Packers’ pass defense must improve when playing from behind in 2019

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesSometimes in sports, the eyeball test and the numerical data align when comparing subjects. For the Green Bay Packers, this was not a positive thing when judging the defense’s inability to get critical stops in 2018. And it was not just on third downs to get off the field, but when the opponent was leading the ballgame.

For a second consecutive season, the Packers’ defense allowed a quarterback rating of over 100 according to Pro Football Reference. The 100.9 overall rating ranked Green Bay fifth-worst in the NFL and was a telling number for the challenges the defense encountered. But perhaps the most staggering situational opposing…