“We’ve had a couple in these past two weeks now that looked like every other free play we’ve had,” quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt said, “and they’ve blown it dead from the sideline.”


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“There’s not as many free play because they’re blowing them dead now,” Van Pelt said. “We’ve got them offside. They’re just blowing the whistle now. They’re more apt to blow the whistle now than let the play run, and that’s OK. We’ll take the five (yards).”

The disappointment in Van Pelt’s voice was clear. When the defense jumps offside, the Packers are searching for more than five yards.

In the first three weeks, Rodgers converted six of those 11 free-play opportunities into longer gains. They combined for 216 yards, 186 more than they would’ve gotten with penalty yardage. Each conversion was at least 22 yards, with the longest being a 52-yard pass interference call on Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman in Week 2.

Really? Van Pelt is happy with the 5 yds instead of the possibility of a huge gain/td? But I'm curious too why they are blowing it dead, NOW. But it seems like our RG's are getting out of stance and pointing the finger instead of staying down and run the play.

Originally Posted by: packerfanoutwest 

Really? Van Pelt is happy with the 5 yds instead of the possibility of a huge gain/td? But I'm curious too why they are blowing it dead, NOW. But it seems like our RG's are getting out of stance and pointing the finger instead of staying down and run the play.

Originally Posted by: packerfanoutwest