Very nice post, indeed.
Only thing I can think of is that you usually go to a nickel to account for that extra receiver. If you face the Bears or 49ers, your 3rd corner can indeed play an athletic TE.
But what do we do against, for instance, the Cardinals? They come out with 3-4 receivers sets as much as any team in the league. Breaston will be in as the 3rd receiver more often than not.
We'll need to have a man on him, if we're not playing zone, of course, and that man will most likely be Bush.
You can keep him protected and playing like this against the Bears, 49ers and Ravens, but this won't work against pass happy teams.
With the Cardinals, Eagles, Saints and Vikings storming into the play-offs, he'll better work on his ball skills. Like they appeared to have been doing this week. He showed some improvement. Especially in zone, it seemed.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
That's my worry too, but this is why it's good that the Packers are playing a lot more zone this season.
When Bush played nickel in '07, he got eaten up in those man-to-man matchups and by the end of the season he was demoted. But in Capers' system I'm hoping he can patrol the flats, for the most part (not all the time, because you can't get too predictable).
This puts an extra burden on Woodson, Williams, and Collins, and the LB's have to drop a little deeper to guard against those deep middle routes, but I think all those guys may be up to the challenge. It could be a workable system. Capers is very good at getting the best out of his players and hiding their weaknesses.
Does that make you feel any better, coltonja? I'm trying to cheer you up again.
"Greg C." wrote: