For two years now, Joe Barry has been a target of significant criticism from Green Bay Packers fans. The team’s defensive coordinator has seen his units put together inconsistent performances over the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and a late-season run of success — allowing no more than 20 points in any of the team’s last five games — may well have saved his job.
His boss, head coach Matt LaFleur, spoke this week about Barry and his retention for a third season — the first time in three different tenures as an NFL DC that Barry has made it to year number three.