Green Bay Packers v. Seahawks: Instant Takeaways from Dominant Defensive Performance
By Paul Bretl
The Green Bay Packers defense led the way with another dominant performance as the offense struggled, but most importantly, they won the game.
As always, here are my instant takeaways from the Green Bay Packers performance.
– We have a defense! — what another terrific performance from Joe Barry’s defense.
– You’re never going to truly contain Russell Wilson, he’s just too elusive, but the defensive front did a very nice job of keeping him in the pocket and applying pressure.
– Credit to the secondary as well, Tyler Lockett and DK Metcalf were held in check. Without Jaire Alexander, we saw Kevin King, Chandon Sullivan, and Rasul Douglas all continue to play well.
– This rep is why the Green Bay Packers spent a first-round pick on Eric Stokes.
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– The Green Bay Packers played a lot of cover-2 in an effort to limit Seattle’s big-play ability—and it worked. Also, shoutout to Amos and Savage for their play.
– Russell Wilson and this Seahawks team continue to struggle when they come to Lambeau Field. The Packers have now won 10 in a row over Seattle at home.
– It’s becoming a weekly occurrence where we see Dean Lowry just bully his way into the backfield via a bull rush. Rashan Gary was very good once again as well, along with Kenny Clark and Preston Smith. As I already mentioned, it was an excellent performance by many along the defensive front.
– Another missed field goal for Mason Crosby, but it looked like this one was on him.
– After Matt LaFleur thought about pulling Amari Rodgers last, he was returning punts again this week. Rodgers didn’t mishandle any, but again, he needs to get north and south much quicker.
– Seattle has struggled against screens, and we saw the Packers really try to exploit that in the second half.
– It snowed in Green Bay all morning, and while the field was covered, players were slipping all over the place.
– Some rate dropped passes today from both Aaron Jones and Allen Lazard.
– AJ Dillon is turning into one heck of a player.
– In Aaron Rodgers’ first game back from the reserve/COVID list, there was some rust. While the overall numbers were fine, Rodgers was inaccurate on several downfield attempts, he looked a bit rushed at times, and he made a horrible decision on the interception he threw.
– After the Packers OL struggled against the blitz vs. Kansas City, I wondered if we’d see more of it from Seattle — although not anywhere near the extent that Love saw — but at least upon the initial watch, it didn’t appear that the Seahawks went this route.
– Again, it wasn’t the best performance from Royce Newman or Lucas Patrick. Overall the OL held up, but the IOL took their lumps.
– The Green Bay Packers offense continues to struggle in the red zone. They were 2/5 today.
– More injuries for the Green Bay Packers. Whitney Mercilus, Rashan Gary, and Aaron Jones all left with injuries.
– Overall, the Green Bay Packers always felt in control of this game even though the score didn’t reflect it.