The Green Bay Packers intercepted only seven passes during a disappointing 2023 season, so coach Matt LaFleur set out to find a new defensive coordinator who could immediately increase the number of takeaways generated on defense.
The early results of the Jeff Hafley era couldn’t be more encouraging in the turnover department.
The Packers needed only three games under Hafley in 2024 to match the defense’s interception total from the last year of Joe Barry’s leadership in 2023.
And the Packers have now generated three takeaways in three consecutive games to start 2024.
On Sunday in Tennessee, the Packers intercepted two more passes — a pick-six from Jaire Alexander in the first quarter and a win-sealing pick from Xavier McKinney late in the fourth quarter.