Green Bay Packers ntsib txoj haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv Taming Giants 'Star Barkley

Dalvin Cook thiab David Montgomery tau ua ob zaug.

Josh Jacobs, Christian McCaffrey, Raheem Mostert, Ronald Jones, James Robinson thiab Nick Chubb tau ua nws, ib yam nkaus.

Tag nrho cov kev khiav rov qab no tau thim rov qab 100 yards nrawm txij li Matt LaFleur tau los ua Green Bay Packers tus thawj coj hauv 2019. Thiab dhau peb lub caij nyoog dhau los, kev txwv kev khiav yog qhov teeb meem loj rau LaFleur pab pawg.

Green Bay tuaj yeem ntsib nws qhov kev sim nyuaj tshaj plaws ntawm LaFleur-era, txawm li cas los xij, Hnub Sunday thaum nws sim ua kom qeeb Saquon Barkley thiab New York Giants hauv kev ua si hauv London thaum 8:30 sawv ntxov (CST).

Barkley yog NFL tus thawj coj rusher, nruab nrab 115.8 yards ib qhov kev ua si. Barkley yog nyob rau ntawm 1,968 rushing yards, uas yuav yog cuaj-siab tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv keeb kwm NFL.

Cov Giants muaj txoj kab nruab nrab ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab pab pawg neeg txais kev dav dav uas tau raug mob los ntawm kev raug mob. Ua tsaug ntau rau Barkley, txawm li cas los xij, New York muaj NFL's No. 1 rushing nres (192.5) thiab tawm mus rau qhov xav tsis thoob 3-1 pib.

"Zoo heev player. Cov txuj ci zoo kawg nkaus, "Green Bay tus kws saib xyuas kev tiv thaiv Joe Barry tau hais. “Nws tawg. Nws loj. Lawv ua hauj lwm zoo ntawm kev pov pob rau nws thiab. Lawv nrhiav txoj hauv kev kom tau nws lub pob, tsis yog tig ib ncig thiab muab nws lub pob. Nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv peb txoj kev lag luam tam sim no, suav nrog.

"Nws tsuas yog ib puag ncig tag nrho rov qab. Nws yuav tsum tau ua ib pab pawg sib zog rau lub lim tiam no vim tias koj tsis tuaj yeem kov tus txiv neej ntawd nrog ib tus neeg. Nws yuav tsum yog pej xeem mus rau pob. Unbelievable player. Kev txawj ntse tsis txaus ntseeg. "

Tam sim no, ua ke nrog Barkley qhov kev siv dag zog nrog qhov tseeb Green Bay nyob hauv qab-peb ntawm pab koomtes txwv kev khiav.

Cov Packers tam sim no nyob qib 22nd tiv thaiv kev khiav, tso cai 126.8 yards ib qhov kev ua si. Lawv tseem yog 22nd nyob rau hauv yards pub rau ib nqa ntawm 5.0.

Kev txwv tsis pub khiav yog ib qho teeb meem zoo ib yam nyob rau hauv LaFleur, txawm tias Mike Pettine (2019-20) lossis Joe Barry (2021-22) yog tus tiv thaiv kev sib koom tes.

Green Bay ranked 23rd hauv NFL tiv thaiv kev khiav hauv 2019 (120.1) thiab 27th nyob rau hauv yards per nqa (4.9). Cov Packers tiav 13th Hauv kev tiv thaiv nrawm hauv 2020 (112.8) thiab 11th xyoo tas los (109.1), tab sis tseem nyob qib 18 xwbth Hauv yards ib nqa hauv 2020 (4.5) thiab 28th hauv 2021 (4.6).

Xyoo no, tej yam tseem phem dua.

Ua noj rau 90 yards hauv Lub Limtiam 1, qhov nruab nrab 4.5 yards ib nqa thiab coj Minnesota mus rau 23-7 yeej Green Bay. Chicago's Montgomery khiav rau 122 yards thiab nruab nrab 8.1 yards nqa hauv lub lis piam 2 poob.

Thiab lub lim tiam dhau los, txawm tias qhov tseeb New England tau nqis mus rau peb lub quarterback, Patriots khiav rau 167 yards thiab nruab nrab 5.0 yards ib nqa.

"Txiv neej, peb yuav tsum tau tsom mus rau, ncaj ncees," Packers qhov ntswg tackle Kenny Clark. “Muaj ntau qhov tsis sib xws thaum koj tham txog kev sib tw khiav nrog peb. Peb yuav muaj ob lub quarter zoo, thiab tom qab ntawd peb lub hlis twg peb yuav muaj me ntsis lull thiab cia cov txiv neej mus thiab cia lawv lub zog mus. Peb yuav tsum nrhiav txoj hauv kev sib txawv kom pom qhov sib xws. "

Rookie hauv linebacker Quay Walker pom zoo.

