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Dominance on defense enables the Packers to make up for their weaknesses elsewhere
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — As long as the Green Bay Packers remain unable to establish a rushing attack, they’re going to lean heavily on their defense to carry them.
That defense seems quite capable of handling that responsibility.
Green Bay has won four of its last five games and has allowed a total of 73 points during that stretch. That marks the fewest points the Packers have given up over a five-game span since 2021, a year in which Green Bay went on to earn the NFC’s No. 1 playoff seed.
“I think we’ve got some very good players, some very unselfish players, guys that don’t mind doing the dirty work for somebody else to make a play,” safety Javon Bullard said after the Packers’ 27-19 victory over the Carolina Panthers on Thursday. “And I think we have an amazing coaching staff as well.”
The Packers (5-3) still have plenty of work to do just to assure themselves of a playoff spot in the rugged NFC North, where every team is at least two games above .500.