In the last article, we covered the six defensive sacks in the Packers 27-23 week seven win over the Cardinals. While the sacks were impressive in their own way and helped the defense achieve the end result, a few of the sacks simply didn’t matter because of explosive pass plays given up on the same drive that led to Cardinals touchdowns.

The issue of explosive pass plays given up is a concerning trend that deserved monitoring to see how it would play out since the tie in Dallas. A bye week didn’t help clear up the issues as the Packers gave up several more explosive pass plays to the Bengals.

The same would hold true for the third week in a row where the defense gave up four more explosive pass plays that led to two touchdowns. And those two touchdowns were the direct result of coverage

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