John Lovett 'a sparkplug' for Packers' special teams

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Defensive coordinator Mike Pettine


I had a good conversation with Kenny actually earlier this week because you could sense his frustration of, here's a guy that loves football and got the big contract and was like, he wants to make plays and feel like he's earning it and it's tough. And I told him, listen, you're a victim of your own success at times that you're not sneaking up on anybody anymore after you get a new contract and the playoff run we made last year. You weren't a well-kept secret anymore. When they watched the film, they understand like, 'Hey listen. Especially in the run game, we got to get two hats on him or he's going to create some issues.' So no, it's tough, he's just got to keep doing his job and just understand that offenses are smart and they're going to try to take away what we do best and negate our best player and he's one of them.


If it is in fact a case that he can't go, you know, we have backups that are going to have to step up and play. Josh Jackson's been playing quality reps for us. Ka'dar Hollman. We've played Sully (Chandon Sullivan) outside some before. Essentially taking the committee approach when we've had to replace the corner before. You can't live the whole game like 'Hey listen. We have to protect this player.' You just can't live like that. You've got to play your defense.