Blogs your wayAcme Packing Company (Free subscription) | 03/14/2010
... their pass defense. Ben Roethlisberger and Kurt Warner left the defense exposed and coordinator Dom Capers searching for answers. It was clear that something needed to change. While some may argue that drafting defensive backs is a good way to shore up the pass defense, and this is certainly true to an extent, the best corners in the world can't defend wide-outs forever if no one is getting...
Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 03/11/2010
So, the Houston Chronicle’s Richard Justice is now writing in the San Francisco Chronicle that it was the fault of former Texans GM Charley Casserly and former head coach Dom Capers that former Texans QB David Carr did not develop into a decent NFL quarterback. Of course, Justice extolled...
Cheesehead TV (Free subscription) | 03/10/2010
... Gay is neither big (5-10, 190) nor fast (4.6), but he’s tough, instinctive and familiar with Dom Capers’ style of defense. He’s also a good special teams player. Near as I can tell, this hasn’t been mentioned anywhere but Packer Update and has now been linked to all over message boards and forums . It will be interesting to see if this pans out.
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 03/07/2010
... footballl team that had little talent on the field and even less leadership in the locker room. Dom and Charley got off to a good start in 2002, then thanks to a combination of factors, they ran the organization right off the road. Dom Capers is a very, very good football coach. His problem was that he had trouble evaluating talent. His other problem was evaluating his own coaches. If he'd...
Cheesehead TV (Free subscription) | 03/09/2010
... reason the middle of the field was so wide open in the playoff game against the Cardinals, with Dom Capers giving each safety help outside, scared to death Warner would eat them alive up the sidelines (which, incidentally, is what Warner did to the Vikings earlier in the year) but there’s some promise there. Underwood just has to seize the opportunity that’s there this offseason, starting...
Get The Picture (Free subscription) | 03/06/2010
I don’t know how it translates onto the field yet, but, damn, every time I read a quote from Coach Grantham about his philosophy on defense, I come away impressed. Chris Low gets this from him: “I worked under Dom Capers, and he’s a 3-4 guy, too. So is Wade Phillips,” Grantham said. “They all have their [...]
Fourth Down - American Football (Free subscription) | 03/07/2010
The Jacksonville Jaguars have signed Pro Bowl defensive end Aaron Kampman from the Green Bay Packers. Kampman struggled to find the quarterback in 2009 after the Packers changed from a 4-3 to a 3-4 defence under co-ordinator Dom Capers. He recorded only 3.5 sacks before his season was ended in week 11 when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Jaguars fans must have small...
Cheesehead TV (Free subscription) | 03/03/2010
... as his press clips make out and who can’t stay healthy to save his life) and, of course, would fit Dom Capers’ ‘Pittsburgh West’ defense like a glove. Like I wrote a little over a month ago , my hunch is that a veteran presence across from Collins would open up the free safety to be even more of a playmaker than he already is. Not only that, but he would no doubt help solve some of the communication...
NFL Draft | NFL Scores | NFL Schedule | NFL Shop (Free subscription) | 03/01/2010
... having him be a part of our hope.” Pickett didn’t gather a lot of statistics as the nose tackle in Dom Capers’ 3-4 apology, but his charisma in the medium of the line made him arguably the most important player on the Packers apology that led the league in stopping the run. Pickett is the third shifty tackle to get the permit tag, after Vince Wilfork with the Patriots and Aubrayo Franklin...
SkinsTalk: Washington Redskins Football Blog (Free subscription) | 02/22/2010
With Vince Wilfork off the market (barring a team offering him truckloads of cash while giving up two first round picks), one final nose tackle worth looking at is Green Bay's Ryan Pickett.Pickett is the biggest nose tackle in the market at 6-2, 340 pounds. He is coming off his first year in a 3-4 defense with the Packers.Dom Capers engineered the transition from a 4-3 to a 3-4 in Green Bay...
Arrowhead Addict (Free subscription) | 02/24/2010
... him be a part of our future.” Pickett didn’t collect a lot of statistics as the nose tackle in Dom Capers’ 3-4 defense, but his presence in the middle of the line made him arguably the most important player on a Packers defense that led the league in stopping the run.
Cat Scratch Reader (Free subscription) | 02/16/2010
... Matt Moore utilized Smith down the back end of the season, and the old Smitty was back. - - - Dom Capers (1995) Sad Panther rating: Why was he a sad Panther? Capers was fighting to put the Carolina Panthers on the map in 1995. After drafting Kerry Collins the team had a player waiting in the wings who was highly touted out of Penn State. Following the Panthers 0-3 start Capers...
JoeBucsFan.com (Free subscription) | 02/18/2010
... few players on that defense the team might be looking to replace, since the current defense under Dom Capers is not such a good fit. Brandt only mentioned Hawk (though Joe knows defensive end Aaron Kampman is on thin ice in Green Bay). This got Joe wondering whether, by chance, Hawk could be had on the cheap, might he bolster the Bucs’ linebackers and be an insurance policy of sorts if Barrett...
NFL GridIron Gab (Free subscription) | 02/14/2010
... The Dolphins tried this with Taylor once before, and it worked to perfection. Back in 2006, with Dom Capers as the defensive coordinator, Taylor played the “jack” position, which was a specially named position for the type of player that Taylor is, someone who can play both outside linebacker, and defensive end. Taylor won the Defensive Player of the Year Award that year, and while he is...
Dolphins Gab (Free subscription) | 02/14/2010
... The Dolphins tried this with Taylor once before, and it worked to perfection. Back in 2006, with Dom Capers as the defensive coordinator, Taylor played the “jack” position, which was a specially named position for the type of player that Taylor is, someone who can play both outside linebacker, and defensive end. Taylor won the Defensive Player of the Year Award that year, and while he is...