Notebook: McCarthy Focusing On Improvement

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While Green Bay's players are in the midst of the second week of the offseason program with strength and conditioning workouts at Lambeau Field, Head Coach Mike McCarthy is looking ahead to some areas he would like to see the team take a step forward in next season.

The Packers made noticeable strides on defense in 2009, finishing No. 1 in the NFL against the run for the first time in league history and No. 2 in overall defense after finishing 26th and 20th in those respective categories in '08. Having recently finished the scheme evaluation with defensive coordinator Dom Capers, McCarthy has identified aspects that need to make a jump in 2010.

"We haven't even really presented it to the team yet, but the two biggest things for us defensively are going to be tackling and handling adversity," said McCarthy, during a break at the league's annual meetings in Orlando, Fla. "Our adversity situations this year were not close to what they needed to be, and did not match up..

Source: Packers.com
 

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