The Packers have been blessed with close to thirty years of elite quarterback play. Someone must have made a deal with the devil to get those years because you can count on one hand the number of years over that time that the team has had a truly elite defense. And most of those defenses were in the mid-90s. Will the Joe Barry defense be elite?
There’s a lot of tidbits floating around about Barry’s scheme. It will be based on Vic Fangio’s scheme. It will use less dime. It will use a two high “shell”. Here’s what you need to know going into the 2021 season.