TinhWoodhead
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The Pats have to account for him for sure though.
BB will probably have different DEF Schemes having Revis on Nelson then switching at times to Cobb showing different looks at line then shifting. Without lookin it up, I believe this is first time Rodgers will be facing a BB Defense with Pats and might be a rare time that Rodgers throws a couple of Picks and might be using his legs alot when coverage is lockin up his options. Have to account for him runnin out of pocket.
I would put Browner on Nelson, Revis on Cobb, and have Collins and Chung focus on Lacy.
Problem is with GB, you can put Cobb on Revis Island all game, negate Nelson with Browner, and the front 7 can stop Lacy, but Rodgers can still find a way to kill you. He's that damn good.
I agree that he will find a way to score, but if you take away Nelson, Cobb and Lacy I don't think they can score enough to survive a shootout.
I agree that he will find a way to score, but if you take away Nelson, Cobb and Lacy I don't think they can score enough to survive a shootout.
I'll ask this again. Do you really think that it's that easy to take away Nelson, and Cobb, and Lacy? Do you really think other teams haven't tried?
How are you going to accomplish all 3? Are the Pats going to give safety help on Nelson and try to stack the box against Lacy. If they do they'll leave certain parts of the field wide open for a TE or another WR. And what about pressure on Rodgers? Do you think that a 4-man rush is going to do the trick or will timely blitzes be needed?
Turn it around and say, for instance, the Packer defense is going to take away Gronk by doubling him, stack the box to slow down the Pats running game, and shadow Edelman or LaFell. Well, how they going to do all 3 of those things successfully? Would Brady and the Pats offense have no response, no options? Of course they would. The same is true of Rodgers and the Packers.
Nelson and Cobb are great receivers for a reason, and I don't think any one of us can really say who's going to win the individual battles come Sunday. And that's what it may come down to.
Packers have a lot of talent at the skill positions.
I'll ask this again. Do you really think that it's that easy to take away Nelson, and Cobb, and Lacy? Do you really think other teams haven't tried?
Of course it's not easy. That's why your team is 8-3 and an NFC SB favorite at the moment. Most teams don't come close to having the personnel to match up against them.
Most of the good teams present difficult matchup dilemmas:
- Denver: Manning + D. Thomas, Sanders, J. Thomas, Welker; the running game has been an issue
- Detroit: Stafford + C. Johnson, Tate, Pettigrew, Ebron; the offensive timing and chemistry have been off
- Chicago: Cutler + Marshall, Jeffery, Bennett and Forte; great set of weapons, but it's Jay Cutler
Aaron Rodgers + Nelson, Cobb and Lacy may be the best of all, but the Pats' D is built to match up with them. I think it's one of the only defenses in the NFL with the personnel to actually match up. Whether they actually do remains to be seen. Obviously, it's a huge challenge.