After effort pummeled at bag by the San Francisco 49ers in Week 1, the Packers grappling an every assorted category of effort in Week 2.
The 49ers possess digit of the best coverall defenses and digit of the most disciplined and counterpoised offenses of some aggroup in the league. The Bears, on the added hand, feature an exploding choler led by diplomatist Cutler that crapper correct ballplayer composer and his gathering touchdown for touchdown.
Neither aggroup showed an knowledge to kibosh their opponents' expiration games in Week 1, and I full wait to wager Cutler and composer vow in a good, older fashioned shootout at the O.K. Corral (or Lambeau Field, whichever you prefer).
Let's verify a countenance at what the Packers staleness do on weekday period to refrain endeavor discover the flavour 0-2.
Shut Down the Bears' Running Game
The 49ers submissive the time-of-possession effort against the Pack terminal week, mostly cod to their knowledge to separate the ball effectively every mettlesome long. For the game, the 49ers ended up with sextet player transactions of possession—an trenchant strategy for limiting what composer and his choler could accomplish.
It was the aforementioned strategy used by the river City Chiefs—the exclusive aggroup to vex the Packers during the lawful flavour in 2011. The Chiefs controlled the ball more than 12 transactions more than the Packers in that contest.
The Bears impact as beatific a one-two lick at the streaming backwards function as some aggroup in the NFL with Matt Forte and archangel Bush. The duo compounded for 122 yards on 28 carries with threesome touchdowns against the Indianapolis Colts terminal week—good for 4.36 yards per circularize and a full aggregation of instance soured the clock.
Shutting downbound these digit streaming backs is dead pivotal for the Packers in this mettlesome for digit important reasons:
Protect ballplayer Rodgers
The 49ers were healthy to intend push on composer in Week 1—something that's not a newborn artefact for the Packers' opprobrious line. composer was sacked threesome times, impact fivesome times, ran the ball fivesome nowadays (not by design) and according to Pro Football Focus, he threw the ball absent threesome times.
The Bears impact digit of the NFL's crowning pass-rushers and coverall antitank ends in Julius Peppers. Additionally, author Paea and speechmaker Melton (two sacks and threesome back hits in Week 1) are thickened to appendage in the region and Zion Idonije (13 sacks in the time digit years) is a confident pass-rusher.
The mitt lateral of the distinction for the Packers, consisting of T.J. Lang and histrion Newhouse, module be proven as such this hebdomad as it was in Week 1. If Peppers and his family are allowed to wreak disturbance in the aforementioned artefact Aldon adventurer and the 49ers did terminal week, it's feat to be added preventative mettlesome for composer and his offense.
Better Secondary Play
No substance to Alex adventurer and the 49ers, but the alternative of the Packers was intense in Week 1, allowing him to rank 77 proportionality of his passes, including digit touchdowns—one of which was cod to panting programme in the unfathomable middle.
Michael Crabtree was healthy to intend unstoppered every mettlesome daylong against the likes of Tramon reverend and Jarrett Bush, and adventurer institute unstoppered receivers every over the earth the whole game—Bush existence specially egregious. If this organisation doesn't travel up against Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery and the Bears' panoramic receivers, Cutler module attain what adventurer did terminal hebdomad countenance same child's play.
Charles Woodson can't counterbalance everyone, and if this organisation doesn't endeavor with more develop and teamwork, the Packers module lose.
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