What You Might’ve Missed: Limiting a nemesis

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Mar 19, 2019
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GREEN BAY – It’s rare when Everson Griffen isn’t talked about much after a Packers-Vikings game.


After all, in the defensive end’s previous 16 games against Green Bay, dating back to 2011, he had recorded 11½ sacks. Not a bad “season” against a rival.


But Griffen didn’t have a sack in the Packers’ 21-16 victory over the Vikings on Sunday, and he had minimal impact overall. Three assisted tackles and three quarterback hits in 68 snaps. The Packers will take that.


While All-Pro LT David Bakhtiari deserves the lion’s share of the credit for limiting Griffen, the Packers’ play designs – particularly on play-action passes – required other players to do their part as well. He can be a tough assignment (just ask Bakhtiari, who was playing with a troublesome back), but the Packers did the job.


Here’s a rundown of several important snaps, some of which were big plays for the Packers, and others that were oh-so-close.


Play No. 1: First-and-10 from the Green Bay 25, first quarter, 15:00 left


Result: 39-yard completion to WR Davante Adams
 
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