The difficulty one always has when analyzing preseason football games is determining what you can and can't take away from any individual game. This is especially true in the first preseason matchup of the year, when the teams have barely had pads on for a couple weeks and many of the players on the roster are still learning the playbook.
However, one has to be enocuraged by the defense's (and special teams') ability to make big plays. All the usual preseason disclaimers about who was actually on the field at the time the plays were made certainly apply, but the fact remains that the Packers came away with four takeaways in last night's game against the Houston Texans, a total that accounts for more than 25 percent of the total number of takeaways the team had in the 2018 regular season (15).