" wrote:




Yeah, at this point I'd still like a guy like Merriman, but I know it won't happen and I'm sure I'll realize why it didn't happen later in the year.
LambeauEast
14 years ago
Yeah, during all the Favre hoopla earlier this week, I kept seeing that same clip in Minny of him having all day to make a sandwich in the pocket before finally finding an open receiver against us. PRESSURE guys...if it's not there, manufacture it somehow!
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porky88
14 years ago
Last year, I made the mistake of assuming that the key to beating Minnesota was stopping Adrian Peterson. After watching Minnesota a year ago, that has changed. With Favre, that is a passing team and I much rather have AP gash the Packers than Favre. I think Minnesota is a stronger team when Favre is on A his game than when AP is on his A game.

Hopefully, Green Bay feels this way too.
kobe16
14 years ago
^Yep.well Said. We just gotta get pressure on favre to make him rush throws. We all known he can be interception proned at times.
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IronMan
14 years ago
Our communication, I think, is going to be a lot better this year because guys understand the defense more, and were communicating a lot better, Williams said. Obviously, we didnt perform as well as wed like to, and both of those games were early in the season, and I think we got better toward the end of the year.

Not so much. Our pass defense did NOT improve the second half of the season. It got worse.
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