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The communication helmet was no biggie to him, either. He wore it during his rookie preseason action, and he has it on in practice to listen to Pettine's calls every day, so that part was just "hear the call, give the call." He also disputed the speculation on NBC's Sunday Night Football broadcast that Pettine was simplifying the calls and checks because he was in there.
The game itself had its good and bad moments, as Head Coach Matt LaFleur said Monday and Summers reiterated. He admitted to getting baited on a couple of the Saints' schemes, and his largest regret was failing to tackle Kamara on what turned into a 52-yard catch-and-run TD on which the Packers' defense missed five tackles in all.
"It's always the ones that I left out there and I know, especially that long one on Kamara, that could have really helped us there," he said. "That could have saved a score.
"I had a couple situations I took the cheese. Other than that I think overall coverage, we knew what was happening in the game plan. I had a clock going in my head, one-thousand-one, one-thousand-two, and if I was on Kamara, I was just going to go get him because that's where the ball was going."
Most important, he finished strong, as did the Packers' defense as a whole. Following Za'Darius Smith's hit and fumble on the Saints' Taysom Hill for the game's only turnover in the fourth quarter, the defense got a three-and-out on its next series.
The sequence included two tackles of Kamara on first and third downs by Krys Barnes and Chandon Sullivan, respectively. In between, Summers wrapped up speedy receiver Deonte Harris in the open field for just a 2-yard gain that set up the third-and-5.
That's the type of play the unit as a whole and Summers individually want to take into the next game. LaFleur said Kirksey was still being evaluated, but no matter his status for next Monday's game against the Falcons, Summers is going to prepare to be the guy running the show in the middle of the defense again.
How much he focuses on the good vs. the bad as he moves forward, well, that could depend on whether he's watching film with his teammates and coaches, or with his wife.
"Especially when you're watching as a whole defense, you hate seeing a bad play up there and you know it was you," he said.
"All it takes is doing our job and securing tackles. That's something that obviously we can do. We showed it. We just need to be consistent at doing such."