Last year Packers fans had a crisis of confidence about the defense. At the time, I wrote, “The Packers defense is bad and it’s a coaching problem…It’s obvious that the defense has talent, but it’s not being put to good use.” After a week 1 game in which Justin Jefferson ran wild, Dalvin Cook got what he wanted, and Kirk Cousins outplayed Aaron Rodgers, that statement may be even more true now.
Let’s look at the optimistic and pessimistic cases for the Packers’ defense this season.
Pessimistic
We’ll start with the pessimistic points because it is only one game.