"Kuv tsuas yog xav tias nws ib txwm nqis los rau peb tua blocks, tawm ntawm cov blocks thiab tsuas yog paub yuav ua li cas kom haum rau kev khiav, tsuas yog ua lub cev," Walker hais. "Nws tsuas yog yuav tsum tau tawm ntawm cov blocks thiab tsuas yog ua kev ua si xwb. Koj tsis tuaj yeem nyob nrog cov blocks. Koj yuav tsum paub tias leej twg koj siv nyob rau hauv kev khiav thiab cov hom ntawm cov khoom. Qhov ntawd ib txwm cuam tshuam rau kev nres kev khiav. "

Thaum lub sijhawm LaFleur lub sijhawm nyob hauv Green Bay, Cov Packers tau pom ntau tus neeg tseem ceeb rov qab. Tab sis Barkley tej zaum yuav ua si zoo dua li ib qho ntawm lawv tam sim no.

Barkley, tus No. Barkley khiav rau 2 yards, nruab nrab 2018 yards ib maj, ntes tau 2,000 hla dhau thiab tsis fumble.

Barkley cov lej tau poob qis me ntsis hauv 2019 (1,441 tag nrho yards, yim TDs) thaum nws tawm tsam pob taws pob taws. Tom qab ntawd Barkley txoj haujlwm tau tsoo txoj kev sib tshuam thaum nws raug mob ACL torn hauv Lub Limtiam 2 ntawm 2020.

Barkley siv sijhawm so ntawm lub caij ntawd rau ntawm qhov chaw raug mob. Tom qab ntawd thaum Barkley rov qab los rau xyoo 2021, nws tsis muaj nws qhov tawg yav dhau los thiab qhov tsis txaus ntseeg thiab qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 3.7 yards ib nqa, khiav rau 593 yards thiab muaj plaub tag nrho touchdowns.

Lub caij no, txawm li cas los xij, Barkley zoo li nws tus kheej qub.

Nws yog nruab nrab 5.5 yards ib nqa. Nws tau khiav rau 164 yards hauv Lub Limtiam 1 thiab 146 yards hauv Lub Limtiam 4. Thiab nws tau khi rau Giants 'coj hauv kev txais tos nrog 15.

Clark hais tias "Zoo heev rov qab los," Clark hais. “Koj tuaj yeem qhia tau tias nws noj qab nyob zoo tam sim no. Nws yog ib tug muaj zog rov qab. Nws tuaj yeem khiav tom qab tackles thiab tau cov yards hauv.

“Thaum nws tawm hauv qhov chaw, nws nyuaj heev. Nws tuaj yeem khiav nrog qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lawv thiab nws tau txais qhov nrawm nrawm. Kuv tau txais kev hwm ntau rau nws qhov kev ua si. Nws yog ib tug zoo rov qab. Nws tau sau ntawv thaum nws tau sau rau vim li cas. "

Ntxiv linebacker Preston Smith, uas tau ntsib Barkley peb zaug hauv nws txoj haujlwm: "Nws yog ib tug txiv neej zoo nkauj heev. Muaj ob txhais ceg loj, nws nyuaj rau hle thiab nws yog ib tug txiv leej tub uas yuav sib ntaus sib tua ntxiv yards thiab txuas ntxiv txav pawg yog tias koj tso nws. Nws yuav sim ua kom muaj kev ua si loj, tsis muaj teeb meem dab tsi - tig tawm tackles thiab sim ua kom mus tom ntej. "

Barkley yuav yog ib qho ntawm ob peb riam phom uas Giants tau ua txhaum.

New York wide receivers Kenny Golladay (lub hauv caug) thiab Kadarius Toney (hamstring) tawm. Quarterback Daniel Jones yuav sim ua si los ntawm pob taws raug mob.

Yog li Giants 'kev ua txhaum cov nuj nqis los ua Barkley, Barkley thiab ntau Barkley.

Cov Packers puas - thiab lawv cov neeg raug liam tias khiav tiv thaiv - puas yog qhov kev sib tw?

"Kuv paub tias peb tuaj yeem ua tau zoo dua thiab peb yuav zoo dua," Barry hais. "Peb yuav tsum ua kom zoo dua, hais ncaj ncees, vim tias peb tab tom nce mus rau qhov kev ua txhaum cai # 1 hauv National Football League.

"Peb paub yuav ua li cas tawg Saquon Barkley tuaj yeem ua tau. Nws yuav yog ib qho kev sib tw zoo rau peb cov kev tiv thaiv, tsuas yog mus tas li tawm mus thiab ua tiav qib siab. Peb yuav tsum tau nyob ntawm qhov chaw. "

Qhov twg yog qee yam uas Packers tsis tau nyob hauv 2022.

Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robreischel/2022/10/08/slowing-saquon-the-green-bay-packers-face-a-monumental-task-in-taming-giants-star- barkley /