Packer Defense - Not Good Enough!

When it comes to this Packer season, Team 93, one word will tell you why the Packers struggles all year - DEFENSE!

1 - Injuries!  I looked over the starting rosters for each Packer Game.  Only two out of 16 games did we have our starting line-up!  Burnett - missed the first two games.  Clay Matthews, our motor & play maker - missed almost 7 full games.  Brad Jones, one of the starting inside linebackers missed almost 7 full games!  Nick Perry, starting outside linebacker missed almost 9 full games & played hurt most of the season!  Johnny Jolly, who came back and played awesome in the running game and provided leadership, missed half of the games and could not finish the season!  And many others missed parts of games or 1 or 2 games during the season!

2 - A Defense that can stop an offense when needed?  NO!  Many times during the season the Packers needed a defensive stop, and it didn't happen!  A perfect example was the Packer - Eagle game.  The Eagles last drive ate up the last 9:32 to end the game!  That was a 9 minute 32 second drive!!!!  Not the sign of a championship defense!

3 - Turnovers -
Packers had 11 interceptions 26th in the LEAGUE!
Points given up per game - 24th - 26.8
Turnovers 19th - Packers were -3, League Leader - Seattle +20!

4 - The last 3 Packer Drafts on defense?
2013
DE Datone Jones D1
RB Eddie Lacy D2
T David Bakhtiari D4a
C/G JC Tretter D4b
RB Johnathan Franklin D4c
CB Micah Hyde D5a
DE Josh Boyd D5b
LB Nate Palmer D6
WR Kevin Dorsey D7b
LB Sam Barrington D7c

2012
LB Nick Perry D1
DE Jerel Worthy D2a
CB Casey Hayward D2b
DT Mike Daniels D4a

2011
T Derek Sherrod D1
WR Randall Cobb D2
CB Davon House D4 
TE Ryan Taylor D7a

What impact on defense do YOU see?  The past three years?  Answer - NONE!

Next Blog Entry - Comparing the Packers Super Winning Defense of 2010 to this year 2013!