Found October 28, 2009 on Green Bay Press Gazette:
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Coach Brad Childress also spoke to reporters this morning here at Vikings headquarters, and he offered a few notable thoughts on Sunday's game as well as the progress of the Packers' defense.For one, Childress hinted that he thought the Packers would play their five-linebacker "Big Okie" defense more extensively in the teams' first meeting, as they'd done the previous week in a win over St. Louis. Instead, the Packers played Big Okie on only five snaps and extensively used their nickel (five-defensive back) look against the Vikings' two-tight sets."The 3-4 is kind of a pure 3-4 reduction at Pittsburgh; this is more of a New England 3-4 than a Pittsburgh 3-4, even though (defensive coordinator Dom Capers) spent time there," Childress said. "You don’t know how much you’re going to get it against what personnels. "They played nickel against our two-tight end sets last time. They played Woodson (in the nickel) and ...
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