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How to game-plan Newton? - NFP

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I think GB will do exactly what AZ did .....they both run the same schemes essentially. GB is simply more established and has better players.....which means they will find success at times when AZ didn't.

still think Stewart needs more reps than Williams.

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Arizona mixed up coverages last Sunday particularly in the second half. That recipe to stop Newton is what defenses do to stop all good quarterbacks it is hardly earth shattering. As for will it work, lets see. Newton threw it deep to Smith because he had single coverage on the outside. If they were doubling Smith, Newton would have gone elsewhere.

One of the issues that they don't address is what happens if you put your safeties deep and go with man coverage or blitz your linebackers from the middle of the field. It opens up the run game which the 3-4 is vulnerable to in the first place. I would think a major strategy against Green Bay would be to run often, control the clock and keep Rodgers off the field. I doubt we will be wanting to get into a shoot out with Green Bay. Newton may not get the big yards in the air against Green Bay but that could be as much by design as it is due to Green Bay's defense.

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I read we went with 2 TE sets over half the snaps vs Ari.

Can't confirm or deny that, but I will say I wouldn't be surprised if it were true and for a couple of reasons. First of all, Rivera said in his post-game presser that if he were Ray Horton, he would have done the exact same thing (meaning bring a ton of pressure). The 2 TE set is incredibly useful in increasing protection for obvious reasons and Rivera had to know a bunch of pressure was coming. The other thing Rivera said was that if the OL gives Cam time, well, you saw what he could do. They definitely wanted to give him time to make plays and the 2 TE set serves that purpose beautifully.

Secondly, we have the 2 best TEs we've had here since Wesley Walls. Hell yeah, get both those guys on the field at the same time.

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A fair amount of what he described is stuff that the Packers tend to do on a regular basis anyway.

Capers looooves to confuse opposing quarterbacks, and not just the rookies.

I wouldn't be terribly surprised if they use pretty much the same game plan the Cardinals did (just with better personnel)

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I hear ya. I would say from what I've seen of Rivera, I'm not sure it's possible for him to love winning and hate losing any more than he already does.

I'm thinking about the players myself, not wanting to disappoint Rivera.

They let one get away, and now they have a chance to redeem against the champs, who may be looking past us.

Rivera's mentality towards winning has not changed. He's just that focused.

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I'm thinking about the players myself, not wanting to disappoint Rivera.

They let one get away, and now they have a chance to redeem against the champs, who may be looking past us.

Rivera's mentality towards winning has not changed. He's just that focused.

Makes sense.

Rivera is so focused that Frosted Mini Wheats think he should ease up a little.

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Pull up the Packers - Eagles playoff game. Go from there.

Yep. I expect a lot of teams will look at defending Vick as a template for defending Newton.

Not sure how well it'll work though. Newton can see the field way better than Vick ever could. And he seems to be a more dedicated student of the game than Vick was starting out.

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