The offensive line of the Green Bay Packers are known for getting away with holds
Dick Butkus Color Rush Jersey , and that’s not just the Chicago Bears’ fan in me talking, it’s a complaint that I see every time the Packers play anyone. The Packers have done it for so long that one of our favorite Xs&Os guys, Brett Kollmann. dedicated a Film Room episode to their technique. The Film Room Ep. 49: How the Packers get away with holding on every playTo me there’s a difference in holding and grabbing. I coached my offensive linemen to grab. Grabbing is good, because referees rarely call grabbing at any level. As long as an offensive lineman’s elbows are in, and their hands are inside a defensive lineman’s frame, they can grab some jersey or the chest plate on the defender’s shoulder pads. It’s when an offensive lineman has their hands outside the defender or when they hug a defender that they get in trouble. If a defensive lineman has a quick and strong rip move, like Khalil Mack does, he’s able to turn his shoulders and get under a blockers arm
William Perry Jersey , which forces the blocker to wrap his arm around him. The offensive lineman has to then use his feet to get in position to not get caught holding, because it’s just instinct to use that arm to hug. Most refs let that go unless the offensive lineman impedes the defenders progress with their outside arm. But with Mack’s freakish combination of strength and quickness, he’s seemingly held half the game, but in 2018 he’s not getting any calls at all. Check out this gallery of pictures we have available to us from Getty Images and the USA Today.Some of these pictures are obvious holds, while others are just Mack quickly getting under the arm with his rip move. They might be holds, but if the o-lineman didn’t clench on the hug they were probably okay. Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesMack’s face on taht one is great. He’s like, ‘Are you #%$@&!? kidding me?’Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesThat hold form the Lion didn’t stop Mack from getting the sack!Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty ImagesPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty ImagesJoe Camporeale-USA TODAY SportsPatrick Gorski-USA TODAY SportsPhoto by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images There’s a big gap between the best and worst teams in the NFC North.That was on display in Chicago, where the first-place Bears easily beat the last-place Lions
https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Mike-Ditka-Jersey , 34-22. It was the first meeting of first-year coaches Matt Nagy and Matt Patricia, and it wasn’t close: Nagy’s team came out with a great game plan, while Patricia’s team came out looking unprepared, and by the time the dust settled the Bears had a 26-0 lead.Mitchell Trubisky was effective and in control of Nagy’s offense. For much of the season the Bears’ defense has been the key to their success, but Trubisky appears to be growing in his second year in the NFL. If he can keep playing this way, the Bears are going to be a tough team to beat down the stretch.The Lions will just be playing meaningless games down the stretch. Matthew Stafford didn’t do much on offense, and Patricia’s defense looked clueless trying to stop Nagy’s offense. The Lions, who were 9-7 two years in a row before firing Jim Caldwell this offseason
Richard Dent Color Rush Jersey , have gone in the wrong direction under Patricia. Today Patricia wasted timeouts, made foolish decisions to punt when the Lions needed to be bold and go for it, and generally just didn’t look like he was up to the task of being a head coach.Not everything is perfect for the Bears. Particularly alarming is that kicker Cody Parkey missed two extra points and two field goals. The Bears just haven’t been able to find a reliable kicker since cutting Robbie Gould three years ago.But the Bears are in much, much better shape than the Lions. Perhaps after today’s game, some reporter should ask Patricia, “You took over a 9-7 team this year, while Matt Nagy took over a 5-11 team this year. Why is his team so much better than yours?”Just don’t slouch while you’re asking that.