One of the defining plays of the Green Bay Packers’ 17-13 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night Football was a third-quarter dropback when 265-pound pass-rusher Preston Smith was asked to cover former Packers receiver Davante Adams in the slot. That play call has a time and place, but calling it in that situation against that formation with that matchup in the slot won’t earn defensive coordinator Joe Barry any new friends.
— Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) October 10, 2023
First of all, we need to talk about what the call was on the defensive side of the ball.