It hasn’t been fairly for Joe Barry and the Inexperienced Bay Packers protection.
The attention check is one factor. Regardless of having a unit filled with first-round expertise (Kenny Clark, Devonte Wyatt, Lukas Van Ness, Quay Walker, Rashan Gary, Darnell Savage and when wholesome, Jaire Alexander and Eric Stokes) Inexperienced Bay’s protection is the definition of Swiss cheese.
The Packers are comfortable. They’re simple to run on and vulnerable to giving up huge performs by way of the air.
The stats bear it out as properly. The Packers surrender 349.9 yards per recreation with 138.8 of these approaching the bottom. Their rush protection is third-worst within the NFL.
With the Packers taking back-to-back defeats that primarily misplaced them a playoff spot, Barry has been within the sizzling seat, to say the least. Not that Matt LaFleur’s offense has been excellent, however that is a younger unit brimming with potential that appears nice when it clicks.
Barry’s protection has been the explanation Inexperienced Bay has misplaced its final two video games whereas making Tommy DeVito and Baker Mayfield appear to be Corridor of Famers.
That is the explanation this has been such a tough week for Barry. He explained it to the media on Thursday.
“Dropping sucks. At all times. However, yeah, I would be mendacity to you if I stated — this week specifically was laborious,” Barry stated. “It was laborious on me, laborious on my household. However that is the Nationwide Soccer League. That is what you signed up for.”
Barry additionally took accountability for Inexperienced Bay’s defensive struggles. LaFleur was clear earlier within the week that a lot of what’s ailing the protection needed to do with communication.
Outdoors of calling the performs in-game, Barry admitted that communication is mainly his job description.
“That is a part of my title because the coordinator, to get it coordinated. When issues do not go proper, it’s on me,” Barry stated. “It’s irritating. You’ll assume at this level issues can be working easily”