After the team’s latest disappointing playoff loss, that much has become eminently clear.
In the divisional playoffs of the 2012 season, Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers’ read-option attack gashed the Packers for 45 points. Kaepernick ran for 181 yards, and while the entire defense shouldered the blame, much of the responsibility was placed on Erik Walden and the Packers’ overmatched edge defenders.
Watching Matt Ryan and Julio Jones slice up the Packers’ depleted secondary on Sunday afternoon was a similar experience to seeing Kaepernick gallop past defenders in 2013.