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<blockquote data-quote="ivo610" data-source="post: 314457" data-attributes="member: 2128"><p>Green Bay -- The following are excerpts from interviews conducted with Green Bay Packers assistant coaches Monday afternoon, a day after the Packers' 20-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons:</p><p></p><p>SPECIAL TEAMS COACH SHAUN SLOCUM</p><p></p><p>On the final kickoff was Nick Collins trying too hard to make a big play? He tried to shoot the gap on the left side and he could have done a better job reading the play and understanding it was a middle return and folding over the top.</p><p></p><p>How much of a setback is that for you after three good weeks? I’ll say this, we lost the football game. You win and lose as a team. We’ve played pretty productive special teams over the last four weeks. No penalties. I think some of those penalties (Sunday) were impactful in the ball game. I think we need to continue to move forward. We didn’t get it done yesterday and we have one focus, the San Francisco 49ers.</p><p></p><p>What did you think of the Sam Shields penalty on the kick return when he was called for a personal foul? I saw Sam use a stiff arm and his hand ended up in the facemask area of the player. It was not malicious by any means. I think he was protecting himself on a sideline tackle. That’s what I saw.</p><p></p><p>What did you think of Mason Crosby’s last kickoff? Mason kicked a good ball. About 75, 76 yards, 5 or 6 yards deep. He had an over 4-second hang time. I thought we should have done a better job covering.</p><p></p><p>SAFETIES COACH DARREN PERRY</p><p></p><p>Did your players understand how hard it was going to be to get Michael Turner down on the ground? I think we tried to show them a pretty good picture of what he was like. I think they saw the video of other players, other teams going against him. Obviously, you can’t simulate that in practice. But I think they understood the magnitude of the challenge of getting him on the ground.</p><p></p><p>Were the players just going too much for ankles? I think sometimes if you don’t hit him in his power source he’s going to bounce off of you. But more importantly, when you think you’re close to him, you have to take one more step because so many people want to gather because he’s so powerful. Sometimes you start thinking too much about how you want to hit him, what angle you’re going to take to hit him and next thing you know you come up short and you can’t get your head across. And if you arm tackle him, he’s just going to keep on going. He’ll run through that. You have to get underneath him and hit him in his power source.</p><p></p><p>On the final series, where you’re blitzing up the middle, is there more your safeties could have done? Can they jump any of those routes? No. You’re playing zero coverage. You’re trying to knock them out of field goal range. It’s one of those deals where you can get up and press, but any time you’re playing man you have to be conscious about being picked. So we have to have one guy off, to eliminate pick routes when they know you’re running man-to-man and give them a cheap one.</p><p></p><p>Do you feel like you did all you could in light of how close the Falcons were to field-goal range on their final series? They need 10 yards to get a field goal, you can’t give it to them, regardless where they are. If they get the ball on the 1-yard line, our goal is to not lose the game and let our offense win it. I think that’s the motto you have to live by on defense. We’re not going to win that game. Our job is to not lose the game because if they don’t score, we can’t lose.</p><p></p><p>DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DOM CAPERS</p><p></p><p>Are you happy with the way you stacked up against the Falcons despite the loss? I don’t know if you’re every totally happy. The two touchdowns they scored, they had first and goal on the 5 and we got them to third and 4 and they ran the 'nod' route on us and stuck the ball in there. We can play that better. Then they had first and goal on the 1 and it took them to fourth and 1 to get it in. They had to fight their tail off to get the ball in against us. It’s one of the things we’ve been doing better than anybody in the league is keeping people out of the end zone. So, I think our guys are still confident in our ability to do that. We have to clean up the things we weren’t sharp in yesterday.</p><p></p><p>Were both sacks on four-man rushes? It was a combination of coverage on both of those. (Matt) Ryan didn’t have any place to go so he had to hold the ball. The first one where (Frank) Zombo got his sack we had really good rush lane distribution and same thing when Cullen (jenkins) got his. Cullen got off a block late, the one lineman went out to block the outside guy and he was singled up and he beat the guy. But we had very good coverage on both of those.</p><p></p><p>How do you view the close losses you've suffered, four of them each by a field goal? Is there a common thread? Everyone was a little bit different. First game against Chicago we had two interceptions nullified by penalties and two others hit us in the hands and we shot ourselves in the foot. The Miami game we were playing pretty shorthanded on defense and it affected us. We had them stopped and put them back on the field again and they scored a touchdown. Every game is a little bit different. One thing when you get into December you have to be playing your best. That’s the challenge. I think the last four weeks we’ve been playing our best. We weren’t quite as sharp as we needed to on the road against a good football team to win the game.