Packers Coaches Tune Out The Noise

It’s not easy being a patient sports fan living in today’s “First Take” world. Broadcast sports media is saturated with pundits and shows devoted to the reactionary hot take. Online, it gets even worse. Those TV hot takes become like wet Gremlins – they multiply, by the literal millions.

Ever since the blockbuster Parsons acquisition – just 10 days before the start of the season – the Packers have been swimming in a cauldron of the spiciest takes. When the team started red hot, particularly on the defensive side of the ball, it was entirely predictable that the hype train would spin out of control. Pat McAfee was calling this defense “generational” (and he wasn’t alone).

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