- The Green Bay Packers have spent the first six games looking like a defense that finally has some room to breathe.
- Under new coordinator Jonathan Gannon, they’ve opened the season 4-2, won three straight, and held opponents to 14, seven and 13 points over the last three weeks.
- Green Bay has 11 games left, and seven of them come against teams that currently have winning records.
- The Packers’ remaining strength of schedule is listed as the seventh-toughest in the league, which means the early surge is about to run into a much less forgiving set of matchups.
- Jahmyr Gibbs is the next test.
- Gibbs is averaging 100.8 rushing yards per game and has seven rushing touchdowns, and he also has at least four catches and 30 receiving yards in every game.
Packers’ defense looks freer under Jonathan Gannon — but the run-game test is next
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Sources & Referenced Reporting
- lombardiave.com, “Jonathan Gannon has Packers' defense playing 'free' and better than ever,” Oct. 22, 2026.
- lombardiave.com, “NFL standings by remaining strength of schedule: Packers face difficult road ahead,” Oct. 22, 2026.
- lombardiave.com, “Packers can't let Jahmyr Gibbs trample them like Bijan Robinson did,” Oct. 22, 2026.
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