If you were scheming against the Packers Offense....

[Bossman641]

what would be your strategy?

Honestly, I don't even know. Of course I would say that I would try and hit Favre early and get him rattled, but he's been so good with his calls at the line and so quick with his release that he sees the blitz coming almost every time.

When I would bring a blitz I'd bring it up the middle rather than off the edge. Favre always seems to buy that extra little amount of time either through a pump fake or a sidestep. I'd blitz up the gut and try to confuse the middle of the line but even they have been better lately.

My #1 plan would be to bump DD and GJ at the line and try to throw off their timing seeing as how neither one of them is that big, but almost no teams in the league play this strategy.

I really don't know, you can try and double Driver and in the past Favre would force it in to him anyways but now he has so many more targets.

What about when they go 3 WR and 1 TE or 4 WR? Do you play a nickel or a dime? Dime obviously gives you better coverage but even then most teams can't match up that deep, and that's where the Packers seem to excel running the ball.

Trying to gameplan how to stop this offense really makes me appreciate how scary they are when Favre is on.

Thoughts?

[Partial]

Go 4 wide w/ Donald Lee slot right and run behind Tauscher and Lee

[packers11]

I'd do a short zone blitz...

Pressure Favre, make sure he doesnt have enough time to throw the deep ball and cover all the middle/short stuff...

[Bossman641]

Go 4 wide w/ Donald Lee slot right and run behind Tauscher and Lee

Huh?

I'm trying to figure out what your plan would be to STOP the Packers O.

[Partial]

I'm sorry I didn't read your post correctly at all.

My plan to stop the Packers offense would be to into a zone blitzing system and drop linemen into passing lanes. My goal would be to confuse Favre.

[Joemailman]

Kidnap Favre.

[MJZiggy]

Panic.

[SD GB fan]

do what the redskins did and ball control on offense. im not sure bump and run is a good idea. the packers WR play against two of the best every week in practice.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Bump and Run D, get physical with the WRs, throw off the timing.

Blitz up the middle, drop whomever the DE is on the side Driver is on back in coverage to take away the slant.

I'd do blind side corner blitzes, not many teams do that so it's a surprise.

Go with 6 on the DL every play for about 5-6 straight plays and have different coverages and blitzes each time. Like others have said, keep Favre guessing.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Most teams don't have corners that can play bump and run well. Not only would they give up the completion, but the yac might be phenomenal.

Two strategies:

1) Let Green Bay have the underneath stuff, but don't give up anything deep. Hope you make them kick FGs when they are in the redzone. Our redzone offense is better this year than last, but still not stellar. Bend but don't break.
2) Jump the short stuff (e.g. the slants) and hope you can get pressure on Favre or Favre is off on his deep throws. This is what the Redskins did. Helps to have a Sean Taylor and Laron Landry at safety though. You can do this with pressure packages or not. To me, pressuring just takes more guys out to cover. Favre will likely get the ball out anyways. However, the pressure package might cause a couple of turnovers that could be the difference.

I'd choose option 2. Probably without blitzing too much.

[RashanGary]

I'd do everything possible to defend the pass. I'd make GB beat me with the run.

[run pMc]

Agree with Harvey: Sit on the short routes.
Force them to run the ball. Show a lot of different pre-snap looks to confuse Favre and the OL blocking (hello, Colledge). Play ball-control offense to keep Favre on the sideline.

It depends upon your defensive scheme and your players. If you have a stout DLine and a good pass rush, you won't have to worry as much about bringing up a safety or blitzing.

[GBRulz]

I'd have to go Joe's remark about kidnapping Favre!

[The Leaper]

I agree with giving the Packers underneath stuff. You can't allow Jennings or Driver to get behind your secondary. The Packer WRs are not overly strong redzone threats...although Lee, Martin and Robinson can help in that regard.

You have to have a front 4 that can pressure the QB...and a couple LBs who can cover and blitz effectively.

You need a ball control offense that can keep the Packer O off the field.

In many ways, beating the Packer O is similar to beating the Patriot O...both are very strong in the passing game and will always have advantages there they can exploit. You have to hope to contain them...you won't stop them.

[Joemailman]

I think the key for opponents is to be able to tackle. The Packers receivers lead the league in YAC. All of the Packers top 4 WR's, as well as Donald Lee, have shown the ability to turn a short pass into a long gain.