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kers’ 22-0 win over the Buffalo Bills Womens Antonio Morrison Jersey , it seems some are concluding the Bills are just bad on offense rather than the Packers making a leap on defense.Both can be and likely are true.The game was clearly moving way too fast for Buffalo rookie quarterback Josh Allen. Yes the Bills obliterated Minnesota just a week prior, but Allen really didn’t play all that well and our own Paul Noonan broke it down wel here. Meanwhile, the Packers showed improvement. The interior pass rush developed as we all hoped it would and Kyler Fackrell(!!!) has three sacks though he was gifted one when Allen tripped over his own man.Green Bay will have to continue improving and they’re not out of the woods yet, but defensive coordinator Mike Pettine’ scheme seems to be settling in and the Packers got their first shutout since 2010. That season ended pretty well if I remember correctly.Anyways, there is more on the defense plus why the offense is of concern but not necessarily ‘awful’ in today’s cheese curds.Packers analysis: Inside pass rushers must keep bringing pressure—PackersNews.comEveryone has been waiting for the defensive line to consistently get to the quarterback given the team’s issues at edge rusher, and it finally happened Sunday.Now they just need to keep it up.Packers defense must keep progressing—Packers.comHead coach Mike McCarthy was impressed by his defense’s performance, but like many fans he is wondering what is next? What will they do now that they’ve put a solid effort for 60 minutes on tape.Two for Tuesdays: 2 underrated plays from Packers’ Week 4 win—Packers WireEveryone is rightfully fawning over Aaron Jones at running back, but don’t forget Ty Montgomery. Good things happen when he touches the ball abd with Jones’ emerging presence he could be a weapon all over the field.Packers offense not ‘terrible’ but concerning after four games—247Sports.comRodgers called the offense ‘terrible’ after Sunday’s game and while that might be a reach, yet understandable given the quarterback’s competitive nature, there are signs the offense is not well.Crash releases 70 cows onto Atlanta-area highway—UPIThis definitely won’t help traffics moo-ve along. For travelers this must have been an udderly frustrating experience or at least dairy trying. OK, I’ve milked these puns long enough.Bears defense presents tough matchup for Packers’ desire to play multiple tight ends When the Green Bay Packers have had a tight end who can split out to create mismatches, their offense has been unstoppable so long as Aaron Rodgers is under center. In 2018 http://www.authenticsgreenbaypackers.com/cheap-corey-linsley-jersey , Green Bay might have four players capable of filling that role.On Wednesday, Ben Fennell of The Athletic wrote about the myriad ways in which Mike McCarthy and Joe Philbin can deploy a deep group of tight ends for the Packers this season. Many coaches and players consider 12 personnel (one running back, two tight ends, and one receivers) the most difficult formation to defend in football because it can be used in heavy sets to pound the run or spread out to create favorable matchups in the passing game with linebackers or safeties on pass-catching tight ends. The Packers signed Jimmy Graham, Marcedes Lewis, and Lance Kendricks before them to create precisely such an advantage. And they used it much more last season than previous years. As Fennell points out, the Packers used multiple tight end sets nearly twice as often in 2017 compared to 2016, a year when they led the league in five receiver sets. Blame Brett Hundley for part of this trend, as the offense became much less diverse, much less dynamic and much more dependent on the run. But multiple tight ends doesn’t mean a plodding offense. The Eagles won a Super Bowl with an explosive offense, despite using multiple tight ends 30% of the time, nearly double the Packers’ rate in 2017 (which was already doubled from the year before ... see where this is going?). Here’s the problem for this week’s game: the Chicago Bears aren’t the team against whom the Packers may find success rolling out these new two tight end sets. A year ago Color Rush Kentrell Brice Jersey , Vic Fangio’s unit finished 11th in the league defending tight ends, according to Football Outsiders. To take that a step further, their DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average) against 12 personnel was -13.7%. That number in a vacuum doesn’t mean much, but hold onto it for a second. Against 11 personnel (three receivers, one tight end, one back), they had a DVOA of 1.8%. To put those DVOA numbers into context, the Vikings had the second-best DVOA in football last year defensively. They were monsters. Their defensive DVOA overall was -13.9%. The Browns finished with the 16th ranked defense by DVOA last year at 2.0%. In other words, against two tight ends the Bears played like the stifling Vikings defense, but against three receivers and one tight end, they were a league-average unit. Digging into their roster, those numbers start to make sense. Chicago boasts a solid duo of outside cornerbacks in Kyle Fuller and Prince Amukamara Youth Aaron Rodgers Jersey , flanked by an ascending pair of safeties, Adrian Amos and Eddie Jackson. The front, with Eddie Goldman, Akiem Hicks and whomever the regular third defensive linemen will be this season, provide an incredibly stout unit. Linebackers Nick Kwiatkoski and Danny Trevathan are solid in coverage despite neither possessing top-tier athletic tools, and together this base defense has a lot of talent. But put them in nickel situations, spreading them out and forcing those corners to play on an island with Bryce Callahan coming in to play the slot, and things start to get hairy for Fangio’s unit. The Bears were just 20th defending No. 1 receivers and 26th against “other” receivers last year, despite having a top-7 defense against No. 2’s. Those numbers tell the story: Chicago has a solid group of corners that lacks elite talent or great depth. Put them all out on the field, make them win their battles consistently, and they won’t hold up over the course of the game. Chicago possesses the classic “whole is greater than the sum of its parts” defense, which means the way to attack it is by isolating those parts. Green Bay already features 11 personnel as its base formation Color Rush Muhammad Wilkerson Jersey , though Joe Philbin came in to help bring formational and personnel creativity. But the Packers may not have to change much to attack this defense in an effective way. In two games last season, Packers quarterbacks competed36/51 passes for 391 yards with 5 TDs and just 1 INT for a 139.9 QB rating. That includes one game in which Green Bay had to start four guards and a center on the offensive line on a short week and another game with Hundley under center. Jordy Nelson may be gone, but his touchdowns were red zone Rodgers specials, production Jimmy Graham can replace. Davante Adams carved up the Bears defense last year even with Brett Hundley at quarterback with five catches for 90 yards including the clincher down the sideline on third-and-10. He could have had a bigger game in the Thursday Night matchup had he not been knocked out by a Trevathan cheap shot.Adams now steps into the No. 1 receiver role with Rodgers, a place where Chicago already shows vulnerability. Getting Randall Cobb matched up with Bryce Callahan in the slot should give Green Bay yet another offensive advantage with Geronimo Allison likely spending most of his time opposite Adams on the boundary. Given the Bears’ issues with No. 1’s, expect Adams to have a big day and for Cobb to eat in the middle of the field. Fans should hope Philbin, McCarthy and Co. start experimenting with these talented tight ends. They kept four for a reason and they present unique skills to be exploited against most teams. Week 1 simply may not be the week to trot it out.