We haven’t had a decent LB since Ray Nitschke.










Just kidding!🤪

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Martinez is much better than Hawk was. The numbers alone say it.

He also will straight up be there for a tackle. He doesn't wait until the receiver is past the first down marker as often.

Originally Posted by: blueleopard 

The more I think about it, the more I like Martinez. We bemoan about tackles being made while the ball carrier is falling forward or what not, but I think that is pretty common. I don't see too many LB's knocking players dead in their tracks or moving them backwards every single tackle.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

He just gets swallowed up in blocking a lot and it seems like he doesn’t get off blocks very well. He’s not afraid to stick his nose in there though. And he’s durable. Seems like whenever he eats blocks, there’s nobody behind him to fill the hole, resulting in big runs up the middle. That’s not really his fault I don’t think.

He struggles in coverage but he’s a good communicator and leader. And he’s there every week. I think we need to re sign him and draft/sign another quality ILB to go beside him.

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go. 

Here's the Packers tackling efficiency of players who played 20% of the snaps on defense.

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Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

I'm curious to see what this says, but the image is too small to read.

Originally Posted by: earthquake 

Sorry, sometimes I over configure some settings.

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Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

So, I got my microscope out to read the chart.
It appears to me that Martinez is our fifth most efficient tackler.
That ain't bad in my mind.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan