The Green Bay Packers battled back in the second half of the Week 8 game versus the Pittsburgh Steelers after being down 16-7 at halftime. They held the Pittsburgh offense to nine second-half points while the Packers offense scored on each possession of the 2nd half. In the end, the defense held their former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, and the Steelers offense to just 1-10 on third down conversions, allowing the defense to ultimately dictate the pace of the 2nd half.

They sacked Rodgers five times, including a strip sack and recovery by the defense, and broke up five more passes. They also only gave three explosive pass plays, though one at the end of the game was inconsequential as the score was already 35-19. Overall, this felt like a much better version of the defense we saw early on i

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