The Green Bay Packers’ defense looked like one of the best in the league through the first three weeks of the season.
They were dominant against two of the best offenses in football, the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders, and held their own against the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, even though they lost.
Fans were frustrated to see them allow 40 points to the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4, but that game might be chalked up to a dominant day by Dak Prescott and their offense, rather than a poor showing by the Packers’ defense.
Regardless of the reason, the Packers have the roster in place to be a top unit, and newly-added Micah Parsons has a lot of faith in his teammates to make this happen moving forward.
He mentioned as much in a recent press conference, noting some of the things he’s told the team to motivate them.
“I told the guys today – be phenomenal or be forgotten. No one talks about good defenses. We’ve seen a lot of good defenses. 11, 12 weeks of the year, they’re pretty good. But those other weeks, what did they look like? You think about those great defenses – the Ravens, Denver, Chicago still get brought up because of what they did consistent for 17 weeks. We gotta be great,” Parsons said.
Micah Parsons on Packers’ defense coming out of the bye: “I told the guys today – be phenomenal or be forgotten.
“No one talks about good defenses. We’ve seen a lot of good defenses. 11, 12 weeks of the year, they’re pretty good. But those other weeks, what did they look like?…
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Consistency is key in the NFL, which is the point Parsons wanted to hammer home with his teammates.
At the end of the day, as he talked about, it doesn’t matter if a defense looks good for a few weeks at a time, because eventually, NFL offenses will figure it out and find ways to break a unit down.
In his eyes, the Packers have to keep their foot on the gas, defensively, ensuring that their opponents have no way of coming back in games, giving Jordan Love and the offense ample time on the field to rack up points.
The Packers have the roster in place to play like this, but it will be interesting to see if they can execute down the stretch like Parsons expects.
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