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<blockquote data-quote="XPack" data-source="post: 881845" data-attributes="member: 10209"><p>So, despite seeing positive change in tactics and personnel, I still don't see a big jump in overall quality. It still is a nice step up from DC era, but somehow I feel we are still under performing.</p><p></p><p>Anyways some quotes from Mike:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.packers.com/news/pettine-the-ball-just-finds-chandon-sullivan" target="_blank">https://www.packers.com/news/pettine-the-ball-just-finds-chandon-sullivan</a></p><p></p><p>On <a href="https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/za-darius-smith/" target="_blank">Za'Darius Smith</a> and <a href="https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/preston-smith/" target="_blank">Preston Smith</a> playing fewer snaps:</p><p></p><p>I think it's important that your edge guys, your key pass rushers, are fresh late in the game. You're going to win a lot of games if you guys that can rush the passer have their legs late in the game. That's' the goal. Last year, those guys were in good shape. You had to save them from themselves. They wanted to fight you if you were taking them out of the game. It's not just them. We felt <a href="https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/kenny-clark/" target="_blank">Kenny Clark</a>'s snaps last year were up there as well. Just looking for ways, without dropping our level of efficiency, to get him some decreased reps as well.</p><p></p><p>On the edge rushers defending the run and staying aggressive:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Part of it is just their process pre-snap, taking the picture like everybody else does. What personal grouping are they in, what's the down and distance, what's the formation telling them. Having an educated guess on what they're going to get. We don't play laterally and have guys chase their gaps. If we get knock back, if we knock the guard a yard back in the backfield, and end up alter in the down in the wrong gap, we've created separation between him and the linebackers, and the feel of the linebackers is now my gap has changed, from the A to the B. Most guys have a natural feel for how to do that. We feel good about where we are, some of the tweaks we made. We're going to get tested right out of the gate on Sunday.</p><p></p><p>On <a href="https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/christian-kirksey/" target="_blank">Christian Kirksey</a>:</p><p></p><p>He's a natural leader. We saw that when we drafted him in Cleveland. Now the guy has some time in the league and just knows the NFL game. To the surprise of no one, he's made it as long as he has in the league because of who he is. He's a professional, he takes care of himself. He's everything you're looking for. He's smart, he's tough. We're certainly looking forward to get the best of him this year.</p><p></p><p>On run defense being about attitude:</p><p></p><p>It's more than that, but you have to have that mentality, you have to take it personal when teams want to run the ball on you. It's not necessarily what we're playing, but how we're playing it. We want to be able to line up in the most basic front and basic coverage and be able to stop the run. When you throw scheme on top of it to defend a certain team, you hope your results are positive.</p><p></p><p></p><p>On <a href="https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/chandon-sullivan/" target="_blank">Chandon Sullivan</a>:</p><p></p><p>He's been a professional. He's always prepared. He's super coachable. He asks the right questions. He's one of those guys the ball just finds him. He's really settled into that slot corner, the nickel role, and he's taken it and run with it. He's been solid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="XPack, post: 881845, member: 10209"] So, despite seeing positive change in tactics and personnel, I still don't see a big jump in overall quality. It still is a nice step up from DC era, but somehow I feel we are still under performing. Anyways some quotes from Mike: [URL]https://www.packers.com/news/pettine-the-ball-just-finds-chandon-sullivan[/URL] On [URL='https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/za-darius-smith/']Za'Darius Smith[/URL] and [URL='https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/preston-smith/']Preston Smith[/URL] playing fewer snaps: I think it's important that your edge guys, your key pass rushers, are fresh late in the game. You're going to win a lot of games if you guys that can rush the passer have their legs late in the game. That's' the goal. Last year, those guys were in good shape. You had to save them from themselves. They wanted to fight you if you were taking them out of the game. It's not just them. We felt [URL='https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/kenny-clark/']Kenny Clark[/URL]'s snaps last year were up there as well. Just looking for ways, without dropping our level of efficiency, to get him some decreased reps as well. On the edge rushers defending the run and staying aggressive: Part of it is just their process pre-snap, taking the picture like everybody else does. What personal grouping are they in, what's the down and distance, what's the formation telling them. Having an educated guess on what they're going to get. We don't play laterally and have guys chase their gaps. If we get knock back, if we knock the guard a yard back in the backfield, and end up alter in the down in the wrong gap, we've created separation between him and the linebackers, and the feel of the linebackers is now my gap has changed, from the A to the B. Most guys have a natural feel for how to do that. We feel good about where we are, some of the tweaks we made. We're going to get tested right out of the gate on Sunday. On [URL='https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/christian-kirksey/']Christian Kirksey[/URL]: He's a natural leader. We saw that when we drafted him in Cleveland. Now the guy has some time in the league and just knows the NFL game. To the surprise of no one, he's made it as long as he has in the league because of who he is. He's a professional, he takes care of himself. He's everything you're looking for. He's smart, he's tough. We're certainly looking forward to get the best of him this year. On run defense being about attitude: It's more than that, but you have to have that mentality, you have to take it personal when teams want to run the ball on you. It's not necessarily what we're playing, but how we're playing it. We want to be able to line up in the most basic front and basic coverage and be able to stop the run. When you throw scheme on top of it to defend a certain team, you hope your results are positive. On [URL='https://www.packers.com/team/players-roster/chandon-sullivan/']Chandon Sullivan[/URL]: He's been a professional. He's always prepared. He's super coachable. He asks the right questions. He's one of those guys the ball just finds him. He's really settled into that slot corner, the nickel role, and he's taken it and run with it. He's been solid. [/QUOTE]
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