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LambeauLegs
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Saw this article in the Milwaukee paper saying how the Pack has been working big on the no huddle and could use it 60% of the time and be real fast paced like Oregon? The article is kind of long to post all of it so click the link and read. This could be fun to watch.
Packers want snappy tempo with no-huddle offense
This year is Take 2.
Through four exhibition drives, the first-team offense is averaging a crisp 8.75 plays. The quarterback says he's comfortable at the controls. And Green Bay now hopes it has the horses to keep its pedal to the metal. If it's successful early, expect the no-huddle to stick. Finley estimates the Packers will run the offense 60% of the time.
As training camp winds down, offensive coordinator Tom Clements does see a difference from last year.
"We spent a lot of time on it," Clements said. "It's hard to say until you actually play a regular-season game but we're ahead of where we were. We just have a better approach to it this year than we did last year at this time."
Above all, speed fuels this offense. Quick decisions. No lag between plays. As Finley said, the entire offense has watched footage of the University of Oregon, the well-oiled machine Chip Kelly left behind. Last year the Ducks averaged 81.4 plays per game. Green Bay ranked ninth in the NFL at 65.1 per game, as the New England Patriots — drawing many principles from Oregon — led the league at 74.4.
The logistics are different. For one, players in Green Bay will be using hand signals — not Oregon's zany pictures from the sideline.
Yet the idea is the same. Green Bay wants to hustle to the line of scrimmage, prevent the defense from making substitutions and let Rodgers exploit the mismatch.
Run the play. Repeat. Find the end zone.
A breakneck tempo must dominate. No wonder center Evan Dietrich-Smith was livid during last week's game at St. Louis. Dropping a few choice words inside the locker room this week, he explained how glacier-slow the officiating crew was in spotting the ball each play. Throughout the first-team offense's three possessions, they raced back to the line between plays, but the officials often lagged behind.
By rule, if there's not an offensive substitution, the official must spot the ball. Any slight pause gives the defense a chance to breathe, to react, to adjust. Yet too often, Dietrich-Smith said, the officials checked to see if the Packers were making substitutions.
The center would prefer officials "put the (expletive) ball down" and move aside.
Packers want snappy tempo with no-huddle offense
This year is Take 2.
Through four exhibition drives, the first-team offense is averaging a crisp 8.75 plays. The quarterback says he's comfortable at the controls. And Green Bay now hopes it has the horses to keep its pedal to the metal. If it's successful early, expect the no-huddle to stick. Finley estimates the Packers will run the offense 60% of the time.
As training camp winds down, offensive coordinator Tom Clements does see a difference from last year.
"We spent a lot of time on it," Clements said. "It's hard to say until you actually play a regular-season game but we're ahead of where we were. We just have a better approach to it this year than we did last year at this time."
Above all, speed fuels this offense. Quick decisions. No lag between plays. As Finley said, the entire offense has watched footage of the University of Oregon, the well-oiled machine Chip Kelly left behind. Last year the Ducks averaged 81.4 plays per game. Green Bay ranked ninth in the NFL at 65.1 per game, as the New England Patriots — drawing many principles from Oregon — led the league at 74.4.
The logistics are different. For one, players in Green Bay will be using hand signals — not Oregon's zany pictures from the sideline.
Yet the idea is the same. Green Bay wants to hustle to the line of scrimmage, prevent the defense from making substitutions and let Rodgers exploit the mismatch.
Run the play. Repeat. Find the end zone.
A breakneck tempo must dominate. No wonder center Evan Dietrich-Smith was livid during last week's game at St. Louis. Dropping a few choice words inside the locker room this week, he explained how glacier-slow the officiating crew was in spotting the ball each play. Throughout the first-team offense's three possessions, they raced back to the line between plays, but the officials often lagged behind.
By rule, if there's not an offensive substitution, the official must spot the ball. Any slight pause gives the defense a chance to breathe, to react, to adjust. Yet too often, Dietrich-Smith said, the officials checked to see if the Packers were making substitutions.
The center would prefer officials "put the (expletive) ball down" and move aside.