Originally posted by DaBeegDeek:
Originally posted by thl408:
Originally posted by Wubbie:
Originally posted by DaBeegDeek:
That double safety blitz that resulted in that deep incompletion was such a ballsy call.
That playcall had me in awe. To me, it wasn't so much a ballsy call, but more outsmarting Aaron Rodgers and Matt LaFleur.
The one thing I've noticed about Demeco's evolution as defensive coordinator is that he got better at disguising his looks. And this one was masterful.
By giving him a look where he blitzed his safeties from deep, he practically GOADED Aaron Rodgers into taking a deep shot, and then the two defensive backs that were in coverage (Hufanga, and Johnson?) were well-prepared for what the play was going to be.
Dime unit (3 safeties, 3 CBs). The blitz was poorly timed. Like you guys said the safeties came from such a deep depth they never factored into the pass rush. But GB had two deep routes dialed up. Rodgers threw it into double coverage. Moseley was burnt.

I think the idea was for Rodgers to see the safeties blitz and automatically take his eyes deep which brought him to a double coverage.
That's what it was. Most people in the game don't think you can confuse or trick The great Aaron Rodgers but it is exactly what DeMeco Ryans did that whole game. That blitz was designed to force Rodgers to do exactly what he did and that was force a deep shot to Adams. All 11 defenders knew what they were doing. The double blitz was not designed to sack Rodgers, it was designed to make him throw that pass exactly the way he did it. He got played for a sucker and he knew it.
That first GB position just gave the defensive coaches the feel of how GB was going play on offense That's why the adjustments happened so quickly and the defense was able to shutdown the Packers after that. Masterful defensive performance from coaches to players yesterday.