11/15/2007

'Big Five' Adds Offensive Wrinkle
Just prior to receiver Koren Robinson's reinstatement from a year-long suspension, quarterback Brett Favre talked about how Robinson could add another dimension to the Packers' passing game. Last Sunday, the offense revealed that extra dimension. Called "Big Five," a five-wide receiver alignment was used for the first time this season, featuring Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Ruvell Martin and Robinson all split out (three on one side, two on the other) with an empty backfield and Favre in the shotgun. It's a formation the Packers employed only a handful of times, but with the Minnesota Vikings missing their top cover corner in Antoine Winfield with an injury, "Big Five" forced the defense to dig deep into a depleted secondary to account for all the downfield threats. "That's like a college-type formation," Martin said. "To get into that, we're just out there having a blast." [More]
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Published by PackerPundit On Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 5:42 AM.


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