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Getting pressure on the quarterback from a variety of positions is one of the staples of new defensive coordinator Dom Capers' 3-4 scheme, and the Packers reaped the benefits from it in their shutout win vs. Cleveland in the preseason opener Saturday night.
The Packers intercepted Cleveland quarterbacks four times, one from linebacker Desmond Bishop and two of the others aided by pressure courtesy of Bishop. Two of the Packers' three sacks came from defensive backs, the first a sack/forced fumble by cornerback Will Blackmon and the second from safety Anthony Smith.
"That's what the 3-4 is built for, it allows everybody to make plays," said Smith, who played in the 3-4 scheme his first three seasons in the league with Pittsburgh. "You can have the linebacker, the corners, even the safeties blitzing. It makes it even harder for the quarterback to read us."
The Packers' first takeaway of the night was created by a Bishop hit on quarterback Derek Anderson midwa..
Source: Packers.com
