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<blockquote data-quote="ivo610" data-source="post: 277728" data-attributes="member: 2128"><p>more of the interview</p><p></p><p><strong>Has Aaron Rodgers picked himself up and dusted himself off after the sudden end to the Arizona game?: </strong>Just being down here this week, whether we like it or not, we’re going to be seeing a lot of that play, just the way it has been evaluated. NFL Films is doing a segment on it. It’s only normal when you go through a season of scheme evaluation, we’ll see that play because it’s a base play in our offense, over and over again. I don’t think you hide from it. The most important thing is to learn from it. I don’t think it hurt his confidence. It probably helped that he played in the Pro Bowl a couple weeks later. He went down there and had a very positive experience. I can’ t tell you from Norv Turner to Wade Phillips, I saw a bunch of the Dallas coaches, Ray Sherman and Skip Peete at the combine, talking to Mike Shanahan last night, how complimentary everybody has been of Aaron. Just the opportunity to be around him on a personal note. It’s like everything. The Pro Bowl is a great opportunity for a young coach. My first year in the league in ’93, I had a chance to coach in the Pro Bowl. To see John Elway, to see those type of players up close at a young age, it really shows you what they’re supposed to look at at a young age. I think Aaron kind of impressed a lot of people that way based on the feedback I’ve received.</p><p> <strong>What’s the off-season plan with him: </strong>Well, we’ve started quarterback school on Tuesday just like we always have. We went through our quarterback profile tapes and workouts and he’s very fundamentally strong. Just going back there are a couple little things with his footwork that we’ll continue to work on. Went through some of the adjustments we’ve made as a staff as far as protection and then we’ll just start working through all the cutups. It’s a normal off-season for him. And it’s a big off-season for Matt Flynn because he really prospered from it last year. We’ll see if Matt can take another step. I just want to make sure he has everything in his grasp by the end of April like he always has so he’ll have May and June to work on it.</p><p> <strong>What steps do you take to keep him from taking so many sacks:</strong> Well, he watched the tape. We went through it, the quarterbacks thing was Thursday. There will be coaching points that he’ll be aware of. Just knowing him personally, that will probably be one of the things at the top of his list in his individual improvement. I look for him in his responsibility to get the ball out. Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system that’s a plus. That’s a plus decision. That’s the way I’ve always graded it. I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That’s kind of an old-school theory but it has existed in this game. I think as I sit here today we’ll be much better in that area.</p><p> <strong>What is your feeling on the way A.J. Hawk and Nick Barnett played last year:</strong> First, talking about A.J, I think A.J. did some really, really good things just going through the scheme evaluation, particularly in the base. I know he wants to be on the field all the time, I respect that, I understand that, but that’s really up to him as far as the competition. I think that linebacker group is as competitive a position on our football team. You have four individuals there that can probably all can play all three downs. So it’s a very competitive group, and no different for Nick. He’s going to be better another year into the defense. There’s some mistakes that Nick made early in the year just one particular technique that him and I talked about after the season that he didn’t get comfortable (with) until after the season. That’s really, those are the type of hurdles you have to jump over in the first year. That’s normal. Definitely with him being here in the offseason, he’ll be much better off. And we’re going to try to be creative with those guys, keeping those guys on the field in sub. I think both Nick and Brandon Chillar have outside pass-rush ability. I’m not saying we’re going to do it all the time, but it’s definitely an option for us that we’ve talked about.</p><p> <strong>Spread offenses had a lot of success against you. Why was that?</strong> I think the dime personnel probably wasn’t what we would have liked it to have been in certain segments, I don’t think you can deny that. And you can base some of that on injury. There’s some guys that probably didn’t play as well as the opportunity presented themselves for. That’s the thing, just going back to the linebacker, is it more nickel groups? Is it the combination of sub groups? Because it’s a sub game more and more. I wouldn’t be surprised if the sub defenses are 60 percent and your base is 40 next year just the way these offenses are going in the league. So we’ve got to make sure we have the versatility of using those guys, whether it’s linebackers, fifth or sixth DB, however we get there.</p><p> <strong>How do you feel about the secondary now?: </strong>I think our board looks good on paper, if you look at all the names up there, but you’ve got three corners coming off of major knee (injuries), two of the three coming off major knee surgeries. So I don’t think you ever have enough corners or pass rushers, regardless of what scheme you play in. But yeah, our board looks as good as it’s been on paper. But those questions really will be answered in training camp.</p><p> <strong>Which players do you expect to make the biggest advancement this season: </strong>T.J. Lang, Brandon </p><p>Underwood. Those are the two that jump out. You say how can Clay Matthews get better? Well he can get better. Brad Jones is another guy in that category. I really think those rookies, this is their biggest window to make that jump and it’s important and it’s been identified. These young kids come out of college, they play their senior year, they train like crazy for the combine, they go into the NFL season and the season’s over and they just kind of let everything they gained to that point go backwards instead of trying to maintain it. Then you get them back there in March and they’re starting over again. You’re trying to catch back up to what you had accomplished with these guys. Hopefully we avoided some of that and they’re able to start at zero instead of negative 10 whether it’s their weight or body fat or things like that. Our whole offseason program is tailored toward individual improvement, it’s tailored to the youngest most inexperienced player in the building.