1 Big Question Facing Each Packers Defensive Position Group at the Bye
By Paul Bretl
Green Bay Packers Safeties: Can Savage & Amos continue to provide help to CBs and limit the big plays?
As was just mentioned above, one of the big reasons that we’ve seen this Green Bay Packers cornerback room find success is because of the play of safeties Adrian Amos and Darnell Savage.
The cover-2 shell that Barry utilizes provides his corners with help over the top, but it also is designed to limit the big passing play. This defense is essentially daring opposing offenses to run the ball and forcing them to string together 12+ play drives if they want to find the end zone.
Although against Los Angeles we saw two instances where Amos and Savage were over-aggressive, and it led to big plays; overall, this Green Bay Packers defense has been very good at limiting those opportunities.
According to Sharp Football, the Packers rank fifth in explosive pass play rate this season. On top of that, the 6.2 yards per pass attempt allowed ranks fifth as well, and they rank ninth in total passing yards per game allowed.
Of course, this is a group effort, but when it comes to limiting the big play and forcing the offense to put together long scoring drives, that all starts with Amos and Savage.