Not challenging anything you're saying; just wondering out loud based on your comments. When would you say it's just a defense that laid an egg on a given week (in this case vs. New Orleans) vs. a disturbing trend? To a person on this forum, nobody thinks the Packers have it all figured out on defense. They are very inconsistent. Believe what your eyes show you!
That said, they had shown improvement in some areas in the games previous to the NO game. So, which defense will show up Sunday? The one that couldn't stop the run even when the Bears put in Jimmy Clausen, or the one that shut down the Vikings (until absolute garbage time)?