Football minds can debate the reasons behind the Green Bay Packers’ heavy usage of dime personnel over the past two years, and many have done so. Mike Pettine’s defense has been heavily predicated on playing a safety in the box as a second off-ball linebacker, with players like Josh Jones, Raven Greene, and Ibraheim Campbell manning that role at different times over the past few years.
However, the debate comes down to preference vs. necessity. The linebacker whose skill set is best-suited to playing the weak-side linebacker position, or Will, is Oren Burks, the team’s 2018 draft pick and a former college safety himself.