Pack93z
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12 years ago
Well.. this helps explain some of the issues Sunday. And maybe why they settled in later in the game.

Personally, something just doesn't feel right about Burnett overall. Can't put my finger on it, but I personally have not bought into him as a fixture on this defense.

Anyway, that might be some of the issues we had this weekend. Still doesn't explain the confusion and missed calls right before the snaps.

Green Bay - Some of the frustration LBs Clay Matthews and A.J. Hawk expressed early in the game was due to communication problems with the sideline.

Defensive coordinator Dom Capers decided to employ at times a seven-defensive back scheme called "dollar" against the New Orleans Saints so that he could he match up a defensive back on RB Darren Sproles instead of a linebacker.

In order to do that, he had to have someone other than D.J. Smith, the linebacker who was taken out for the seventh defensive, have the radio receiver in his helmet and make the calls. He chose to have safety Morgan Burnett do it.

Burnett has made calls in the secondary, but he has never been responsible for getting the play call into the huddle and making sure everyone was lined up correctly. The Saints play at an extremely fast tempo and so there was confusion on the second series of the game.

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Wade
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12 years ago
This is a good point, Shawn. I, too, have been wondering about Burnett this year. He doesn't seem to be in the right place as much as he was last year.

I wonder, could part of it be that he is being asked to do other, extra things, to correct for rookies who would otherwise be out of position to make plays more often?

I guess what I'm asking here, particularly for those who know defensive backfield play more than I do, is how many of the plays that McMillian and Heyward have been making might have plays possible despite their being out of their assigned position? And on the plays that Burnett isn't making this year, how many of them are because he's leaving his position to cover the consequences of the rookies being out of theirs?

Does this make any sense?
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Zero2Cool
12 years ago
Nick Collins didn't light it up right out of the gate either (4th season is when he flipped the switch, crediting it to accompanying Charles Woodson in film studies) so I won't pass judgement on Morgan Burnett, just yet.

I do question why Burnett and not Charles Woodson had the responsibility of getting the calls in and making sure everyone was lined up properly.
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PackFanWithTwins
12 years ago

Nick Collins didn't light it up right out of the gate either (4th season is when he flipped the switch, crediting it to accompanying Charles Woodson in film studies) so I won't pass judgement on Morgan Burnett, just yet.

I do question why Burnett and not Charles Woodson had the responsibility of getting the calls in and making sure everyone was lined up properly.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 



I believe, the idea is to have the person with the headset mostly be in the center of the field. Woodson playing in the slot so often, would make it harder and take longer to get adjustment calls to the opposite side of the field.


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