</p><p></p><p>OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOE PHILBIN</p><p></p><p>What do you think about running back James Starks? Very competitive guy, eager learner, has some good hands. I think he’s got a big body. He runs a little high at this time. But he’s very young, but I like him. He’s got some instincts that are hard to teach and hard to drill into somebody.</p><p></p><p>Do you practice that last "Cal Band" play you used at the end of the game a lot? We did this week. Usually we alternate weeks. We did it the other day. There was still (Dunta) Robinson here and another deep guy, but you never know.</p><p></p><p>Were you happy with the flea-flicker? It was a good play, but it wasn’t exactly the way you draw it up, let’s put it that way. We’re not going to turn our nose up at a 30-yard gain. To sit there and say we had perfect execution and that’s the way we dialed it up wouldn’t be honest. We weren’t able to sell it the way we wanted. Brandon ran into the tackle, the right tackle got bumped, guys are coming off (blocks), so it wasn’t the greatest football play. Let’s put it this way, I’m not going to be giving a clinic about that in the off-season. No one is going to be impressed with it.</p><p></p><p>RUNNING BACKS COACH EDGAR BENNETT</p><p></p><p>How has Starks developed since coming off PUP? He continues to get better. … He needs to continue to work on his fundamentals and get comfortable with what we’re asking him to do. It’s been extremely positive. All of the situations we’ve put him in – certainly some extremely competitive – he’s stepped up to the challenge. We see this kid continue to improve. At some point, like coach mentioned, he’ll probably get an opportunity.</p><p></p><p>How do you get him ready in a hurry? You certainly want to put him in that game-type setting because the speed is different than it is in practice. We try to simulate the tempo of the game speed as best we can in practice but obviously it’s a little bit different. Certainly, you want to get him more live reps. It’s been awhile as far as the contact part of it, the physical part of it.</p><p></p><p>Was Dimitri Nance's failed third and 1 similar to the one he converted against Minnesota? No, unfortunately it was a different play. Even coach made reference to trying to get a timeout because they ended up going to a goal-line defense, so from a personnel standpoint we tried to get a timeout and unfortunately it didn’t happen. Nance read the play correctly, on that first initial contact he accelerated his feet and the kid gave tremendous effort. Unfortunately, we just didn’t convert.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ivo610, post: 314457, member: 2128"] Green Bay -- The following are excerpts from interviews conducted with Green Bay Packers assistant coaches Monday afternoon, a day after the Packers' 20-17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons: SPECIAL TEAMS COACH SHAUN SLOCUM On the final kickoff was Nick Collins trying too hard to make a big play? He tried to shoot the gap on the left side and he could have done a better job reading the play and understanding it was a middle return and folding over the top. How much of a setback is that for you after three good weeks? I’ll say this, we lost the football game. You win and lose as a team. We’ve played pretty productive special teams over the last four weeks. No penalties. I think some of those penalties (Sunday) were impactful in the ball game. I think we need to continue to move forward. We didn’t get it done yesterday and we have one focus, the San Francisco 49ers. What did you think of the Sam Shields penalty on the kick return when he was called for a personal foul? I saw Sam use a stiff arm and his hand ended up in the facemask area of the player. It was not malicious by any means. I think he was protecting himself on a sideline tackle. That’s what I saw. What did you think of Mason Crosby’s last kickoff? Mason kicked a good ball. About 75, 76 yards, 5 or 6 yards deep. He had an over 4-second hang time. I thought we should have done a better job covering. SAFETIES COACH DARREN PERRY Did your players understand how hard it was going to be to get Michael Turner down on the ground? I think we tried to show them a pretty good picture of what he was like. I think they saw the video of other players, other teams going against him. Obviously, you can’t simulate that in practice. But I think they understood the magnitude of the challenge of getting him on the ground. Were the players just going too much for ankles? I think sometimes if you don’t hit him in his power source he’s going to bounce off of you. But more importantly, when you think you’re close to him, you have to take one more step because so many people want to gather because he’s so powerful. Sometimes you start thinking too much about how you want to hit him, what angle you’re going to take to hit him and next thing you know you come up short and you can’t get your head across. And if you arm tackle him, he’s just going to keep on going. He’ll run through that. You have to get underneath him and hit him in his power source. On the final series, where you’re blitzing up the middle, is