The Green Bay Packers run defense has struggled in recent seasons and that has been a big problem for the team. In 2023, the Packers defense ranked 28th in the league in rushing yards allowed per game and an average of 4.4-yards per rush which ranked 23rd.
The OTAs are on, and the main topic brought by Green Bay Packers fans is the defense. They want to know how Jeff Hafley’s unit will be and which players can get a bigger role or perform better.
When the Green Bay Packers surprisingly hired Jeff Hafley to be their new defensive coordinator back in January, the first task for those who cover the team was to find out how the defense was going to play and what would change compared to Joe Barry's version of the unit.
If you already thought the NFL was a nickel league, you haven’t seen anything yet. While new Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley hasn’t ever called his own defense at the NFL level, there are hints as to what he might want to do on the field with the green and gold.
The Green Bay Packers shocked everyone when they made the playoffs during the 2023 season. In their first season of the Jordan Love era, things went very well, setting what should be a strong foundation for the future.
The Green Bay Packers have Super Bowl aspirations in 2024. The team has a young quarterback who looked elite in the second half of last season and a team with talent on both sides of the ball.
The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) released its 15th Super 11 Awards. First awarded in 2009, the awards are presented annually to the best performing College Sports Communicators departments in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.
The Green Bay Packers enter the 2024 season with a new defensive coordinator in Jeff Hafley and a new philosophy. That means changes are coming to the Green Bay defense.
The Green Bay Packers have done a good job this offseason addressing needs on their roster. They have overhauled their entire secondary, as Jeff Hafley has some new weapons to work with at safety.
One of the new pieces that Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley will be working with this season is safety Javon Bullard. A second-round pick in the 2024 NFL Draft out of Georgia, Bullard is someone who should be a major part of the team’s defensive game plan from Day 1.
The Green Bay Packers completely revamped their safety room this offseason. Gone are the top three safeties from last season, Darnell Savage, Rudy Ford, and Jonathan Owens.
The Green Bay Packers defense is going to look a lot different in 2024 with Jeff Hafley taking over and his newest weapon, safety Xavier McKinney. Hafley is replacing Joe Barry, who was the defensive coordinator for three underwhelming seasons and is now the linebackers coach and run game coordinator for the Miami Dolphins.
The Green Bay Packers decided to change. But this time around, it's a real, significant change on the defensive side of the ball. It doesn't mean the defense will be good, because that's an answer we will only have in five, six months.
In an exciting turn of events for the Green Bay Packers a while back, the team announced Jeff Hafley as their new defensive coordinator. Hafley, who previously
In moving on from Joe Barry to hire Jeff Hafley this offseason, the Green Bay Packers are making the most drastic schematic change since 2009, when they went from Bob Sanders to Dom Capers.
I know. No one wants to read this right now. But, I’m a perpetual contrarian. When the team was in the dumps early last season, I was unnaturally optimistic and started my Packers Positives series.
The Green Bay Packers made a major change to their coaching staff earlier this offseason. They moved on from defensive coordinator Joe Barry after three years on the job and some underwhelming production.
During his four years at Boston College, Jeff Hafley saw plenty of changes in college football. Of course, it all started with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 – which had a worldwide impact.
Jeff Hafley surprised many when he left the head coach position Boston College to become the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator. A longtime NFL assistant, it was an interesting decision to leave a Power Conference head coaching job for a coordinator position.
Hafley has been a strong defensive coach at the college level, but Matt LaFleur may have also been impressed by his NFL resume.
Jeff Hafley has released a statement about his decision to leave Boston College to become the Green Bay Packers’ defensive coordinator.
He is no doubt qualified, having spent seven years as an NFL defensive backs coach before his Atlantic Coast Conference stint. This will, however, be his first NFL defensive coordinator position.
The Green Bay Packers went so far afield for their defensive coordinator hire that even NFL insiders didn't really seem to see it coming.
The Green Bay Packers are set to hire Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley as defensive coordinator to replace Joe Barry, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported.
After an upset loss to Rutgers and an away loss to the Hokies of Virginia Tech, the struggles of Boston College’s Eagles have been demonstrated more than enough to fans.
After a week-one upset loss against Rutger’s strong Scarlet Knights, the Eagles were hoping to rebound to a 1-1 record in their under the lights away in Lane Stadium.
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