All Entries Tagged With: "Packers secondary"

Cornerbacks Casey Hayward and Tramon Williams are among the NFL leaders in passes defended.

After a fantastic season in 2010, several members of the Packers defensive backfield regressed more than many expected.

Whichever team gets improved play at the safety position compared to the last time the two teams met should have a much better chance of winning this Sunday's game at Lambeau Field.

Packers safeties coach Darren Perry can help facilitate a turnaround in the secondary by stressing one very simple correction with his guys.

"Paul Ott Carruth", a former player and coach who wishes to remain anonymous, breaks down various aspects of Cover 3 coverage.

Or: Why Jarrett Bush Should Be Moved To Safety Exclusively

Mike McCarthy refused to name his starting strong safety for Sunday nights game against the Vikings.

Kevin Kolb and Michael Vick were unable to expose some significant coverage issues in the Packers secondary.

The Packers would just be wasting time playing Brandon Underwood or Pat Lee ahead of Sam Sheilds.

Rookie safety Morgan Burnett spent today's practice getting his hands on the football. Why is Atari Bigby not signing his tender again?

The Packers would do well to consider signing O.J. Atogwe to upgrade the safety position across from Nick Collins. Of course, they won't.

Will Blackmon is being moved to safety. The move prompts several questions which will need to be answered over the course of the summer.

Let it be known - I agree with Mike Vandermause. (I may as well give up now) In light of the fact that I completely contradicted myself earlier this week, I went back and watched the three games that McCarthy and Capers are no doubt going to pay the most attention to when reviewing tape this offseason - the second Vikings game, the Steelers game, and the Cardinal playoff game. And despite the secondary being torched repeatedly in those contests, especially in the playoff game, I'm pretty sure my first take was the correct one - an improved pass rush, namely a compliment to Matthews who can win a one-on-one at the line of scrimmage, will solve a lot of problems the Packers had against Favre, Roethlisberger and Warner. In looking at the secondary, I fell victim to what I call looking through the "offseason-lens" - where you remember every big play, both good and bad, but forget that there are hundreds of other plays that happened inbetween. Going back and watching the three games in question, you can see the potential in Brandon Underwood. Josh Bell is not nearly the liability that that final pass against Pittsburgh makes you remember him as. Improvement from those two players alone will go a long way in shoring things up on the back end of the defense. And this is even before counting on anything from Al Harris, Will Blackmon or Pat Lee.

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