Packers Film Room: “Boxing” the run from single-high coverage

The Green Bay Packers held the Miami Dolphins’ running game to 33 yards on 12 carries in a Thanksgiving night blowout in week 13. The final score was 30-17 and the win moved the Packers to 9-3 where they are still very much in the division race with five games left — even while sitting in 3rd place in the NFC North and 6th in the conference after week 13.

For the Packers to maintain their seeding and possibly move up in the standings for the playoffs, they’ll need the defense to continue playing at its current level. They have held their last two opponents to 72 combined rushing yards, turning the 49ers and Dolphins into one-dimensional teams that could not pass effectively enough to…