Sam Shields At Nickel

[hoosier]

I am looking for a silver lining in the Packers secondary troubles....At least they won't be going into the regular season having convinced themselves that they're invincible. And maybe, if Bush and Lee see themselves being painted as weak links in an otherwise contending team, that will light a fire under their arses.

[ThunderDan]

I think if Dom changes his coverage up in the 3-4 you can hide some of the problems.

The Manning int was a good example. PMann knew where his open WR would be but just before the snap the slot CB moved in to blitz, Burnett came up to cover the slot and Collins rolled over to that side of the field. The outside receiver 1-on-1 on the slant was still the throw. Burnett bumped the slot and jumped the outside slant. Collins coming over now had the slot. The open passing lane that PMann expected, and had to release quickly because of the blitz, now had Burnett right in the middle of it.

This is one of the reason I really like the 3-4 it is pretty easy to disguise the coverage with 3 DL and the 1 or 2 LBs who could be coming from any of 4 positions plus zone blitzes and dropping DL off the line.

Agreed. But for some reason the top tier qbs know who is blitzing when receivers are in 3-4 wr sets.

Still notice confusion in the secondary.

Well .... they did it to Peyton Manning so I assume they can confuse the top tier QBs.

I agree that the D needs to be on the same page to make it work. I think the D needs to pick their CBs and let them play together.

[Fritz]

I think if Dom changes his coverage up in the 3-4 you can hide some of the problems.

The Manning int was a good example. PMann knew where his open WR would be but just before the snap the slot CB moved in to blitz, Burnett came up to cover the slot and Collins rolled over to that side of the field. The outside receiver 1-on-1 on the slant was still the throw. Burnett bumped the slot and jumped the outside slant. Collins coming over now had the slot. The open passing lane that PMann expected, and had to release quickly because of the blitz, now had Burnett right in the middle of it.

This is one of the reason I really like the 3-4, it is pretty easy to disguise the coverage with 3 DL and the 1 or 2 LBs who could be coming from any of 4 positions plus zone blitzes and dropping DL off the line.

So are you saying they're going to have to shield Sam?

[Joemailman]

I would expect plenty of blitzing at Philly. An inexperienced QB going up against inexperienced Packer nickel/dime backs.