GREEN BAY — For Jeff Hafley, the pause button tells him everything he needs to know.

Effort.

Decisiveness.

Preparation.

Focus.

And most importantly? Love.

For as long as he can remember, the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator has always used that pause button more than any other on his remote when watching film. Oh, he rewinds with the best of ‘em to double and triple and quadruple check what happened during certain plays. But it’s in the freeze frames as the tackle is being made that Hafley confirms the most vital aspects of how his defense is playing.

And the greatest of these, Hafley will tell you, is love.

“When I’m watching film, when I hit the pause button at the end of the play, and [I] see 11 guys all in the clip, that is like the greatest thing in the world for a coac

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