After their abysmal showing defensively in the NFC Championship game, most Packer fans knew that Mike Pettine was on his way out of Green Bay. What was uncertain was who would fill that void. The Packers went with former Ram’s Linebacker coach Joe Barry.
Barry brings a unique scheming strategy to Green Bay that the previous coordinators had been missing. That aspect being his history with innovative defenses. He worked with Monte Kiffin in the “Tampa 2” defense, and has developed some fantastic linebackers during his time with multiple NFL franchises.
Joe Barry worked with Cory Littleton in LA, Ryan Kerrigan and Preston Smith in Washington, and Derrick Brooks in Tampa.