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Former Packers DC Dom Capers joining Vikings staff

Longtime Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers will now be trying to help the Minnesota Vikings defeat his former team.

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Capers has been hired by the Vikings as a senior defensive assistant.

Capers was the Packers’ defensive coordinator from 2009 to 2017. He was the coordinator in 2010 as Green Bay’s defense ranked No. 5 overall and No. 2 in points allowed. The defense played a major role that season as the Packers won the Super Bowl.

The defense struggled for many years following this.