Zero2Cool
14 years ago
http://packersnews.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100910/PKR01/100910128/Notebook-Capers-plays-ready-list-close-to-the-chest 


From the Family Night scrimmage through the final preseason game, Dom Capers never added anything to his ready list the sheet of plays he planned to use.

So who knows what the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator has in store for Sundays opener at Philadelphia?

Thats exactly the way Capers likes it. He was purposefully vanilla unlike last preseason, when during his first season in Green Bay he felt compelled to show much more in large part because he felt his players needed to put the nuances of his 3-4 scheme to test in game situations.

We took a little different approach this year, being our second year, than we did last year, Capers said on Friday after the final practice in advance of the opener. We basically worked from close to the same ready list through the preseason, and that was by design.

This year, the focus was more on evaluating players than teaching the scheme.

To me, the best evaluation is to try to have them play quite a bit of base fundamental football, Capers said.

Still, Capers did install his entire defense and it was all repped at one point or another during training camp even if much of it wasnt put on film for other teams to see during the preseason.

We like the packages that weve put together, Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. We didnt really use any of them in training camp, (but) were going to get them ready to go, and it will start in Philadelphia.

That several key starters outside linebackers Clay Matthews and Brad Jones and defensive end Cullen Jenkins missed part or all of the preseason because of injuries could force Capers to hold back a few things against the Eagles. Even if he does scale things back, theres plenty the Eagles wont have seen.

Statistically within the first two games, 60 percent of the plays are unscouted, Matthews said. Well see some new things, some guys in new positions and hopefully some different pressures to throw them off a little bit. (Capers) used the same ready list, but we were always installing new defenses throughout the week.

Toe jam

[ul]Cornerback Charles Woodson has played in all but two games since he signed with the Packers in 2006, so something like a jammed toe isnt going to keep him out. But that the Packers top defensive player dropped out of practice on Friday after it happened is at least some cause for concern.

Theres little doubt Woodson will play against the Eagles he was listed as probable on the injury report but toe injuries can take weeks to heal. He played with a broken toe in 2008 but regularly had to miss practice. He also had a turf toe injury in 2000 when he was with Oakland.

Just stepped on the back of one of our receivers foot, McCarthy said. Just being cautious with him, and we sent him up to the training room for some rehab.[/ul]

Injury report

[ul]Left tackle Chad Clifton (knees) and safety Derrick Martin (ankle) were added to the injury report after they did not practice on Friday, but it was nothing unexpected.

The Packers plan to rest both players at the end of the week on a regular basis. Its a tactic they have used with the 34-year-old Clifton in the past. Martin, 25, is coming off surgery on his ankle this offseason. Both were listed as probable and will play against the Eagles.

The biggest concern is rookie defensive end Mike Neal, who did not practice one day after he was added to the injury report with an abdominal strain. He was listed as questionable. McCarthy said he will be a game-time decision. Neal was expected to be the top backup defensive lineman. Justin Harrell, who will play either way, would move into that role if Neal cant go.

Linebacker Desmond Bishop (hamstring) also was listed as questionable after he missed practice for the second straight day. He had returned to practice on Wednesday but couldnt go Thursday.

Cornerback Brandon Underwood (shoulder) has been ruled out.[/ul]

Show of solidarity

[ul]It wasnt clear on Friday whether the Packers planned to follow in the footsteps of the Saints and Vikings, who before Thursdays opener stepped on to the field and raised one finger in a sign of solidarity for the NFL Players Association.

I havent heard anything about that, Matthews said. That could change, but I havent heard anything.

On Tuesday, USA Today quoted Saints quarterback Drew Brees as saying: Youll see that a lot. That was a symbol of solidarity amongst all players in the NFL. We are one group, one team, one voice.

Its something the players union likely will stress this season while negotiations are ongoing with the owners on a new collective bargaining agreement.

Matthews, while only a second-year player, has been through NFL labor issues before. His dad was in the NFL the last two times the players went on strike, 1982 and 1987. He even remembers being on the picket line as a little kid with his dad.

My parents have a picture of me on the line holding up a picket sign, he said.[/ul]


rodgehodge
14 years ago
With minimal personnel changes at key positions, we've kind of been banking on Capers to dial it up this year. This article gives me some hope but we won't know for sure until Sunday.
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