Dom Capers earned his bonus this year

ChilliJonI hate the Vikings!

Still two games left, but the improvement in the D this year from 2011 is impressive.

Top 10 in points allowed / points per game. (9th)
Top 15 in total defense.
Top 4 in QB completion % against (55% this year)
Top 15 in rushing yards / yds per game (14th)
Top 10 in sacks (5th)

A huge improvement in just about every key category. All without Bishop and Perry, Smith, Woodson, and Matthews missing for extended periods. rookies on the DL, rookies in the secondary, and a couple UDFA's filling in when needed. Facing the best RB in football twice (AP) and the leading WR in football twice (Calvin Johnson). If anyone can find some stats on tackling I think that would be interesting to see.

Dom and his coaches were told last year wouldn't cut it and to get things straightened out.

Last year the Pats were mentioned as one of the "worst defenses in history". This year the Pats are ranked 28th in total defense.

12/17/126:43 PM

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DH13Member

Considering how many fewer points the offense is scoring this year, the improvement on D couldn't have come at a better time.

12/17/126:58 PM

packerboiI lick rainbows

Without Woodson in 2009 or 2010, those defenses would have had no chance. Yes it's in part because Woodson has declined some but it's been very cool to see youngsters like hayward, mcmillin, jennings perform well this season when he's not been on the field. Especially Casey. That kid's legit.

Capers could use better ILB's and CMIII still has no pass rushing help. Maybe that's Perry and the return of Bishop in 2013. But there are plenty of bright lights (and young ones at that) on this defense.

Capers has done a very good job no doubt but it also helps having quality talent on D. TT should have this D stacked even more next season.

12/17/127:12 PM

JodyMember

Am I on the right forum, a positive thread on the Dominator?

12/17/127:22 PM

bvanErect Member

Who's in charge of teaching tackling technique?

12/17/127:26 PM

The GrinderMember

The "D" has gotten better the more we play man to man instead of so much zone.

12/17/127:44 PM

bubbleboy789Member

45 sacks this year. 29 last year. I've noticed a big improvement in their pass rush. It's still not great, but much better than last year.

230 pass yards a game per game, down from 300 last year. Also only allowing QB's a 75 QB rating compared to 80 last year.

Defense wins championships.

12/17/127:52 PM

FreeSafetyI wonder what the poor people are doing?

Its all about pass rush.

Always has been.

Since my first ever post back on the old JSO.

PASS RUSH
PASS RUSH
PASS RUSH

12/17/127:58 PM

Green CrustaceanCrabby Member

Time of possession is also not much different than last year (within 10 seconds on average). Kudos to Dom

12/17/128:04 PM

Ryan GrantMember

Dom has done a great job!

12/17/128:07 PM

H5Keyboard Warrior, troll hunter

quote:
Originally posted by FreeSafety:
Its all about pass rush.

Always has been.

Since my first ever post back on the old JSO.

PASS RUSH
PASS RUSH
PASS RUSH

Nice having CM3 and Neal playing the stunt game yesterday. Almost Jenkins-esque.

12/17/129:42 PM

GratefulPackMember

Ding, ding ding. Why do we play more man-man, because we have a better pass rush. There was no way they could play man last year because the backs would have to cover for 10-15 seconds due to the lack of pass rush. The Packer covers are IMO exceptional at man and sub-par at zone, so allowing them to play man should show tons of improvement.

12/17/129:48 PM

Blair KielGOOD OL' FAKE BLAIR KIEL - My Hood? nice Henry. Fuck You!

quote:
Originally posted by FreeSafety:

Since my first ever post back on the old JSO.

You always remember your first.

Mine was named Mary.

Loser.

12/17/129:55 PM

Rusty42 inch pythons brother!

I still he think he should be fired because they gave up a touchdown this year.

12/17/1210:00 PM

AZPackerBackerMember

We've only faced AP once this year so far. It'll be interesting to see where we are in rushing defense after facing Chris Johnson and AP in back to back games.

12/18/127:50 AM

"We"-Ka-BongYou ungrateful biscuit eating son of a bitch

clearly the trick to the "Dan COmpers defense always falls apart over time" is to hit rock bottom.

There's no where to go but up!

12/18/127:53 AM

chickenboyTic Toc

Seems like an every other year thing. Next year they will suck again. Mark it down!

12/18/128:07 AM

H5Keyboard Warrior, troll hunter

I think they'll handle Johnson just fine. Other than his 94 yard TD run what did he do last night? 20 carries for 28 yards. The Jets ILB Bart Scott completely missed the read and there was a huge hole for Johnson to run through, once he got to the 2nd level there was only a safety to beat. Hawk gets a lot of heat for tackling down field, but he rarely gets caught out of his assignment.

12/18/129:19 AM

ChilliJonI hate the Vikings!

Packers ability to stop the run on D is helped by having a healthy CJ Wilson. Hope to see him back and healthy soon.

Also going to need a guy that can play the piano in New Orleans.

12/18/1211:40 AM

michiganjoeMember

After last year's abysmal showing they really had nowhere to go but up. TT really did an excellent job of bringing in some new talent and they're playing well.

12/18/1211:49 AM

HenryYou rang?

Joe Whitt should be held onto at all costs. He would be the guy I would make assistant HC and groom him for DC when Capers is done. Darren Perry is another. These are the two guys I would look at protecting over Winston Moss.

12/18/1212:24 PM

FandameMember

Kudos to Capers! (sounds like a breakfast cereal) The improved pass rush is a key, but so are the improved DBs. The DBs don't have to hold a guy so long while the line never gets there, and the line doesn't have to get to the QB in 1.5 seconds or he'll complete the pass. Last year with no rush they had time to pick apart the DBs, but there were also many times the QB was able to step back and immediately fire to a wide open guy. Sometimes it's a chicken-and-egg thing.

12/18/121:34 PM

RatPackMember

Moving Clay to blind side was jeenyous.

12/18/128:51 PM

CavetoadHuge Member

I think the huge difference is what has been noted.

We can now play man-to-man.

We now have a pass rush beyond Clay.

Think about this, for all the fussers, we are 5th in the league in sacks, and Clay missed 4(5) games. Thats 1/4 of the season.

It all goes back to the draft(s) and what pieces are available. The pool of chance has born some fruit. It is pleasing. I have faith it can do even better as the air gets colder.

12/18/129:12 PM

FLPACKERMember

I really questioned Capers track record of diminishing returns over his career as a DC...but this year breaks the trend & he should reap the praise!!

12/19/125:08 AM

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