Packers head coach Mike McCarthy grew up in Greenfield during the 4-3 Steel Curtain's heyday. He used a 4-3 alignment he inherited for his first three seasons in Green Bay, but after the Packers finished 6-10 and gave up 380 points in 2008, he brought in Capers to convert his defense to the 3-4. To help with the transition, Kevin Greene, one of the key components in Capers' defense with the Steelers, was brought in to coach the outside linebackers. Darren Perry, another Steelers defender from 1992-98, was hired to coach the secondary. The Packers took 340-pound nose tackle B.J. Raji, a Joel Steed clone, in the first round of the 2009 draft and later in the first, they drafted Matthews, a Greene clone with his chiseled arms and wild, blond hair. "It has evolved since then," Greene said the other day, sitting in the stands at Cowboys Stadium at Media Day and remembering back to his first season with the Steelers in 1993. "I wouldn't say we had a limited number of pressures -- we pressured people -- but I think one of the main aspects now is that the coverage responsibility on outside backers in the 3-4 has intensified. You really need to be intelligent to be in this kind of defense. It has evolved as far as the reads you need to be aware of." Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
