Now that the dust has settled a little bit on the Green Bay Packers’ hiring of defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley via Boston College, let’s talk about how the defense will probably change — from both a schematic and personnel standpoint — when compared to the Joe Barry era. Hafley, notably, last coached under Robert Saleh during his previous stint in the NFL. Since going to the college level, he appears to have taken that single-high safety structure with him at both Ohio State and Boston College.
According to Packer Report’s Daire Carragher, Hafley’s final three seasons at the college level saw the Eagles finish first, first and fifth in the FBS in single-high safety percentage.