GREEN BAY – Green Bay Packers defensive winger Rashan Gary had his best game of the season on Sunday Victory 24-22 on the Houston Texans with a sack, five tackles, two quarterback hits and several pressures.
Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley had promised to find ways to get more one-on-one blocks with Gary, but that was all he did to move Gary around to free him up.
On several occasions, Hafley asked Gary to stand up at linebacker and rush over the middle. Other times, he would loop Gary from his end position to the middle, hoping his teammates would eat blocks that would create a lane for him to reach the quarterback.
Hafley’s plan succeeded, but Packers Coach Matt LaFleur made it clear that this is not something they can do every game.
“Potentially, I think every game plan is going to be a little bit different in terms of how you want to attack someone, and you don’t want to just do the same thing over and over again,” LaFleur said. “People will plan for this.
“But I think it was a creative way to isolate him from whoever we want, to isolate him from an offensive guy.”
This article originally appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Moving the Packers Rashan Gary worked, but won’t be expected every week
