Defense Tackles Longtime Weakness

Zero2Cool
Elite Member Topic Starter

3 years ago

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Tackling hasn’t always been a strong suit for the Green Bay Packers.

“That’s always a question around here, right?” coach Matt LaFleur said this week. “I remember Year 1, you guys were grilling me on that all the time.”

Missed tackles might not be gone but they’ve been largely forgotten in LaFleur’s third season.

Under first-year defensive coordinator Joe Barry, the Packers enter Week 11 of the NFL season ranked fourth in the NFL with a missed-tackle rate of 8.3 percent, according to SportRadar.

That success stands in contrast to LaFleur’s first two seasons.

In 2019, Green Bay finished 16th with a missed-tackle rate of 10.4 percent. In 2020, it dropped to 20th with a missed-tackle rate of 10.7 percent.

The consistently strong tackling this season has been an understated reason for Green Bay ranking third in the league in points allowed and yards allowed.

What have they done so well?

Continue Reading @ Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated wrote:

I believe several of us noticed this improvement early on in the season. It's nice to see it for a change.

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TheKanataThrilla
Veteran Member

3 years ago

I definitely noticed the better tackling, but it is still hard not to think that improving that ILB position is also a huge contributor to our success. We had some good tacklers at that position in past, but now we have the best play at that position that I can remember.

dyeah_gb
Member

3 years ago

Shoddy tackling is one of those things that is so frustrating because it appears as such an obvious display of lack of effort by the player even if it is not warranted. It is even worse than wasted time outs :)

The coach and players really deserve credit for the improvement. Keep the trend going this Sunday!

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool - R. Feynman

yooperfan
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3 years ago

Defense looks terrible against the Vikes P1060931.JPG You have insufficient rights to see the content.

nerdmann
Premier Member

3 years ago

Defense looks terrible against the Vikes P1060931.JPG You have insufficient rights to see the content.

Originally Posted by: yooperfan

They'd look better with those interveptions. Played better than the sum of the available parts. Not down on them.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

go.pack.go.
Veteran Member

3 years ago

They'd look better with those interveptions. Played better than the sum of the available parts. Not down on them.

Originally Posted by: nerdmann

If this D was healthy it would be a lot scarier. I don’t have a lot of trust in these corners playing right now. I think Douglas is our best corner available, yet for some reason King was starting over him?

nerdmann
Premier Member

3 years ago

Originally Posted by: go.pack.go.

Still they got 2 INTs, although they were both called back.

If this O showed up in the first half, woulda been the difference.

“Winning is not a sometime thing, it is an all the time thing. You don't do things right once in a while…you do them right all the time.”

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