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Defensive Pressure & Playmaking has Taken a Step Back

This is now Mike Pettine's third season as defensive coordinator of the Green Bay Packers, and we saw this defense make a fairly significant jump between 2018 and 2019. By weighted DVOA, which takes into account other factors such as the down and distance, as well as the opponent to help quantify a defenses play by more than just yards given up, the Packers ranked 29th in 2018 and 15th in 2019. Not great by any means, but much better.

This jump was, of course, sparked by the offseason signings of Za'Darius Smith, Preston Smith, and Adrian Amos, along with Jaire Alexander being in Year 2 and Kenny Clark continuing to improve.