Chris Lempesis is back to close out his two-part series looking back on the season that was for the Green Bay Packers, a series that also looks ahead to the offseason that may be. In this episode, he focuses on the defense and special teams. He goes position-by-position for each unit, talking about the players…
The season is over and for the 11th straight year, deficient defense is a big part of the reason. When it mattered most in week 18, the defense buckled and allowed Detroit to just about run out the clock. You’d be hard-pressed to find a Packers fan who wasn’t campaigning for Joe Barry to be…
After an ultra-impressive dismantling of the Minnesota Vikings, the newfound complementary football drives Packers forward on their improbable ride towards the playoffs. After nearly a full season of disconnect and the various parts of the team not playing in sync, Packers fans finally got to see what their team is made of. It’s a team…
It’s close to a foregone conclusion that Matt LaFleur will be seeking a new defensive coordinator after this season. The scheme that Joe Barry had just one year’s experience in hasn’t worked in Green Bay and the defense has regressed in almost every area despite adding two first round picks last offseason. Would LaFleur double…
All season, the Packers defense has looked lost and disinterested in playing aggressive, assignment sure football. Joe Barry is at the heart of many of the problems, calling an extremely passive scheme. He has also been unable or unwilling to adapt or take away the opposition’s offensive strengths. For many, it seems to be a…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The Packers’ defense is bad. A lot has gone off the rails in this disappointing 2022 season, but there might be no bigger letdown than the performance of the Packers’ defense. Loaded with talent, the defense was supposed to make up for an offense that was anticipated to…
Every year I like to contemplate the Packers yearly awards at the bye week of the season. It is just insane to me that I had to wait until Week 14, the middle of December, before I was able to do this. For the Packers, the season is looking closer to being over than to…