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Packers Film Study: How Green Bay’s defense contained Russell Wilson

Green Bay Packers fans may have had some issues with Joe Barry at the beginning of the season, but the game plan he installed for Sunday’s shutout victory over the Seattle Seahawks was a thing of beauty.

The Packers came away with just their second shutout in the last decade, winning 17-0 to move to the top of the NFC with an 8-2 record. It was also the first time in Russell Wilson’s NFL career that he failed to help his offense score a single point.

There were a lot of factors at play as to why the Seahawks offense sputtered like it did.