Jonathan Gannon new Packer DC

[milani]

Custer was overly confident.

Up until halftime.

 

[rmontro]

Up until halftime.

Couldn't make those halftime adjustments, I guess.

 

[SudsMcBucky]

Couldn't make those halftime adjustments, I guess.

Is MLF a descendent of Custer?

 

[DoURant]

Hafley ran a solid defense, but it did seem predictable. I didn't see much difference from year 1 to year 2. His D was decimated by injuries, notably Parsons and Wyatt, and the CB group was just not good - mostly due to the players rather than the defensive calls.

Pending who's on the field after injuries, that can limit what you can call. Losing Parsons and Wyatt, and getting less pressure on tge QB because of that, makes the DB's job tougher. Hard to cover guys for 5-10 seconds.

 

[Heyjoe4]

Pending who's on the field after injuries, that can limit what you can call. Losing Parsons and Wyatt, and getting less pressure on tge QB because of that, makes the DB's job tougher. Hard to cover guys for 5-10 seconds.

Good point. When Parsons joined the team, he got to the QB so quickly that receivers couldn't run complete routes longer than 3 or 4 yards, if that. It did make the job of the DBs much easier.

 

[Pokerbrat2000]

Good point. When Parsons joined the team, he got to the QB so quickly that receivers couldn't run complete routes longer than 3 or 4 yards, if that. It did make the job of the DBs much easier.

Yup and if the DB's can cover their men well, that allows the DL to have a better shot of sacking the QB or forcing a bad pass. 11 pieces to a well greased defense. 1 fails and it can make the other 10 look like they failed too.

 

[OldSchool101]

Custer was overly confident.

Yes. It made me revisit that story. One lesson to be taken was to never underestimate the strength of your opponent. Better to be over prepared than ill prepared.

 

[milani]

Yes. It made me revisit that story. One lesson to be taken was to never underestimate the strength of your opponent. Better to be over prepared than ill prepared.

Whether on the frontier or the other side of the world, Hubris can be the downfall of any military commander. Like King Darius the Persian.

 

[SudsMcBucky]

My wife and I stopped for a tour of Little Big Horn on our trip 2 years ago on our drive from the Black Hills to Yellowstone. It was so much different than what I expected, most specifically the amount of area in which the battle took place was much smaller than I had imagined it to be.

 

[OldSchool101]

What I’m hearing and seeing from Gannon is compelling.

1. Matt and himself went through every Defender on tape, one by one. They did what I’d call a strict Evaluation. Its essentially coming to a consensus on what couple of things does they player do exceptionally well and also which aspects of their game do they need to improve.

That attitude in itself imo is going to be a key to 2026. Imo one of the areas we’ve failed in the past is putting particular players in positions to expound upon their strengths. Im not just picking on Hafley because imo its more common than not. I think partly it’s somewhat of a confidence thing when you’re a newer DC and you feel like maybe you have to prove you’re worthy OR we’re coming off a previous season of underperformance. Instead of knowing you’re worthy and raising the bar you play it safe. Rather than trying areas of improvement you might stay traditional.

I’ve seen countless players in GB that I thought were mismanaged. Now to our DC Defense, some was based on necessity. Wooden is the most recent example. My personal mismanaged list is Eric Stokes, Edgerrin Cooper (2025) Oren Burks, Casey Hayward, Lance Kendrick’s, Aaron Jones in some partial seasons being held to <20 touches. I even think Lukas Van Ness to a degree coming into the NFL has been stretched too thin for his limited experience. It’s like they experimented with many players early on, instead of putting them in their best respective position to succeed.

All DC’s make mistakes in player usage. The good ones realize it quicker and adapt. I don’t think Gannon is going to stay locked in a box. From game to game he’s going to make better ongoing adjustments. Possibly even within games or to finish games we’ll see this.