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If anybody cares, Campbell is kinda going off on the coaching staff and players/scheme from years past on X right now.

  • March 17, 2024


https://x.com/came_along_way/status/1769357783562961172?s=46&t=BSzHxekO7nS7HWZZuU6W0g

https://x.com/came_along_way/status/1769369950265765931?s=46&t=BSzHxekO7nS7HWZZuU6W0g

https://x.com/came_along_way/status/1769367480756015107?s=46&t=BSzHxekO7nS7HWZZuU6W0g

This one is pretty interesting. He’s replying to a clip from the bucs game. https://x.com/came_along_way/status/1769355226664821199?s=46&t=BSzHxekO7nS7HWZZuU6W0g

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  3. I don’t blame him for going off on the scheme. Our defense was bizarre a lot of times last year 

  4. This is very interesting. I will never understand the Barry hire. He had never shown that he was a good coordinator.

    Hopefully Hafley brings a scheme that the players take to and works for them.

  5. He was mad about the calls and did his best to work with in them. Not like we all haven’t been hating our defensive calls for the past few seasons.

  9. All pretty reasonable takes. And I think two things can be true here, the packers staff on defense sucked and Campbell is washed. We’ll see

  10. Tbh, he’s not wrong. I just wish he had picked a better team (one I don’t despise).

  11. I don’t think he is out of line at all. Imagine dedicating your whole life to something and then being picked apart by thousands of people who don’t know what they are talking about. Realistically, 99% of people outside the organization will ever know how much falls on him as a player versus falls on the org. I do not fault a person for defending themselves against people who have no clue. On top of that, he’s not being insulting in the manner in which he goes about it.

  12. Jesus, everyone on this sub is constantly shitting on Joe Barry and his dog shit scheme for the last 3 years, and then they turn on Campbell for saying that Barry sucked and the scheme was stupid LIKE WE ALL DID/DO. People been dragging him all year, dude should be able to defend himself

  13. Are people reading these. He said he loved the organization and it was the best one he was part of. What he did say is some of the coaches put him in a bad spot to perform. Well, since the entire defensive coaching staff was let go except for one person, he’s probably not that far off the mark. Stinks as he was a good player, but to others, just don’t say anything.

    But let’s be honest, in this day and age, everyone can say what they want about someone on social media, whether they are right or wrong. For that part, I can understand where he’s coming from.

  14. Packers defensive coaching was objectively awful the last couple of years, so he’s correct. They were as slow to adjust their scheme as Campbell was running on the field last year 🤷🏻‍♂️

  18. Yeah I agree with Campbell here. Joe Barry was absolutely garbage. Think even a 5 year old could put together a better defense

  20. Have a feeling a lot of the defense disliked Barry’s dogshit defense, although perhaps liked him personally as he seem to be a decent guy.

  21. I really appreciate his honesty here. It’s actually quite nice to hear a players side of the story in detail. He’s clarified he LOVED GB but a few coaches he lost respect for due to them asking him to do things for SCHEME and not suited to the talents of the roster. His explanations about plays with Quay seemed quite accurate based on what we’ve watched…

  24. I think this type of behavior is insanely childish and should/will affect future contracts.. But He’s right. The GB defensive scheme last year was insane to watch in many cases.

  25. At least he’s very complimentary of the packers as a whole, seems to be just a few coaches he had a problem with (I’m sure largely or completely Barry)

  27. He’s making valid points, but the dude has been a loose cannon every time he gets cut from a team. Did the same thing in Atlanta too. He just isn’t as good as he thinks he is

  28. Love the answer about the organization. He’s trashing Barry (and JO at that one part, but more just pointing out what happened than talking shit)

  29. Three things here. He’s definitely pointing out some things we all know were terrible scheme ideas. There were times last year where some fans would complain about quay/campbell but I never got that because those two seemed to be put in positions where they had to cover way too much grass.

    Second, he’s definitely slower than when he first got here. Not his fault, terrible luck with leg/ankle injuries. Also, it seems in some of these he’s blaming other players which is not a good look at all lol.

  31. To give a brief summary:

    • He has a lot of love for the org and describes it as “the best organization Ive been a part of at this point.” He has no ill will against the team, he feels unfairly blamed for his poor play in 2022-23.

    • When he was elected all-pro in 2021, it’s because he didn’t listen to coaches and did what he felt was best. In 2022-23, he tried to be a “team guy” and “play within the system” so that’s why he and Quay Walker were “looking clueless.”

    • The organization did not call him to ask if he would be willing to take a pay cut. “They just released me after going in the media and saying me and Aaron jones were apart of the future plans.” (He never says he would’ve taken a pay cut even if they called him, something I find noteworthy)

    • He says the reason the defense improved down the stretch is because he organized private meetings with LaFluer to get the defense to play more aggressively; more man coverage and blitzes.

  32. It is kind of interesting. Even going back to the Pettine days, good analysts (Dionte Lee and Nate Tice and such) would comment on how screwed our LBs are. Let the line and edge players free lance and hope the LBs can fit the run to save it. Even Blake Martinez looked way better for a year when he left for NYG. 

  33. Campbell was an our Walter Payton nominee last year and always seemed to be a good guy. I still wish him luck (even though he went to a fierce enemy)

  34. Just going off of these tweets I don’t know why anyone is making a fuss about anything he’s saying

  35. Two things can be true. Devondre is likely over the hill and it didn’t make sense to keep him on his current cap hit. And he was not put in a position to succeed by our coaching staff.

    I’m guessing he was not the only person that felt this way. You guys might remember on the NFLPA report card despite ranking high as an org we had one of the lower coaching staff grades. I think it was a mistake to not fire Joe Barry earlier because he clearly lost the locker room, and I hope it doesn’t change how players feel about Matt long term.

    Edit: just saw Adrian Amos chimed in agreeing with him. Another guy who is probably over the hill, but sounds like the vets on this defense had no faith in the defensive coaching. Hopefully a lesson learned for Matt and a mistake he doesn’t make again.

  36. Appreciate he said the organization was great. I understand his frustrations even though I also think athletes should deactive Twitter during the season for their own sakes.

  37. It’s 100% fine for him to be hating on the scheme, however, it’s also not his job to make other guys right. One guy fucking up leads to one guy out of position. One guy fucking up and another trying to make him right leads to two guys out of position.

  39. Was I the only one who kinda assumed he would feel this way after he publicly said the plans are dogshit, he’s being asked to play stupid schemes while hurt, and then Lafleur benched him? Same as when Rasul spoke out and we traded him, or Jaire spoke out then pulled the whole captain thing and got suspended. Defense was done playing for Barry, simple as that. Everything after the trade deadline was Lafleur trying to compromise to get guys to at least finish the season.

  40. Barry was obviously not a very good DC, but I’m also not upset that they moved on from Campbell. He can say whatever he wants but he visibly looked slower and diminished. Scheme doesn’t affect how fast you run.

    Additionally, given his attitude I’m not mad that he’ll no longer be in the locker room. A lot of guys have frustrations with their coaches and what they’re asked to do. Most of them don’t get in their feelings on twitter and air grievances. He really doesn’t have the clout to be doing that either

  41. He’s 100% right, and we completely overhauled the defense now

    I think Matt Lafleur DID listen to him. He said he complained to Matt about the scheme, so Matt stepped in to run more man down the stretch and we looked good. After the year, Matt heard from Devondre how much he did not like the scheme and coaches (I assume a lot of players shared the same grievances) so Matt completely overhauled the defensive staff

    Devondre looked so bad I think it was a good choice to move on, but currently we have no ILB depth so maybe we shoulda held on. Guess we’ll never know

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