Joe Barry has angered Green Bay Packers supporters with remarks he made on the defense’s performance in Week 16.
With a record of 7-8, the Green Bay Packers are positioned outside the NFC Playoff picture. Three weeks prior, optimism was high as the 5-6 Packers managed to secure the seventh and final spot. However, after three dismal defensive outings, Green Bay has gone winless since. Even though they currently have a strong opportunity to go to the postseason if they win their next two games, defensive coordinator Joe Barry is really viewed with little to no confidence.
Barry’s defense gave up two touchdowns in the fourth quarter of the Packers’ most recent game, a thrilling 33-30 victory over the struggling Carolina Panthers, and would have allowed the game-tying field goal had the clock not run out just as rookie quarterback Bryce Young led his team into field goal range. Young hadn’t thrown a touchdown pass in more than a month before this game. Against the Packers, he had two.
For years, the fan base’s frustrations with Barry have been building, and it is understandable why. Young and other terrible quarterbacks like Tommy DeVito, Desmond Ridder, Kenny Pickett, and Baker Mayfield have had some of their finest performances of the season and/or careers thus far this season because to Barry’s defensive system.
Many fans understood and supported the Packers’ decision to suspend Jaire Alexander, a cornerback, for their Week 17 game against the Minnesota Vikings. However, some questioned why Barry has been allowed to keep his job while a player like Alexander is being punished and kept out of a game for hurting the team. Barry’s remarks at his Thursday news conference did not make things any better.
Verdant
Sunday’s fourth quarter saw the Packers up 30–16 at one point. Despite the fact that the Panthers had only averaged 14.7 points a game up until that moment, it is important to note that this may look like an impressive lead. As was previously indicated, Barry’s defensive strategy gave Carolina two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Put another way, Green Bay was lucky to escape yet another defensive disaster. If Jordan Love and the offense hadn’t shown remarkable late-game performance, the Packers would have lost and would have been virtually out of the postseason picture.
Sunday’s fourth quarter saw the Packers up 30–16 at one point. Despite the fact that the Panthers had only averaged 14.7 points a game up until that moment, it is important to note that this may look like an impressive lead. As was previously indicated, Barry’s defensive strategy gave Carolina two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Put another way, Green Bay was lucky to escape yet another defensive disaster. If Jordan Love and the offense hadn’t shown remarkable late-game performance, the Packers would have lost and would have been virtually out of the postseason picture.
