In-Game Adjustments Help Packers Pummel Cardinals

Good play-calling is often about taking in information during a game and making tweaks or adjustments in response. The best coaches present different looks to the defense, see how they react, and then have the flexibility to call plays or alter routes to precisely attack them.

In Week 6 against the Cardinals, Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur did this brilliantly, using what he saw from Arizona’s defense early in the game to dial up a 44-yard touchdown pass that gave Green Bay a commanding 24-0 lead.

First, let’s take at the plays that set up the score. This was a 1st-and-10 about 9 minutes into the game. Green Bay came out in 12 personnel (1 RB, 2 TE) and motioned tight end Tucker Kraft to a 1x3 closed formation with reduced splits to the strong side:

The Cardinals matched up in base personnel and would end up playing quarters coverage with the backside corner locking onto tight end Ben Sims (#89):