The Packers have spent the first two weeks of the season leaning on Dash motion, and the look has mostly pointed in one direction: the run game. Green Bay has dressed it up a little here and there, but the core idea has stayed the same - motion the tight end, kick out the edge, pull the guard, and hammer away with power.
This week, though, the Packers finally stretched the concept a little further.
It came on Green Bay’s first drive of the second half, with the team trailing 17-7 and facing 1st & 10 at midfield. The Packers lined up in 12 personnel, the same setup they like to use for their power package, and showed a 2x2 condensed formation with a tight end in-line on both sides.
Before the snap, Josh Whyle [81] went into Dash motion, looping four yards behind Jordan Love [10]. At the snap, Whyle came back toward the line as if he were going to kick out the EMOL, which pulled Divine Deablo [0] downhill fast to protect against the run.
That was the sell. The real play was behind it.
Whyle kept releasing through the line and angled toward the sideline, though Deablo got a foot out and brought him down before he could finish the route. On the outside, Christian Watson [9] drove vertically downfield, and the Falcons stayed in a two-high shell with the safety over Watson retreating with the route. Watson then throttled down about 15 yards deep, settling into the open space created by the safety’s depth and Deablo’s aggressive run fit.
Love found him there, and Watson turned it upfield for a few more yards. The play finished as a 22-yard gain.
For a motion package that Green Bay has already used plenty through two games, this felt like the next layer. The Packers had shown the run action and a couple of quick backside answers. Now they’re starting to work in vertical options off the same look, and that opens up a lot more possibilities going forward.
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