It reminded me of one of the most important games in Packers history - Super Bowl I, in which Vince Lombardi’s team beat Hank Stram’s Chiefs, 35-10. That LaFleur had to talk with Barry about this isn’t uncommon. (Photo By Malcolm Emmons-USA TODAY Sports © Copyright 1967 Malcolm Emmons) Why the LaFleur-Barry conversation isn't a big deal. After the win over the Lions and a Week 1 loss to the Saints in which Jameis Winston was allowed to throw five touchdown passes, Barry has to test his playbook against Kyle Shanahan’s when the Packers take on the 49ers on Sunday night. However and whenever it happened, tt’s not a good time to be figuring this out. “I do think it takes potentially some time to get into play shape.” There’s a lot of things that go into that. Not only do they happen fast, it happens physical.
But football is a full-speed game, and things happen fast. Because we made that decision, Matt and the staff, and I stand by that decision absolutely. You hit some of the passes that were an issue and then bam, we’re right back out on the field.”īarry also pointed to the fact that the Packers sat most of their top defensive players in the preseason. You get in front of the players, you kind of hit some of the runs that were an issue. “You come in (to the locker room), guys go to the bathroom, you discuss some things as an offensive-defensive staff. “Matt and I didn’t even talk at halftime,” Barry said, per Tom Silverstein and Ryan Wood of. But there are things we can do to try and get home with a four-man rush.”īarry, for his part, denied that the conversation happened at halftime, as was widely reported. I watched it on tape, and against one of the premier defensive lines in the game of football with the 49ers, and I thought they did a damned good job. Detroit’s got a pretty damned good offensive line, and we can’t discredit them.
We have to take a good, hard look at what we ask those guys to do. “Well, I think we have enough guys up front. LaFleur pushed back when asked if this was something the Packers would just have to live with this season. So, we needed to affect the quarterback much more.” So, if you don’t get him off the spot - I’ve been around Jared, and he will be efficient. Because when we were doing out four-man rushes, and playing man coverage behind it, we weren’t hitting. One of the things that I talked to Joe about was, hey - either play coverage, or we have to pressure. “They came out ready to play, and I think we did make some necessary adjustments at halftime. “You’ve got to give Detroit a lot of credit,” LaFleur said. Head coach Matt LaFleur recently explained to local media that he had to take Barry aside and explain that Barry should pick a lane between pressure and coverage. This was amplified after Green Bay’s 35-17 Monday night win over Detroit, in which Jared Goff completed 26 of 36 passes for 246 yards, two touchdowns, and one interception.
When your defense allowed 23 touchdowns and had 11 interceptions through 18 games in 2020, and has already given up seven touchdowns to one interception through games against the Lions and Saints, the new guy is where you start. Joe Barry, Pettine’s replacement, has come under considerable fire, and it’s easy to understand why. The Packers currently rank 29th overall in Defensive DVOA, 26th against the run, and 25th against the pass. Through two games in the 2021 season, things are decidedly not better. So, things weren’t bad, per se, but the organization decide that things could be better. Green Bay ranked 14th overall in Defensive DVOA, 15th against the pass, and 18th against the run. Following a 2020 season in which they made it all the way to the NFC Championship Game, and Aaron Rodgers was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player, the Packers decided to part ways with defensive coordinator Mike Pettine.
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