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<blockquote data-quote="wist43" data-source="post: 569156" data-attributes="member: 9839"><p>Fritz Shurmer dreamed up the 2-5 back in the 80's when he was with the Rams... they were shorthanded on the DL, and had a decent stable of LB's - so he drew up the 2-5 to take advantage of his personnel. It didn't work well, and was only a shortlived experiment - at least that is my first recollection of seeing the alignment.</p><p> </p><p>It would seem, if you believe McGinn, that Capers and the Packers have decided that the 2-5 has a place with the Packers, and they intend on using it a lot this season in place of a base 3-4.</p><p> </p><p>Given that they've booted all of their big 3-4 DL, and only had 4 DL active for the Seahawk game - that unfortunately might be the case.</p><p> </p><p>The 2-5 is a niche, changeup subpackage that might be used to some effect on occassion - but to be used as a base?? We will get run over. Our starting LB's are very much below average (Hawk and Jones) - if they are the best we have, and they are presumably better than their backups... why in heavens name would this coaching staff commit to an alignment that is wholly dependent upon players that are below average??</p><p> </p><p>Watching the 2-4 get run over repeatedly last year, to the tune of a 27th place finish in rushing yds allowed, why would MM and TT go along with Capers to only tweak that ineffective alignment by going with a below average LB instead of a heavier DL that can actually stymie an offensive lineman on the LOS??</p><p> </p><p>It would seem that the 2-5 is what the Packers braintrust has been working on all offseason as the fix for their pathetic run defense - if that proves true throughout the season, we are going to be at the bottom of the league in run defense again this season.</p><p> </p><p>We gave up 207 rushing yds against the Seahawks - not a promising start to Capers supposed fix.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wist43, post: 569156, member: 9839"] Fritz Shurmer dreamed up the 2-5 back in the 80's when he was with the Rams... they were shorthanded on the DL, and had a decent stable of LB's - so he drew up the 2-5 to take advantage of his personnel. It didn't work well, and was only a shortlived experiment - at least that is my first recollection of seeing the alignment. It would seem, if you believe McGinn, that Capers and the Packers have decided that the 2-5 has a place with the Packers, and they intend on using it a lot this season in place of a base 3-4. Given that they've booted all of their big 3-4 DL, and only had 4 DL active for the Seahawk game - that unfortunately might be the case. The 2-5 is a niche, changeup subpackage that might be used to some effect on occassion - but to be used as a base?? We will get run over. Our starting LB's are very much below average (Hawk and Jones) - if they are the best we have, and they are presumably better than their backups... why in heavens name would this coaching staff commit to an alignment that is wholly dependent upon players that are below average?? Watching the 2-4 get run over repeatedly last year, to the tune of a 27th place finish in rushing yds allowed, why would MM and TT go along with Capers to only tweak that ineffective alignment by going with a below average LB instead of a heavier DL that can actually stymie an offensive lineman on the LOS?? It would seem that the 2-5 is what the Packers braintrust has been working on all offseason as the fix for their pathetic run defense - if that proves true throughout the season, we are going to be at the bottom of the league in run defense again this season. We gave up 207 rushing yds against the Seahawks - not a promising start to Capers supposed fix. [/QUOTE]
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