I know. No one wants to read this right now. But, I’m a perpetual contrarian. When the team was in the dumps early last season, I was unnaturally optimistic and started my Packers Positives series. Now that everyone is optimistic about new defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley, I can’t help but have a few niggling thoughts…
The Packers shocked the world (except that one random guy with 91 followers on Twitter) this week by hiring Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley as their new defensive coordinator. Last week, I looked at the factor LaFleur should consider when making the hire, let’s review them and what he decided. Blitz or Rush 4…
Every several years we get a new Packers defensive coordinator. The last (at least) four have ended their time on the team as failures. Living through each of these can give you a lot of ideas on what a good defensive coordinator should be. Let’s go over some coordinator factors and discuss which we’d choose…
The Packers defense was a roller coaster ride during the 2021 season. It shutout the Seahawks and shut down the 49ers in the playoffs and Chiefs in the regular season. Outside of those three performances it was average to bad most of the time. With the level of talent the team is expected to have…