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Decided to put this here instead of starting a new thread. In his Sunday column McGinn features the great Larry Beightol who coached the Packer OLs of the mid-2000s. Gets his take on the current Packers OL as well as his unit. Lots of good stuff. Highly recommended.

 

http://www.jsonline.com/sports...786z1-286478481.html

... Despite the presence of Brett Favre, the '03 Packers ran the ball on 50.8% of their plays. It was their highest rate since 1976; they haven't come close since.

 

"We had the inside zone and the outside, the power to the right and the stutter going to the left, and we had a one-back draw," Beightol said. "That's it.

 

"Teams knew what we were doing but they couldn't defeat the blocks, so we beat their (expletive) into the dirt. Ahman Green was a great back that year, I'll tell you that."

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From the Beightol article:

 

The Packers amassed five 200-yard rushing games in the regular season, averaging 159.9 per game and 5.1 per carry. They hung 210 rushing yards on Philadelphia in the divisional playoffs before Sherman lost his nerve and punted on fourth and less than 1 at the Eagles' 41 with 2 1/2 minutes left in regulation.

 

"I just couldn't believe it," Beightol said. "For a group that had distinguished themselves like they had...there's no question in my mind we would have ripped a gash in them and picked up the first down. That was bad."

 

**** you Sherman. **** YOU!!!!!!!

"You never heard me say I was a miracle worker. I'm not that," Packers offensive line coach Larry Beightol said. "There are no miracle workers. Good coaches usually have good players, there's no question about that.

"There are no good coaches without good players. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken you-know-what. You can make it look like it. You can stir it around, you can put all the condiments and everything on it.

"But when you taste it, you immediately know what it is. It's not chicken salad. It's chicken guck."

 

 

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