{"id":671346,"date":"2026-01-12T12:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671346\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T12:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:14:17","slug":"packers-film-room-how-to-set-up-a-touchdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671346\/","title":{"rendered":"Packers Film Room: How to set up a touchdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

I know there are bigger things to focus on, but we\u2019ve (sadly) got an entire offseason to do that. This week, I\u2019ll be doing what I like to do: Breaking down some plays from the game. Because, while the end result was obviously not what we wanted, there was plenty of cool stuff on display.<\/p>\n

Today, we\u2019re going to look at the touchdown to Green Bay Packers receiver Romeo Doubs [87] in the low red zone.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll start by talking about Shield. Shield is an RPO pass tag the Packers will use in the low red zone, typically paired with an Inside Zone run. It\u2019s a two-man concept, run from a stack. The point man works as a \u201cshield\u201d for the under man. He\u2019ll push aggressively at the snap, working to create a natural wall, while the under man will cut on a Now slant off the hip.<\/p>\n

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Packers 2019 Playbook<\/p>\n

(Yes, that\u2019s an actual diagram from the Packers 2019 playbook, and yes, it features Aaron Rodgers sitting on the Iron Throne. I assume that\u2019s Nathaniel Hackett\u2019s influence.)<\/p>\n

The idea is to have the point man create a wall for the under man, giving him enough space for the QB to find him.<\/p>\n

The Packers ran this on 1st & goal with 3:10 remaining in the 2nd quarter as an RPO (Run Pass Option) tag. Jayden Reed [11] is the point man while Doubs is underneath. The Packers were originally in a trips look, but Christian Watson [9] shifts under the formation before the snap to align on the right side.<\/p>\n

This looks like a good look to throw Shield against, so Jordan Love [10] fires to Doubs. The Packers are anticipating Nahshon Wright [26] on the outside to be the man covering Doubs and Kyler Gordon [6] covering Reed. At the snap, Gordon sees this developing and drives hard to the inside, beating Doubs to the spot.<\/p>\n

Fast forward a few plays. It\u2019s now 4th & goal with 2:00 remaining in the 2nd quarter. The Packers originally align in a bunch on the left, but Reed shifts outside before the snap, leaving the Packers with a stack of Watson as the point man and Doubs underneath.<\/p>\n

Reed then goes in motion, aggressively releasing on a shallow crosser at the snap. The Bears bump coverage assignments with that motion, with Tyrique Stevenson [29] picking up Reed across the field.<\/p>\n

Watson releases out, while Doubs does a stutter-release underneath, looking like he\u2019s releasing inside. With Watson tying up the inside man, Wright jumps over to pick up Doubs on the Now slant.<\/p>\n

Wright jumps inside, and Doubs releases to the flat, finding nothing but green space. Love finds him for a TD.<\/p>\n

Nice two-play sequence to secure a TD.<\/p>\n

Albums listened to: Missionary Girls – Bleeding Out; American Football – American Football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I know there are bigger things to focus on, but we\u2019ve (sadly) got an entire offseason to do…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671347,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2072],"tags":[7,41,345,52919,2514,2513,6,428,53820],"class_list":{"0":"post-671346","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-bay-packers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-green-bay","10":"tag-green-bay-packers","11":"tag-green-bay-packers-analysis","12":"tag-greenbay","13":"tag-greenbaypackers","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-packers","16":"tag-packers-film-room"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115882076769064665","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671346","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671346"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671346\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}