Fields is not the same as Cousins, or most QBs. He’s 230 pounds and fast and has issues reading receivers and with accuracy. He thrives mostly on extended plays when in Motion. Because of that, it’s not so much about sacking him, but about not letting him scramble or just run the ball. That changes how he is played, or should. Sacks come with him when he’s pinned in the box, teams don’t want him flushed. Cousins is a guy you want to rattle. So the two weeks are not really good comparatives in terms of approach or results.

Brady is essentially the complete reverse. He’s one we need to get to, ideally up the middle. We don’t need to worry about him running through the line or around it. We do need to worry about him having the amount of time we let cousins have all too often. We want him being moved early and continually. A very different challenge and one we flunked in Minnesota. The guys we need to really step up are Clark, Reed, Lowry and Slaton and we may see more of Gary in the middle, with a brief to just go for the QB via route 1.

Funny that this article was mainly about Gary when I thought Preston Smith had the better game.

You mention that Devondra Campbell was all over the field. I would agree on Quay Walker but to me I think Campbell was a bit quiet this game and did not hear his name mentioned. I don't mean to say he had a bad game but he does not seem quite as involved as last year. Maybe that is because of Walker's involvement.

I agree that next week's game will be very important and will give us an idea as to how we stack up against the best teams in the NFC. We need Bakhtiari back next week. To me, the two keys to winning next week is being able to put pressure on Tom Terrific and making them one dimensional by stopping their running attack. If we put pressure up the middle that could be the answer to both of these keys.

Should be fun to watch!

Why are you glorifying Gary when Preston Smith had 2 sacks and 7 tackles??? I think this is more about who the author likes better, rather than who actually had the dominant performance.

Mike Evans suspended for the Packers game.

“ Next Sunday, the opponents are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a team with multiple productive receivers and a commitment to the run game with Leonard Fournette”

A little correction on this comment. You might not know this, but Tampa had the lowest % of run plays last year. They truly are a pass happy team and it works very well for them.

People, do you know who was 3 lineman when Bears late 3Q and early 4Q was running free?

Second stringer! Stop talking about that!

This should be Gary’s season to become a dominant player who takes over a game. Maybe last evening is the beginning, we’ll see.

I don’t understand the communication problems. Doesn’t anyone test the equipment at least a day before the game and then again before the game begins. To have communications breakdown in this era of technology is inexcusable. Not to mention that pre-game preparation should cover the defensive calls. I can’t imagine Nitschke or Willie Davis or Willie Wood not knowing what the expected defensive calls were. Thanks, Since ‘61

I think that the biggest advantage the Packers will have in this game is the mismatch of their front 7 versus the Bucs’ injured OL. Look for Clark, Gary, and Smith to have big games next week. With Russel Gage as his no. 1 receiver, Tom Brady shouldn’t have the easiest of times against our D.

While the Packers held the Bears to 10 points, the run defense was porous for long stretches, and Gary wasnt holding the edge well. The Packers need much better play from their front seven against Tampa Bay.

On thing I'd like to see Gary do is take on more of a leadership role. He's done a great job of leading by example with his work ethic but maybe being more vocal on the sidelines and on the field isn't his comfort zone. They have a lot of great players but I don't think they have a guy that gets in people's faces when they're playing like shit.

Gosh...Lambeau was rocking last night!

Good reason for it when the Packers were on D. While tackling was very poor on both bookend drives for the Bares at the beginning of the game (TD) and near the end (successful goal line stand), overall the pass D and pressures on Fields was rock solid and nonstop. Very impressive.

Glass half full concern...to give up nearly 200 yards rushing is very concerning as a bunch of the yards were due to missed tackles. There were very few rushes by the Bares that did not involve missed tackles...I mean just complete whiffs with many flailing attempted arm tackles. Packers rarely strike and wrap up.

While the preseason headlines for the Packer D were premature and they are not yet a lock down Defense...the talent is there for a special group.

But pinch me! AJ and AJD on the field at the same time, doing their slashing and pounding to open up passing plays...and moving the chains, getting first downskeeping the opposition offense on the sidelines. I love it!

And STs...still gaining acceptance...

Gary has been pedestrian so far. He has one or two flashy plays and just sort of exists otherwise. He hasn't performed anywhere close to all of the unsubstantiated preseason hype.

Thermometer? Odd article and an odd choice of words for Gary's role last night. So do fans use Gary's performance to measure the hotness or coldness of the D, or does the team use that temperature gradient somehow? Did Preston Smith feel the heat radiating off Gary and amp up *his* game? Plus we have so many types of thermometers available to us now. After that first Bears' drive, was Gary a rectal thermometer? Then, after the D got some stops did he transform into a fancy infrared thermometer?

If we're willing to go down this road, I'll contend Elgton Jenkins is the blood pressure cuff of the O. Come at me, you asshats! I'm ready to die on this hill!

I think the real key to the game was us scoring more points than the Bears.

Gary likes to crash inside, and why not? The shortest path between two points is a straight line, so crashing inside is a way to make the splash tackle and to convert pressures into sacks, especially for someone whose bend is not his strongest suit. It is not how one sets the edge, but it looks phenomenal when it works.

PFF had Gary ranked as the Packers third worst defensive player, essentially for his failures against the run. At this point he is a one-trick pony, aim him at the QB and let him bull rush. Makes some splash plays but makes mistakes in run defense . Right now, he’s just a bigger, stronger version of Z. Smith.

Being an M fan I was not high on Gary pre draft and was hoping Gutt would not take him.To this day still not high on him. As pre draft analyst said, he often goes missing in games where the team has very good linemen.
He could put a show on against Maryland and Rutgers but MS and OSU, you don't know if he was playing.
If you like him fine enjoy, he won't re sign.This is his last year he wants the money.