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Trgovac Excited About Return To Green Bay
(Continuing the profiles of some of the new members of the team's coaching staff, today's Packers.com feature is on defensive line coach Mike Trgovac.)
When Mike Trgovac decided he wanted to coach a position after running the Carolina Panthers' defense for the last six seasons, he had a couple of options for his next job, but two aspects of the defensive line coach opening with the Packers made it the most appealing.
One was the opportunity to coach again with Head Coach Mike McCarthy, after the pair had worked together on Green Bay's staff in 1999 under Ray Rhodes -- Trgovac as defensive line coach and McCarthy as quarterbacks coach.
The other was the chance to work with longtime NFL coach Dom Capers, who was hired in mid-January to run Green Bay's defense.
"I knew Mike, and when I decided to make that decision he called me up and wanted to know if I was interested," Trgovac said. "I had talked to some other people, and I knew Mike from working with him here in the past. There is really nothing more than that into it. I just wanted to get a fresh start, and this was a perfect opportunity for me to get with Mike, who I respect a lot, and I've always wanted to work with Dom."
That feeling was mutual with Capers.
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Trgovac likely communication be Jaguars defensive coordinator
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Trgovac at home in Packers' 3-4
Mike Trgovac was a nose tackle at Michigan in the late 1970s, and that was the last time he was with a team that used a 3-4 defense until he became the Packers' defensive line coach in 2009.
"I love this defense. I loved it when I played in it," Trgovac said of the 3-4, which Packers Defensive Coordinator Dom Capers has helped popularize over the last two decades. "It gives you a lot of flexibility. They never know who the rush guy is going to be."
Trgovac is especially fond of how the 3-4 lends itself to pass-defense, which is the reason so many teams have made the switch to the 3-4 in recent years. Today's NFL is a passing league and the 3-4 is built to not only rush the passer, but to defend against the pass.
Here's an example of the 3-4's adaptability:
In "nickel," the defensive ends come off the field and are replaced at the line of scrimmage by the outside linebackers in a four-down-linemen scheme.
"You have nine guys on the field that know what pass-coverage calls are, instead of seven. You can do much more out of the 3-4 because you're teaching them coverage all the time," Trgovac said, referring to the fact that linebackers are all involved in pass-coverage drills, whereas defensive linemen are not.
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