Eric Baranczyk and Cliff Christl Analyze WK17 vs Bears (Green Bay Press Gazette)

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Green Bay Packers LB Erik Walden is unexpected playmaker
Green Bay Press Gazette
by Eric Baranczyk and Cliff Christl on Monday, January 3rd, 2010

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The Outside Backers
Walden would move into the center of the field five, six yards off the ball to make sure that Cutler wasn’t going to cut the Packers up on the ground. The plan obviously was to pressure Cutler, but also to keep him in the pocket.

In addition, the Bears seemed to be trying to take Clay Matthews out of the game by formation. They motioned tight ends to his side and forced Matthews to widen out, which meant he had a longer distance to go to get to the quarterback. The Bears kept tight ends in to block him and also did a lot of chip blocking on him. So Walden also was a beneficiary of the Bears’ game plan. continue

Past the click they take a look at AJ Hawk, Tim Masthay, the offense, and James Starks. This is about the closest thing we have anymore to the old tape reviews by Tom Pelissero. Sure do miss those articles.

1/3/116:52 PM

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CJSMember

Good stuff. Thanks for posting.

1/3/117:22 PM

GreenBayLAMember

Interesting take on CMIII:
"After zeroing in on Matthews, it appears as though he’s getting away from what made him special. He seems to be jumping around more before the snap instead of just lining up and going. Maybe if he wasn’t trying so hard to get into the lineman’s head, he’d have a better burst off the ball."

1/4/112:09 AM

YATittleMember

Love this bit:

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Whatever it is about James Starks and practice that the coaches don’t like is hard to figure out because when he gets his chances in a game, he seems to make the most of them. He runs hard and falls forward. He doesn’t get stopped for negative yards. He looks athletic and he’s got some natural strength when he gets his pads down over his toes.

Brandon Jackson and John Kuhn may be more reliable and are better out in space, but Starks is their best-looking runner.

One would think he could be a key bait player in the playoffs. Most of the time when he’s in the game, he gets the ball. So if they run play-action passes with him, linebackers and safeties are probably going to bite hard.

MM, take note.

1/4/117:28 AM

phaedrusMember

I have no idea, but also need to look at how good the RB's pass protect block and I could also see that being a major practice issue.

Romo's year was ended largely due to the RB completely missing his blocking assignment.

1/4/1111:50 AM

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