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The day after each game this season, former Packers all-pro safety LeRoy Butler teams up with Journal Sentinel beat writer Tom Silverstein in our "5 Questions with LeRoy Butler" feature.
He'll answer five of our questions, and one from a reader. Following is the Q&A after Sunday's 27-20 loss to the Chicago Bears.
Q: Why didn't the Packers try or why couldn't they throw the ball when Chicago went to Cover-2 (two-deep safety coverage) exclusively in the second half? They mostly ran the ball while they were ahead.
A: There are ways of beating Cover-2. I wish the Packers would have gone to more four wides or five wides or motion. Motion kills Cover-2. You can put a guy in motion and they have to slide the defense. There are weaknesses in that defense. I would have liked to see the Packers be more aggressive. If you know they're in Cover-2, you have to use more shifts and more motion instead of the match-ups you would want. The weakness in Cover-2 is down the middle. So I would put Donald Driver or (Greg) Jennings at slot receiver and have him try to outrun Brian Urlacher all day down the middle. That's the match-up you want. But I would get that out of motion and shifts.
The book says if they put seven in the box, you run it and if they put eight in you throw it. But sometimes you have to go with what got you there, what got you those four wins, throwing the ball in key situations. If you know they're in Cover-2, put your athletes in position to make plays. I would have loved to see the Packers attack the perimeter of the Cover-2 defense, which is down the middle.
He'll answer five of our questions, and one from a reader. Following is the Q&A after Sunday's 27-20 loss to the Chicago Bears.
Q: Why didn't the Packers try or why couldn't they throw the ball when Chicago went to Cover-2 (two-deep safety coverage) exclusively in the second half? They mostly ran the ball while they were ahead.
A: There are ways of beating Cover-2. I wish the Packers would have gone to more four wides or five wides or motion. Motion kills Cover-2. You can put a guy in motion and they have to slide the defense. There are weaknesses in that defense. I would have liked to see the Packers be more aggressive. If you know they're in Cover-2, you have to use more shifts and more motion instead of the match-ups you would want. The weakness in Cover-2 is down the middle. So I would put Donald Driver or (Greg) Jennings at slot receiver and have him try to outrun Brian Urlacher all day down the middle. That's the match-up you want. But I would get that out of motion and shifts.
The book says if they put seven in the box, you run it and if they put eight in you throw it. But sometimes you have to go with what got you there, what got you those four wins, throwing the ball in key situations. If you know they're in Cover-2, put your athletes in position to make plays. I would have loved to see the Packers attack the perimeter of the Cover-2 defense, which is down the middle.
