This is usually the spot where I write about the Packers RPO usage from the previous week. I was getting ready to do that, but it was a relatively light RPO week for Green Bay - 1 pass on 10 RPO calls - so I opted to hold off and do a full season look. That’s not quite ready to go yet, so I thought I’d give my wrap-up, then do the full-season RPO look at some point in the next couple of weeks.
For today, we’ll just roll through everything I’ve done in the past week.
For Cheesehead TV, I wrote about the Packers passing attack against the Lions. We looked at the passing chart, talked about how the Packers looked when attacking all parts of the field, then dug into the Packers usage of the Strike concept.
It’s one of the staples of this offense, but the Lions were actively taking away the throw to the middle of the field. In the article, I dug into 3 Strike calls against the Lions and showed how the Packers changed up the concept to still find ways to attack.
For Packer Report, I wrote about the Packers use of the All Go Seam concept on what would turn out to be their final 1st down call of the 2022 season.
It was a play that had the announcers saying, “It seemed like he had Christian Watson up the seam,” so I showed the broadcast angle, then walked through this call vs. the Lions defense and the progression on the play. I concluded that the throw to Allen Lazard up the left sideline was the correct read, even if the execution wasn’t great.
Kurt Warner looked at this exact same play a little later in the week and broke it down. I was thrilled to find that his read on it lined up with what I had thought. Every now and then I find out that I may actually know what I’m talking about sometimes.
Aside from the articles, I did a few video breakdowns myself. First off, I took a look at the beautiful throw up the right sideline to Romeo Doubs that was dropped. I looked at how the Lions defense played that concept earlier in the game and how that informed this throw. I always love talking a little trap coverage.
Next up, I took a look at the PA Boot concept. Over the last few weeks I’ve been talking about how the Packers have been adjusting some routes on this concept to account for how defenses have been playing it. This week we look at another one of those adjustments: Christian Watson working as the slicer.
Next up, I talked about a mirrored follow concept. I walked through the thought process of a mirrored concept, how to read it pre-snap and how this specific concept is read post-snap.
Lastly, I looked at a couple missed opportunities from the game. We talked about how the Packers were able to open up a deep fade route vs. a two-high look (something that isn’t typically there against that coverage), as well as a sluggo off a Double Dragon concept where Rodgers got the ball out to the flat just a little too quickly.
As always, thanks for reading/watching/listening.
Beyond that, thank you for your support over this entire year. It was my first year really diving into the world of streaming video breakdowns. I feel like it was a little bumpy at times, but I had a lot of fun doing them. There are so many plays I want to get to in a given week, but writing about them can be extremely time-consuming. This gave me a way to cover more plays than I otherwise would, and in a way that’s relatively off-the-cuff. I feel like I learned a lot and I regained a lot of my love of football writing in the process.
It was one of those things where I thought, “It’d be cool if people watched these,” but, really, it was something that felt fun for me. So I really, truly appreciate anyone who watched any of these and passed along a kind word.
Thanks for a great season. I’ll be popping up here occasionally throughout the offseason. Sometimes it’ll be Packers content. Sometimes it won’t be. Won’t that be a beautiful mystery?