The Green Bay Packers’ secondary has given up a lot of yards to some pretty nondescript receivers this season. Namely Stefon Diggs and Marvin Jones. They’ve also held the biggest-name receiver they’ve faced, Odell Beckham Jr., in check. This week, they’ll face arguably the best receiver in the league in the Atlanta Falcons’ Julio Jones.
They’ll face him with a beat-up secondary that will likely be missing their (supposed) top three cornerbacks. So what are they going to do to slow Jones down?
Micah Hyde has an answer, although not a very good one.
“The week of (the game),” Hyde said, “every night before you go to bed, you’ve got to pray.