Bottom line is this: which defense in the league right now can stop that Green Bay passing attack?
Answer: None. This offense will require that a whole new type of defense be created that can cover 4 or 5 good receivers and give a strong pass rush. That defense will need real cover corners and safeties; and lots of them. Think Miami can stop the full Green Bay attack? Well, the team that can at least slow that offense will be in the Super Bowl next year (provided the CBA gets worked-out and we get to enjoy a season). And you can pretty much take that to the bank.
"get_louder_at_lambeau" wrote:
"Pack93z" wrote:
This is such bullshit.. the Lions did it late in the season. The Bears did it basically twice in a couple weeks.
"get_louder_at_lambeau" wrote:
This is how the Lions did it-
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81cd41c6/Lions-Spievey-gets-lucky-INT http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/09000d5d81cd4963/Rodgers-suffers-concussion So Detroit's special recipe for stopping the Packer offense is to let Jennings beat you deep for what should be an easy TD, and hope the ball bounces out of his hands right into the hands of the safety he beat deep, and when Rodgers runs for 20 yards on you, make sure he gets a concussion. Quite the unique blueprint. Might be hard to duplicate though.
As for the Bears, they did pretty well in Week 17, partially due to a big Jennings drop and a Rodgers INT that could have been called incomplete. The Packers had 284 yards of offense (320 with defensive penalty yardage added). Bulaga also struggled badly with penalties in this game.
In the NFCC, allowing 356 yards of offense isn't exactly shutting them down (409 yards including their defensive penalties). Being down 14-0 after 19 minutes of football isn't exactly the sign of a dominant defensive performance either.
Another bounce-off-the-WR-into the-defender's-hands INT was part of their genius plan too. They must have learned that from Detroit. Peppers contributed with a helmet to helmet hit on Rodgers that may have given him a slight concussion again, and he wasn't very effective after that. Urlacher's goal line pick was pretty impressive though, and they toughened up at the end of the game with Rodgers off on his passes after the "possible concussion" hit.
I guess the key to "stopping" the Packers offense is getting an INT after the ball bounces off a WR's hands and making Rodgers' head hit something hard.