Critics accuse Green Bay of struggling against physicality, with an eye on a shoddy run defense and an offense that can bog down facing pressure. But is the dreaded “s word” justified? Yes, just not the one you’re thinking.
The Packers can’t play big boy football. When they lose, they get whipped in the trenches. They’re the most dreaded word in the football lexicon: soft. At least that’s what the critics (and cynical fans) insist about the Green Bay Packers. When they lose, it’s the run defense and opposing pass rush that takes them down, a fatal flaw that means teams can push them around, out-muscle them.