Packers Defense in second half of games is clutch
Posted Dec 29, 2019, 10:17 PM UTC
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I wish we could go back to the glory days of putting up 40+ points and having LaDarius Gunter as CB1.
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Ted?
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Lmao gunter omg i forgot about him
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We legitimately had him cover Odell, Dez and Julio three weeks in a row
Lmao
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My biggest concerns for defense today was the fact that we were being absolutely murdered up the middle. Multiple 10-20+ yards against us up the gut. What was even more concerning was the fact that we didn't seem to adjust against it. But, thankfully, in true Lions fashion, they didn't take advantage of this fact.
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That was (and usually is) part of the plan. Petttine hasn’t hid the fact that giving the middle run d away can be overlooked if the rest of the D does it’s job. And it did. At least in the second half.
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Martinez has been sitting in place all year to clean up the up-the-gut runs. That's been his job: Cleanup crew. Today, it almost seems like we went with a different gameplan defensively and it pulled Martinez away from cleanup crew. Or he just didn't make any plays covering the middle of the O-line. Either way, whatever happened caused massive plays for the Lions when they ran the ball.
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Not to take anything away from Z but a few of those up the guy were past him going for a TFL. That was prob part of the game plan and takes BM out of the middle of the D.
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You're spot on.. they dropped Martinez in to coverage more than usual yesterday. They must have seen something, because he ended up with that great pick in a deep zone
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I was shocked they did not call it every other play in the second half.
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This was a team without 2 3rds of their WR core, playing a 3rd string QB and their #1 RB is 1 week back from an 8 week absence.
I appreciate they can only play who’s in front of them but let’s not pretend they’ve just stopped a top ranking offence.
Credit where credits due, they won us the game AGAIN but let’s not get carried away. There’s still problems with this D and one of them is stopping the run
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Agreed, hence my first comment....
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I’ve just read it, agreed
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Great minds my green and gold bro!
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Granted, Detroit is at the end of a tough and injury filled season, but this is a multi-week trend.
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Have to watch the tape but good on Pettine for making adjustments at the half.
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We scrapped a win from a 3 win team. Whoo #winugly
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Defense wins championships right?!
Someone said that I think