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<blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 610040" data-attributes="member: 4300"><p>You wrote, “Now that we are fairly committed to playing the 3-4 nickel 70% of the time again. <strong>That being 2 down linemen, and 5 or 6 D-backs out there</strong>.... Like last year....” It was <em>your </em>explanation of the 3-4 nickel “being... 5 or 6 D-backs”. My clarification was an aside – not a big deal, that’s why I wrote, “BTW…” And BTW, I look forward to you quoting <em>a post of mine </em>in which I wrote the Packers played nickel 70% of the time last season.</p><p></p><p>But that’s not the bigger picture, which IMO you also misunderstand. “Secondary seven deep <strong>now</strong>”, implies it wasn’t seven deep before. Last year’s secondary: Shields, Williams, Hayward, Hyde, House, Burnett, and Clinton-Dix. This year’s secondary: Shields, Hayward, Hyde, Randall, Rollins, Burnett, and Clinton-Dix. Randall and Rollins take Williams and House’s spots. I’m excited to see how the new DBs play but they are rookies. Right now we don’t know how well Williams’ replacement at outside CB opposite Shields will play, no matter who takes that spot. Because they’re depending upon rookies IMO its fair to say we don’t know how deep the secondary is this season. But by any comparison to this season, the secondary was 7 deep last season.</p><p></p><p>“Now that we are fairly committed” implies it’s something new. It’s not. Capers has played a lot of nickel since he arrived in Green Bay. Any Packers fan paying attention knows that. Half a decade takes us back to Capers’ second year. Again any Packers fan paying attention knows DB blitzing has been a part of Capers’ D since he arrived. Here’s a quote from a jsonline story dated Oct 26, 2011: <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/puttin-on-the-blitz-132669698.html" target="_blank">http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/puttin-on-the-blitz-132669698.html</a> That was after seven games of the season and according to the story, DBs had blitzed 72 times. You don’t need to be reminded that falls within your half a decade time frame, do you? In McGinn’s review of game 16 of last season at the Buccaneers he wrote, “Given 16 blitzes in the last seven games, Burnett also has made strides as a rusher.” That’s just two examples.</p><p></p><p>So yes, with regard to the content and quality of your posts, I do think you are a rookie. For example, you post things without backing them up and you disagree with, or ignore facts that go against your opinions without doing so with facts of your own. IMO you have joined a group of posters who proclaimed how much they know about the Packers and the NFL when they arrived at this board and then proceeded to prove otherwise. That wouldn’t be a big deal if you were willing to learn – and <em>every single poster</em> here has the opportunity to learn something – but you’ve stated you won’t.</p><p></p><p>Edit: More proof you have a lot to learn. You went on and on about how you want a pass rush from the DL and you posted you want 10 sacks from each DE (or was that 12?) and 6 from the NT. Now you add you want 10 sacks from the safeties and 6 from the CBs. That's 42 sacks without considering the LBs which usually lead 3-4 teams in sacks. The more you post, the more foolish you look.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TJV, post: 610040, member: 4300"] You wrote, “Now that we are fairly committed to playing the 3-4 nickel 70% of the time again. [B]That being 2 down linemen, and 5 or 6 D-backs out there[/B].... Like last year....” It was [I]your [/I]explanation of the 3-4 nickel “being... 5 or 6 D-backs”. My clarification was an aside – not a big deal, that’s why I wrote, “BTW…” And BTW, I look forward to you quoting [I]a post of mine [/I]in which I wrote the Packers played nickel 70% of the time last season. But that’s not the bigger picture, which IMO you also misunderstand. “Secondary seven deep [B]now[/B]”, implies it wasn’t seven deep before. Last year’s secondary: Shields, Williams, Hayward, Hyde, House, Burnett, and Clinton-Dix. This year’s secondary: Shields, Hayward, Hyde, Randall, Rollins, Burnett, and Clinton-Dix. Randall and Rollins take Williams and House’s spots. I’m excited to see how the new DBs play but they are rookies. Right now we don’t know how well Williams’ replacement at outside CB opposite Shields will play, no matter who takes that spot. Because they’re depending upon rookies IMO its fair to say we don’t know how deep the secondary is this season. But by any comparison to this season, the secondary was 7 deep last season. “Now that we are fairly committed” implies it’s something new. It’s not. Capers has played a lot of nickel since he arrived in Green Bay. Any Packers fan paying attention knows that. Half a decade takes us back to Capers’ second year. Again any Packers fan paying attention knows DB blitzing has been a part of Capers’ D since he arrived. Here’s a quote from a jsonline story dated Oct 26, 2011: [URL]http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/puttin-on-the-blitz-132669698.html[/URL] That was after seven games of the season and according to the story, DBs had blitzed 72 times. You don’t need to be reminded that falls within your half a decade time frame, do you? In McGinn’s review of game 16 of last season at the Buccaneers he wrote, “Given 16 blitzes in the last seven games, Burnett also has made strides as a rusher.” That’s just two examples. So yes, with regard to the content and quality of your posts, I do think you are a rookie. For example, you post things without backing them up and you disagree with, or ignore facts that go against your opinions without doing so with facts of your own. IMO you have joined a group of posters who proclaimed how much they know about the Packers and the NFL when they arrived at this board and then proceeded to prove otherwise. That wouldn’t be a big deal if you were willing to learn – and [I]every single poster[/I] here has the opportunity to learn something – but you’ve stated you won’t. Edit: More proof you have a lot to learn. You went on and on about how you want a pass rush from the DL and you posted you want 10 sacks from each DE (or was that 12?) and 6 from the NT. Now you add you want 10 sacks from the safeties and 6 from the CBs. That's 42 sacks without considering the LBs which usually lead 3-4 teams in sacks. The more you post, the more foolish you look. [/QUOTE]
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