Stars mean less to the Green Bay Packers defense than you may think

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Green Bay Packers saw major defensive improvements last season, but it was less about the stars playing well than you might believe. Plus, why Green Bay added another extra beefy offensive lineman, and why Matt LaFleur has to chill with shotgun near the goal line.

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0:00.0	The Green Bay Packers don't rely on their stars defensively nearly as much as you might think.
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1:13.0	I have said many times on this show that the Packers' defense last year worked
1:15.1	in large part because of Xavier McKinney
1:18.2	and the safeties.
1:20.7	That their ability to take away everything
1:23.5	down the field was vital to the Packers' success.
1:28.4	And I believe that to be true.
1:32.9	But after digging into the data, what I found was it's not so much about the individual players,
1:42.5	but where they are and how they are placed by Jeff
1:45.6	Halfley in this defense. I went through Pro Football Focus has this really cool functionality
1:50.9	through PFF Ultimate that allows you to see how a team does with a player on the field
1:58.8	versus off the field. And I went through the best players.
2:02.3	And I'm thinking I'm going to go in and I'm going to find, okay, when the Packers pass rush,
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