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Top 10 defense is all people asked for.Through four games, the Packers are tied for third in the NFL in scoring defense (17.8 points per game allowed) and are eighth in total defense (312 yards per game allowed). The next goal would be to generate more takeaways – among the NFL’s best takeaway teams since Capers took over in 2009, the Packers go into Sunday’s game against St. Louis having forced only five turnovers – and keep that arrow pointing up.
Can you name the front seven from 1998?The group has gotten better in two significant areas. One, after giving up 189 yards on the ground against Chicago in the opener, opponents have averaged 90.3 yards in the last three games, taking the Packers from dead last in the 32-team NFL in run defense to 21st. And two, the Packers have now sacked opposing quarterbacks 13 times in the past two games, which according to ESPN Stats & Information is tied for their most in a two-game span since sacks became official in 1982, tying the 13 they posted during Weeks 8 and 9 in 1998. With 17 sacks on the season, the Packers are tied for second-most in the league after four games.
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