Packers coach remains frustrated with one certain aspect heading into matchup vs. Saints
Every NFL coach knows that a lot of mistakes are -and will be- made during training camp and the preseason. That's just the nature of the beast. What coaches don't like, though, is watching their players make the same mistakes. "You can just see it everyday, [they 're] making new mistakes," Green Bay Packers offensive […]
Every NFL coach knows that a lot of mistakes are -and will be- made during training camp and the preseason. That's just the nature of the beast.
What coaches don't like, though, is watching their players make the same mistakes.
"You can just see it everyday, [they 're] making new mistakes," Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich told reporters Thursday. "There's a lot of mistakes to make. Let's just try not to repeat the same ones."
So it's understandable why coaches get frustrated and upset when they see their guys practicing the same bad habits that were on display at a prior time.
Such is the case with Stenavich and one aspect of the Packers offense.
"The one area that I'm still frustrated with our offense is the pre-snap stuff," said Stenavich. "You saw it against the Saints. We had, like, five or six false starts. Stuff like that – the stuff that we can control.
"I love our effort [and] we're playing hard. It's just a matter of now mastering the stuff that's going to kill ya. If you're playing a football game and it's 1st and 15 six times a game, it's going to be hard to win that game … We just gotta be cleaner from the functional aspect of running the offense."
Even quarterback Aaron Rodgers commented on the amount of self-inflicted infractions.
“I didn’t think we ran the ball very well, especially outside zone,” Rodgers said Tuesday. “I thought we threw it pretty good, had some opportunities. A lot of mental errors, a lot of pre-snap penalties. Kind of been the theme of camp. Simple, simple plays we’re messing up. So, it’s good to do it against another team. I like the energy from the first unit, but a lot of mental mistakes.”
The Packers have to clean this up and it's an odd development considering the team finished tied for the second-lowest amount of false starts (12) in 2021.
Whatever the reason is, the Packers have plenty time to fix it, still. The return of Elgton Jenkins should help and so should the return of David Bakhtiari – whenever that happens.
Or else the team, just like Stenavich says, will have a very tough road in 2022.
You can watch Stenavich's full presser below:
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