there more your safeties could have done? Can they jump any of those routes? No. You’re playing zero coverage. You’re trying to knock them out of field goal range. It’s one of those deals where you can get up and press, but any time you’re playing man you have to be conscious about being picked. So we have to have one guy off, to eliminate pick routes when they know you’re running man-to-man and give them a cheap one. Do you feel like you did all you could in light of how close the Falcons were to field-goal range on their final series? They need 10 yards to get a field goal, you can’t give it to them, regardless where they are. If they get the ball on the 1-yard line, our goal is to not lose the game and let our offense win it. I think that’s the motto you have to live by on defense. We’re not going to win that game. Our job is to not lose the game because if they don’t score, we can’t lose. DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR DOM CAPERS Are you happy with the way you stacked up against the Falcons despite the loss? I don’t know if you’re every totally happy. The two touchdowns they scored, they had first and goal on the 5 and we got them to third and 4 and they ran the 'nod' route on us and stuck the ball in there. We can play that better. Then they had first and goal on the 1 and it took them to fourth and 1 to get it in. They had to fight their tail off to get the ball in against us. It’s one of the things we’ve been doing better than anybody in the league is keeping people out of the end zone. So, I think our guys are still confident in our ability to do that. We have to clean up the things we weren’t sharp in yesterday. Were both sacks on four-man rushes? It was a combination of coverage on both of those. (Matt) Ryan didn’t have any place to go so he had to hold the ball. The first one where (Frank) Zombo got his sack we had really good rush lane distribution and same thing when Cullen (jenkins) got his. Cullen got off a block late, the one lineman went out to block the outside guy and he was singled up and he beat the guy. But we had very good coverage on both of those. How do you view the close losses you've suffered, four of them each by a field goal? Is there a common thread? Everyone was a little bit different. First game against Chicago we had two interceptions nullified by penalties and two others hit us in the hands and we shot ourselves in the foot. The Miami game we were playing pretty shorthanded on defense and it affected us. We had them stopped and put them back on the field again and they scored a touchdown. Every game is a little bit different. One thing when you get into December you have to be playing your best. That’s the challenge. I think the last four weeks we’ve been playing our best. We weren’t quite as sharp as we needed to on the road against a good football team to win the game. OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOE PHILBIN What do you think about running back James Starks? Very competitive guy, eager learner, has some good hands. I think he’s got a big body. He runs a little high at this time. But he’s very young, but I like him. He’s got some instincts that are hard to teach and hard to drill into somebody. Do you practice that last "Cal Band" play you used at the end of the game a lot? We did this week. Usually we alternate weeks. We did it the other day. There was still (Dunta) Robinson here and another deep guy, but you never know. Were you happy with the flea-flicker? It was a good play, but it wasn’t exactly the way you draw it up, let’s put it that way. We’re not going to turn our nose up at a 30-yard gain. To sit there and say we had perfect execution and that’s the way we dialed it up wouldn’t be honest. We weren’t able to sell it the way we wanted. Brandon ran into the tackle, the right tackle got bumped, guys are coming off (blocks), so it wasn’t the greatest football play. Let’s put it this way, I’m not going to be giving a clinic about that in the off-season. No one is going to be impressed with it. RUNNING BACKS COACH EDGAR BENNETT How has Starks developed since coming off PUP? He continues to get better. … He needs to continue to work on his fundamentals and get comfortable with what we’re asking him to do. It’s been extremely positive. All of the situations we’ve put him in – certainly some extremely competitive – he’s stepped up to the challenge. We see this kid continue to improve. At some point, like coach mentioned, he’ll probably get an opportunity. How do you get him ready in a hurry? You certainly want to put him in that game-type setting because the speed is different than it is in practice. We try to simulate the tempo of the game speed as best we can in practice but obviously it’s a little bit different. Certainly, you want to get him more live reps. It’s been awhile as far as the contact part of it, the physical part of it. Was Dimitri Nance's failed third and 1 similar to the one he converted against Minnesota? No, unfortunately it was a different play. Even coach made reference to trying to get a timeout because they ended up going to a goal-line defense, so from a personnel standpoint we tried to get a timeout and unfortunately it didn’t happen. Nance read the play correctly, on that first initial contact he accelerated his feet and the kid gave tremendous effort. Unfortunately, we just didn’t convert. [/QUOTE]
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