GREEN BAY PACKERS OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR JOE PHILBIN

01/26/2011

How much do you watch that Pittsburgh game from last year going into next week’s game?

JOE PHILBIN: We've obviously taken a look at it already. It's kind of part of our cut‑ups. You know, when you're playing an opponent, you do your best to figure out maybe ‑‑ obviously, there's a lot of information we could gather. They have played 18 games to this point. You could pick all of them if you wanted to.

But typically what we do is we see if we can figure out what teams we're most similar to and use those for a statistical research. Obviously, last year's game, Coach LeBeau has been there. I want to say almost their entire staff defensively has returned. So it's a good reference for us.

Talk about Troy Polamalu on defense and how much of a challenge is he?

JOE PHILBIN: You know, he's an excellent football player. He's a guy that can impact a game a lot of different ways. He's more than just a good run player. Obviously he's got a great reputation as a guy that plays down low in the box and is a physical player, which he certainly is. He's obviously an excellent blitzer. They use him in different packages and bring him from different alignments.

They'll exchange his assignments sometimes. You can't always say, gee, Polamalu is playing safety on this play or he's a free safety or a strong safety. They play him at linebacker-type positions at times, so he's a versatile player. He's a dynamic player, and certainly we're going to have to have our eyes open and be alert to his location and his responsibilities.

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