The stars upfront for the Green Bay defense asked Mike Pettine to tweak the scheme, to simplify things and just let them play. It paid off in a dominating performance against the Eagles on Sunday.
Za’Darius Smith — he’s just like you. After the Green Bay Packers put together a successful, albeit unsexy, game plan to hold down the Chicago Bears’ offense with Mitch Trubisky and furthered a troubling proclivity to give up late-game points, the leaders of this defense, including the Smith Brothers, went to defensive coordinator Mike Pettine asking for a change. Whatever was said in the offices at 1265 Lombardi last week worked, with the Packers’ pass rush putting together 28 pressures in 41…
