Cheese Curds, 1/11: Will Mike Pettine be willing to simplify complex defensive scheme?

The book on Mike Pettine has been that he runs extremely complex defenses, often challenging his players to make a number of calls and checks when the unit lines up. With that in mind, it is reasonable to have a bit of trepidation about how the new Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator’s units will function, since the last few years have seen the team struggle with similar complexity under Dom Capers.

However, there are reasons to believe that Pettine’s scheme in Green Bay will incorporate some simpler ideas and concepts, which could help out the young defense.

Balancing the complexity will be one of Pettine’s biggest challenges in 2018, as the Packers need to improve drastically upon…