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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 458235" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">weeds I mostly agree, IMO the only thing preseason games are useful for is evaluating individual players and even then it’s difficult because opponents are usually playing “vanilla” schemes and may be testing non-starters even from the beginning of the game. However IMO a good example this season where an early evaluation is justified is Davon House. IMO he looked damn good and if he gets 100% healthy (which appears unlikely this season) I think he’s the answer opposite Williams, even though that’s not much evidence upon which to base an opinion. Where we disagree is IMO the backup QB usually does get snaps with most of the starting O. I think that happened after Rodgers’ early exit in the first fake game but I deleted it and don’t care enough to research it now. And now in practice I’m sure he’s getting snaps with the first team against the scout team so the coaching staff has a lot of plays to base their evaluation on even if we don’t. I also disagree about Harrell not being able to have performed better. There were far too many plays IMO where he had time to throw and still made a bad decision or a bad throw. But he only has one QB camp under his belt. As to a run blocking camp, IMO if Newhouse stays healthy and pass blocks as he did vs. the Browns (except for the first play), I think the run blocking will be good enough to allow for another elite season on offense.</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">Capers has been the Packers DC for three seasons now. In ’09 his D was 7th in scoring D, allowing 18.6 pts/game. In ’10: 2nd in scoring D allowing 15 pts/game and last season 19th in scoring D allowing 22.4 pts./game. Beyond that in the passing league that is today’s NFL, his Ds have finished first in the league with 30 INTs, second in the league with 24 INTs, and first in the league with 31 INTs respectively. Add in the fumbles recovered and <em>Capers’ Ds have averaged forcing 2.3 turnovers per game</em>. So in his three years in Green Bay his Ds have averaged surrendering 18.7 pts/game while McCarthy’s offenses have averaged 29.3 pts/game. (All stats are regular season results.) </span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma'">The D was bad last season, no doubt about that. Certainly Capers shares responsibility for that. But do you think there was an effective pass rusher he left on the bench? Should he have benched Williams because of his injured shoulder? Does Thompson share any of the blame? Should Capers be judged on his entire body of work in Green Bay or just one season? Just curious: How could a Packers fan not be a fan of his scheme during the <em>2010 season</em>? </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 458235, member: 4300"] [COLOR=black][FONT=Tahoma]weeds I mostly agree, IMO the only thing preseason games are useful for is evaluating individual players and even then it’s difficult because opponents are usually playing “vanilla” schemes and may be testing non-starters even from the beginning of the game. However IMO a good example this season where an early evaluation is justified is Davon House. IMO he looked damn good and if he gets 100% healthy (which appears unlikely this season) I think he’s the answer opposite Williams, even though that’s not much evidence upon which to base an opinion. Where we disagree is IMO the backup QB usually does get snaps with most of the starting O. I think that happened after Rodgers’ early exit in the first fake game but I deleted it and don’t care enough to research it now. And now in practice I’m sure he’s getting snaps with the first team against the scout team so the coaching staff has a lot of plays to base their evaluation on even if we don’t. I also disagree about Harrell not being able to have performed better. There were far too many plays IMO where he had time to throw and still made a bad decision or a bad throw. But he only has one QB camp under his belt. As to a run blocking camp, IMO if Newhouse stays healthy and pass blocks as he did vs. the Browns (except for the first play), I think the run blocking will be good enough to allow for another elite season on offense.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]Capers has been the Packers DC for three seasons now. In ’09 his D was 7th in scoring D, allowing 18.6 pts/game. In ’10: 2nd in scoring D allowing 15 pts/game and last season 19th in scoring D allowing 22.4 pts./game. Beyond that in the passing league that is today’s NFL, his Ds have finished first in the league with 30 INTs, second in the league with 24 INTs, and first in the league with 31 INTs respectively. Add in the fumbles recovered and [I]Capers’ Ds have averaged forcing 2.3 turnovers per game[/I]. So in his three years in Green Bay his Ds have averaged surrendering 18.7 pts/game while McCarthy’s offenses have averaged 29.3 pts/game. (All stats are regular season results.) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Tahoma]The D was bad last season, no doubt about that. Certainly Capers shares responsibility for that. But do you think there was an effective pass rusher he left on the bench? Should he have benched Williams because of his injured shoulder? Does Thompson share any of the blame? Should Capers be judged on his entire body of work in Green Bay or just one season? Just curious: How could a Packers fan not be a fan of his scheme during the [I]2010 season[/I]? [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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