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<blockquote data-quote="FrankRizzo" data-source="post: 403385" data-attributes="member: 2232"><p>Peter King talked to Dandy Dom about the defensive problems:</p><p></p><p><strong>How much should you be worried about that defense, Packer fans?</strong></p><p>Let's ask the guru, Green Bay defensive coordinator Dom Capers, heading into the Monday-nighter against the Vikings.</p><p>"I don't like the way we're playing,'' Capers told me the other day. "I like the way we're taking it away, but I don't like all the big plays we're giving up, and we need to communicate a lot better going forward if we're going to fix this.</p><p></p><p>But the one thing I remember about last year was it was just about this time when we started playing well on defense. We went to New York and shut out the Jets, we held the Cowboys to seven points and the Vikings to three. Then we won our last six [including postseason] and played pretty well on defense using a lot of people. We found our niche. Now we've got to do that this season.''</p><p></p><p>So it's been done. But not since mid-2009 have the Packers given up this many points (65) in consecutive games. According to ProFootballFocus, the trio of corners who helped the Packers win the Super Bowl last year (Tramon Williams, Charles Woodson, Sam Shields) <strong>allowed nine touchdown passes all of last season; they've allowed eight this year through eight games.</strong></p><p></p><p>I watched the tape of the Packers-Chargers game, and two or three times one defensive back would turn around after a play and yap to another. Williams, on one play, lit into a couple of his mates, presumably for not providing the safety help he thought should have been there. From talking to Capers, that's what he meant by the communication problems. I saw a defense bothering the quarterback enough but breaking down badly in the back end.</p><p></p><p><strong>"Not up to our standards, but that's sort of been the pattern this season,''</strong> Capers said. "Their long run of the game was nine yards, which is good. But they had seven pass plays of 20 yards or more. That <strong>we can't allow.''</strong></p><p></p><p>Capers, in piloting two expansion teams, said the plan for great NFL teams hasn't changed. Build a defense, find a quarterback. In Carolina, he did it with Kerry Collins and a stingy defense built through the draft and free agency. In Houston, he tried to do it with David Carr and defense, but both weren't up to NFL averages.</p><p></p><p>He looks at the Packers now and sees a team with a great quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, and what should be a good defense. And he knows it's foolish to expect Rodgers to put up 40 points every week, because sometimes great offenses (see: New England, Super Bowl, 2008) have an off day. He understands the impression fans have: If the Packers are going to stay unbeaten, they're going to have to have Rodgers win shootouts.</p><p></p><p>"I understand why people would think that,'' Capers said. "We just have to stress communication with the guys, everybody being where they're supposed to be, because when they are, we definitely should make the plays. But we've done it before. Last year, Tramon and Sam covered as well as any two corners in the league. We can get back to that level. I've seen it.''</p><p></p><p>You'll get an excellent indicator tonight, with rookie Christian Ponder coming to Lambeau Field with all the distractions and noise attendant to that experience for a visiting quarterback. If the Packers struggle holding the Vikings down, you'll know it's going to be pretty tough to keep this undefeated streak alive in the coming weeks.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/index.html#ixzz1diFbjHB1" target="_blank"><span style="color: #003399">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/index.html#ixzz1diFbjHB1</span></a></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrankRizzo, post: 403385, member: 2232"] Peter King talked to Dandy Dom about the defensive problems: [B]How much should you be worried about that defense, Packer fans?[/B] Let's ask the guru, Green Bay defensive coordinator Dom Capers, heading into the Monday-nighter against the Vikings. "I don't like the way we're playing,'' Capers told me the other day. "I like the way we're taking it away, but I don't like all the big plays we're giving up, and we need to communicate a lot better going forward if we're going to fix this. But the one thing I remember about last year was it was just about this time when we started playing well on defense. We went to New York and shut out the Jets, we held the Cowboys to seven points and the Vikings to three. Then we won our last six [including postseason] and played pretty well on defense using a lot of people. We found our niche. Now we've got to do that this season.'' So it's been done. But not since mid-2009 have the Packers given up this many points (65) in consecutive games. According to ProFootballFocus, the trio of corners who helped the Packers win the Super Bowl last year (Tramon Williams, Charles Woodson, Sam Shields) [B]allowed nine touchdown passes all of last season; they've allowed eight this year through eight games.[/B] I watched the tape of the Packers-Chargers game, and two or three times one defensive back would turn around after a play and yap to another. Williams, on one play, lit into a couple of his mates, presumably for not providing the safety help he thought should have been there. From talking to Capers, that's what he meant by the communication problems. I saw a defense bothering the quarterback enough but breaking down badly in the back end. [B]"Not up to our standards, but that's sort of been the pattern this season,''[/B] Capers said. "Their long run of the game was nine yards, which is good. But they had seven pass plays of 20 yards or more. That [B]we can't allow.''[/B] Capers, in piloting two expansion teams, said the plan for great NFL teams hasn't changed. Build a defense, find a quarterback. In Carolina, he did it with Kerry Collins and a stingy defense built through the draft and free agency. In Houston, he tried to do it with David Carr and defense, but both weren't up to NFL averages. He looks at the Packers now and sees a team with a great quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, and what should be a good defense. And he knows it's foolish to expect Rodgers to put up 40 points every week, because sometimes great offenses (see: New England, Super Bowl, 2008) have an off day. He understands the impression fans have: If the Packers are going to stay unbeaten, they're going to have to have Rodgers win shootouts. "I understand why people would think that,'' Capers said. "We just have to stress communication with the guys, everybody being where they're supposed to be, because when they are, we definitely should make the plays. But we've done it before. Last year, Tramon and Sam covered as well as any two corners in the league. We can get back to that level. I've seen it.'' You'll get an excellent indicator tonight, with rookie Christian Ponder coming to Lambeau Field with all the distractions and noise attendant to that experience for a visiting quarterback. If the Packers struggle holding the Vikings down, you'll know it's going to be pretty tough to keep this undefeated streak alive in the coming weeks. [LEFT][COLOR=#000000]Read more: [URL='http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/index.html#ixzz1diFbjHB1'][COLOR=#003399]http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/peter_king/11/14/Week10/index.html#ixzz1diFbjHB1[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/LEFT] [/QUOTE]
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