http://cheeseheadtv.com/blog/how-packers-have-fared-against-rookie-quarterbacks-under-dom-capers

Article detailing the stats of Capers' D against rookie QBs. History bodes well for Monday.

Lets hope so lol i just dont want our defense to be god awful like it was last year perry needs to starting getting some pressure he needs some sacks lol

Don't look into the numbers of sacks too much. Matthews is going to have a nice total in that stat this season, but it's more about just putting pressure on both sides. The difference Perry makes in keeping the blocking scheme honest is already apparent.

Yea our dline has been better to so far we have done a good job against the pass hopefully we keep that up just need to stop the run the 49ers ran all over us in that 1st game

Yeah, I'm interested in that on Monday too. Granted, the Bears didn't do well with the run, but they never seem to. Forte has never broken 100 yards against the Packers, and I think he's finished under 60 more than half the times he's played them, so it's hard to gauge it by last Thursday. D just always seems to have his number.

This post was edited by Crashnburn_819 on Sep 20 2012 06:13pm

Or Forte never has any blocking and gets lucky and finds holes when he can and breaks out for decent runs? I personally would like to see us try to run the ball more often.

/e That 4th and 1 still kills me...

This post was edited by UpS_SmoKeOUT on Sep 20 2012 10:50pm

We ran it alot against the bears i think we keep this same game plan but if benson cant find holes bring in green for screens thats what made me mad about the 49er game benson couldnt get anything going 49ers knew we wouldnt run the ball so they played their linebackers and safeties deep all we had to do was bring green in a run a couple screen plays that woulda stopped them from playing deep

The Bears played the safeties deep too, as most teams will. It's no secret that with Jordy and Jennings the Packers are going to try to stretch the field and hit the big play. The underneath routes should continue to be open. Jones and Cobb need to take advantage. That's why I believe Finley will have a big year if he can shake the drops off.

bears play a cover 2 lol and its not just finley everyone is dropping balls james jones and jordy nelson are dropping alot of easy ones to hopefully that changes this week jennings might be out again this week tho from what i hear

It's not about the base coverage, but the style they use against the Packers. The safeties were much less aggressive down hill than you'll normally see from them. Other than Cobb's run and the fake FG, I think there were only three plays over fifteen yards (and only two or three over 16 against SF). Teams have realized the Packers do their damage with the deep routes and are much more willing to leave the underneath routes open while preventing the deep completions and preferring to take their chances against the OLine rather than play tight coverage all over the field.

I know McCarthy said Jennings wasn't where they wanted him to be Tuesday, but from what I've read, he's still expected to play.