Improved Safety Play Key to Unlocking Packers Defense

Flashback one off-season, and many before – and Packers fans across the internet bemoaned the lack of premium capital used at the inside linebacker position. That was supposed to be the missing link to vault the Packers defense out of mediocrity. Nobody knew it at the time, but the Packers added an All-Pro at the position through free agency.

De’Vondre Campbell was everything Green Bay had been missing. He demonstrated speed go from sideline to sideline, but was also adept dropping into zone coverage. The result – the Packers went from the 17th rated defense by DVOA in 2020, to the 22nd in 2021. The key for them to take the next step for the 2022 season might be through better play from the…