By re-signing All-Pro linebacker De’Vondre Campbell and breakout cornerback Rasul Douglas, the Green Bay Packers ensured defensive coordinator Joe Barry will have all the foundational pieces required of a great defense in 2022.
The ancillary pieces on defense are important. In many ways, a defense is only as good as its weakest link, so having 11 good football players working together as one is always the best path to a great defense.
But the Packers have the big pieces in place.
The team has two productive and experienced edge rushers (Rashan Gary, Preston Smith), an All-Pro caliber defensive lineman (Kenny Clark) an All-Pro caliber inside linebacker (Campbell), three quality cornerback starters (Douglas, Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes) and two experienced safeties (Adrian Amos, Darnell Savage).