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Packers: Why it’s time to get excited about the defense

If you would have told me a week ago the final score of the Packers-Bears game would be 10-3, I would have automatically assumed the Bears would be the victors. Except it was the Packers who were victorious in the NFL’s 100th season opener.

All night long, the defense applied pressure to Mitch Trubisky and the Bears offense while playing solid coverage against the receivers.

It was only one game but if this was a sample of things to come on defense, this could be a dangerous team.

It was to be expected the offense would struggle — zero snaps in the preseason and a new offense with a rookie head coach is not exactly the recipe for success.