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivo610, post: 277728, member: 2128"] more of the interview [B]Has Aaron Rodgers picked himself up and dusted himself off after the sudden end to the Arizona game?: [/B]Just being down here this week, whether we like it or not, we’re going to be seeing a lot of that play, just the way it has been evaluated. NFL Films is doing a segment on it. It’s only normal when you go through a season of scheme evaluation, we’ll see that play because it’s a base play in our offense, over and over again. I don’t think you hide from it. The most important thing is to learn from it. I don’t think it hurt his confidence. It probably helped that he played in the Pro Bowl a couple weeks later. He went down there and had a very positive experience. I can’ t tell you from Norv Turner to Wade Phillips, I saw a bunch of the Dallas coaches, Ray Sherman and Skip Peete at the combine, talking to Mike Shanahan last night, how complimentary everybody has been of Aaron. Just the opportunity to be around him on a personal note. It’s like everything. The Pro Bowl is a great opportunity for a young coach. My first year in the league in ’93, I had a chance to coach in the Pro Bowl. To see John Elway, to see those type of players up close at a young age, it really shows you what they’re supposed to look at at a young age. I think Aaron kind of impressed a lot of people that way based on the feedback I’ve received. [B]What’s the off-season plan with him: [/B]Well, we’ve started quarterback school on Tuesday just like we always have. We went through our quarterback profile tapes and workouts and he’s very fundamentally strong. Just going back there are a couple little things with his footwork that we’ll continue to work on. Went through some of the adjustments we’ve made as a staff as far as protection and then we’ll just start working through all the cutups. It’s a normal off-season for him. And it’s a big off-season for Matt Flynn because he really prospered from it last year. We’ll see if Matt can take another step. I just want to make sure he has everything in his grasp by the end of April like he always has so he’ll have May and June to work on it. [B]What steps do you take to keep him from taking so many sacks:[/B] Well, he watched the tape. We went through it, the quarterbacks thing was Thursday. There will be coaching points that he’ll be aware of. Just knowing him personally, that will probably be one of the things at the top of his list in his individual improvement. I look for him in his responsibility to get the ball out. Throwaways are OK. When a quarterback throws the ball away in our system that’s a plus. That’s a plus decision. That’s the way I’ve always graded it. I worked at a place that followed a system where the quarterback was taught to take the sack rather than force the throw. That’s kind of an old-school theory but it has existed in this game. I think as I sit here today we’ll be much better in that area. [B]What is your feeling on the way A.J. Hawk and Nick Barnett played last year:[/B] First, talking about A.J, I think A.J. did some really, really good things just going through the scheme evaluation, particularly in the base. I know he wants to be on the field all the time, I respect that, I understand that, but that’s really up to him as far as the competition. I think that linebacker group is as competitive a position on our football team. You have four individuals there that can probably all can play all three downs. So it’s a very competitive group, and no different for Nick. He’s going to be better another year into the defense. There’s some mistakes that Nick made early in the year just one particular technique that him and I talked about after the season that he didn’t get comfortable (with) until after the season. That’s really, those are the type of hurdles you have to jump over in the first year. That’s normal. Definitely with him being here in the offseason, he’ll be much better off. And we’re going to try to be creative with those guys, keeping those guys on the field in sub. I think both Nick and Brandon Chillar have outside pass-rush ability. I’m not saying we’re going to do it all the time, but it’s definitely an option for us that we’ve talked about. [B]Spread offenses had a lot of success against you. Why was that?[/B] I think the dime personnel probably wasn’t what we would have liked it to have been in certain segments, I don’t think you can deny that. And you can base some of that on injury. There’s some guys that probably didn’t play as well as the opportunity presented themselves for. That’s the thing, just going back to the linebacker, is it more nickel groups? Is it the combination of sub groups? Because it’s a sub game more and more. I wouldn’t be surprised if the sub defenses are 60 percent and your base is 40 next year just the way these offenses are going in the league. So we’ve got to make sure we have the versatility of using those guys, whether it’s linebackers, fifth or sixth DB, however we get there. [B]How do you feel about the secondary now?: [/B]I think our board looks good on paper, if you look at all the names up there, but you’ve got three corners coming off of major knee (injuries), two of the three coming off major knee surgeries. So I don’t think you ever have enough corners or pass rushers, regardless of what scheme you play in. But yeah, our board looks as good as it’s been on paper. But those questions really will be answered in training camp. [B]Which players do you expect to make the biggest advancement this season: [/B]T.J. Lang, Brandon Underwood. Those are the two that jump out. You say how can Clay Matthews get better? Well he can get better. Brad Jones is another guy in that category. I really think those rookies, this is their biggest window to make that jump and it’s important and it’s been identified. These young kids come out of college, they play their senior year, they train like crazy for the combine, they go into the NFL season and the season’s over and they just kind of let everything they gained to that point go backwards instead of trying to maintain it. Then you get them back there in March and they’re starting over again. You’re trying to catch back up to what you had accomplished with these guys. Hopefully we avoided some of that and they’re able to start at zero instead of negative 10 whether it’s their weight or body fat or things like that. Our whole offseason program is tailored toward individual improvement, it’s tailored to the youngest most inexperienced player in the building. [/QUOTE]
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