{"id":92062,"date":"2025-09-12T23:25:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92062"},"modified":"2025-09-12T23:25:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:25:03","slug":"green-bay-packers-defense-is-off-to-the-best-statistical-start-in-nfl-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=92062","title":{"rendered":"Green Bay Packers\u2019 defense is off to the best statistical start in NFL history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Green Bay Packers\u2019 defense is off to the best statistical start in NFL history originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Green Bay Packers defense looks scary.<\/p>\n<p>With Micah Parsons on board, it might be the reason they get to a Super Bowl this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re already off to a start that some statistics say is the best by any defense through two weeks in the Super Bowl era.<\/p>\n<p>In each of the first two weeks, the Packers have totaled at least four sacks, allowed 60 or fewer rushing yards and allowed 200 or fewer net passing yards.<\/p>\n<p>Never before has an NFL team in the Super Bowl era done that in both Weeks 1 and 2, according to OptaStats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>The newest Shedeur Sanders rumor isn&#8217;t even true<\/p>\n<p>The Packers did it in Week 1 to last season&#8217;s most explosive offense, the Detroit Lions. There was some speculation that the lack of offensive coordinator Ben Johnson (now the Bears&#8217; head coach) may have been the main culprit. But after another week of evidence, it seems Green Bay&#8217;s defense might just be that dominant.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Green Bay shut down the Washington Commanders and second-year QB phenom Jayden Daniels on Thursday night. The short week didn&#8217;t bother the Packers.<\/p>\n<p>Their cornerback room was the biggest question heading into the season, but Keisean Nixon looks ready to be the new CB1 after the departure of Jaire Alexander for Baltimore.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Cowboys&#8217; Micah Parsons trade already looks like a generational mistake<\/p>\n<p>The Packers&#8217; offense is solid, too, with Josh Jacobs on his rushing TD streak and Jordan Love continuing to come into his own.<\/p>\n<p>If the defense keeps playing this way, the offense won&#8217;t even be that important. The Packers may have found their new recipe for success.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE NFL NEWS:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pack has been dominant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":92063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1415,752,368,1529,96,2448,19,102,2545,20,120,3117,118,9,1532,444],"class_list":["post-92062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-baltimore","tag-ben-johnson","tag-cowboys","tag-defense","tag-detroit-lions","tag-green-bay","tag-green-bay-packers","tag-jaire-alexander","tag-jayden-daniels","tag-jordan-love","tag-josh-jacobs","tag-keisean-nixon","tag-micah-parsons","tag-nfl","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-washington-commanders"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Green Bay Packers\u2019 defense is off to the best statistical start in NFL history - 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