August
Green Bay Packers vs. Cleveland Browns Preview: Watch the Defensive Line
As the Packers prepare to face the Cleveland Browns in their first preseason game, the defense is ready to embark on their second year under Dom Capers. The key unit to watch out for, in my opinion will be the defensive line.
Last season, the injury-riddled secondary struggled as the Packers were unable to mount enough of a pass rush to help the inexperienced replacements out. A big part of the lack of pass rush can be attributed to the defensive line not getting a push up the middle or occupying blockers so the linebackers had blitzing lanes.
When Dom Capers was hired to be the Packers Defensive Coordinator we all heard the doom and gloom predictions of what would happen making the change to a 3-4 defense without having the players to fit the system
That proved to be a wasted worry, as the improvement in the defense was one of the best things to come out of the 2009 season.
But the defensive limitations where exposed playing against the best QB’s. The lack of pass rush was evident playing against good QB’s. When you give someone like Kurt Warner room to move up in the pocket he will pick your defense apart.
