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Dougherty: Packers attack CB problem but neglect pass rush
Some really scary stuff in here:
The poor defense we have seen is not all on Dom... Yet another chink of the overly shiny (and undeserved IMO) armor of TT... And GB still over values a defensive front seven that can't rush the QB or put pressure with any regularity.
This is why I still don't like pick #1.... There were guys who could rush there.. And GB desperately needs that.
I will cut Gutey some slack because the size of the defensive remake GB needs will take several seasons. I like the Jackson and Burks picks. But dear lord I hope they plan on going D front 7 heavy next draft...
Some really scary stuff in here:
In the last six years, they’ve picked an outside rusher in the first three rounds only once, and that was Kyler Fackrell, a third-rounder in 2016 who after two seasons is looking very much like a miss.
But he could have maneuvered for one if he’d wanted, and it really is stunning that since picking Nick Perry in the first round in 2012, the only outside rusher the Packers have selected in the first three rounds is Fackrell. Yet, it’s been a need the entire time, because the best chance defenses have of slowing down the NFL’s top quarterbacks is with pressure.
So the Packers again are putting a lot of their pass rush on the precarious health of Perry and aging Clay Matthews, which didn’t work out so well last season, along with the defensive scheming of new coordinator Mike Pettine. They have to hope Pettine is as good as advertised.
In the meantime, Gutekunst has made over the Packers’ cornerback corps for the second time in four years -- his predecessor, Ted Thompson, did the same in 2015 by drafting Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins with his top two picks.
The poor defense we have seen is not all on Dom... Yet another chink of the overly shiny (and undeserved IMO) armor of TT... And GB still over values a defensive front seven that can't rush the QB or put pressure with any regularity.
This is why I still don't like pick #1.... There were guys who could rush there.. And GB desperately needs that.
I will cut Gutey some slack because the size of the defensive remake GB needs will take several seasons. I like the Jackson and Burks picks. But dear lord I hope they plan on going D front 7 heavy next draft...