NFL Films: Vince Lombardi Teaches The Power Sweep

Coach D: Power Sweeps_ - Winning Football with Vince Lombardi (Volume 7)Source:NFL Films– Green Bay Packers head coach/general manager Vince Lombardi (1959-68)

Source:The New Democrat

“Power Sweeps” – Winning Football with Vince Lombardi (Volume 7)”

From Coach D

I think the best way to describe Vince Lombardi’s brand of football, at least offensive football, is to do it with a hypothetical.

Imagine the night before your football game and you just found your opponent’s game plan and playbook. You now not only know what plays your opponent is going to run and how they’re going to beat you. Just one problem: even though you know exactly what the Packers (in this case) are going to run against you, you are not good enough to beat them.

While the Dallas Cowboys in the 1970s and 80s ran so many different formations and plays to win their games on offense and the Redskins with different type of offense, but used a lot of different formations on offense in the 1980s, the Packers were beating their opponents simply by out executing their opponents and having better players. Losing to the Packers in the 1960s was literally the death by execution. They had the ball on 1st in 10 from their 20, you knew it was coming but you couldn’t stop it.

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