The OFFICIAL Packers-Panthers Game Thread

[mraynrand]

Blitzes absolutely not getting home. Sending 6 men against a 5-man protection and getting stonewalled.

meanwhile the opposition is getting pressure on every pass play, oddly enough because the tackles are surrendering three steps of territory right off the snap. The contrast is maddening to watch.

[red]

then that means our d lineman are not getting their jobs done

[pbmax]

are blitzes not getting home, are we just not blitzing, are they the 10 second delayed blitzes that we use to use all the time with hawk

what are you seeing pb?

we haven't seen the corner blitz at all

The only blitzes working are the overload and the Matthews audible where he jumps into an A gap while the other LB is in the other.

They did force some quick throws from Newton, he was 15-30, but for the most part it seemed to weaken the pass D and put them in a lot of man to man.

The only reliable is Jones and he only plays on obvious passing downs. They are DT'ing Daniels frequently.

[pbmax]

It shouldn't be that hard because teams are Max Protecting after all the Packer pressure success in the first 3 games. So its not like they are running 5 man routes, but they can run 2 or 3 man routes, protect with 7 or 8 and no one is getting home.

Now to some degree, that always happens. Not many people beside Arians, Martz and Aaron Rodgers versus the Falcons puts the QB in charge of making the QB avoid an unblocked pass rusher.

Problem is they are not getting home enough to stop drives. When they do get them in unfavorable situations, they give up a lot of long 3rd down plays and penalties. A cleaner game would go a long way to help.

Dix has regressed a little (probably normal with more responsibility) and Burnett probably isn't 100% yet.

[pbmax]

then that means our d lineman are not getting their jobs done

The Guion/Raji 4-2 nickel is not getting much pressure. Guion is not having the impact he did last year in pass rush.