Keep your fingers crossed people.

Bradley was great as DC with Seattle, but the 3 win per season average in 4 years with the Jags worries me a little bit. Drafting where they were, how could he have been that bad for so long?

That aside, he looks like a great candidate assuming he hasn't been jaded by his lack of success as a head coach.

Is Bradley a "scheme-specific" guy( a la Capers), or is he the type of DC who can move guys around and tweak his formation to work with a variety of players?

I don't know much about him, other than he's typically had some great 4-3 players and done well with them.

we play nickel most the time, not sure 4-3, 3-4 matters thats much anymore. i would prefer fangio or pettine over bradley. fangios record with bears D speaks for itself. bradley left seattle and there wasn't much drop off until quinn left. pettine did as well as anyone could have in cleveland.

And why would Gus Bradley or any highly qualified DC choose the Packers? Think about it...

You've got a new, untested GM. A HC that is on thin ice. And very limited defensive talent to work with.

I don't think right now Green Bay is a desirable destination for any first rate DC. I think we're about to go through a reality check.

As I have posted before the Packers should interview as many candidates as possible. That is how you find the best fit among the people available for the role. Bradley may or may not be a good fit but I would be fine if the Packers hired him.
Whether we stay with the 3-4 or move to a 4-3 we need to upgrade most of our defensive starters.

We need better pass rushers. Perry is always hurt and CM3s better games are behind him. We need better pass coverage from our ILBs. Martinez is a good player but nothing special, at least not yet. We have one CB who is King. The rest are backups. We need aggressive CBs who can press coverage and who have more speed than what we have now. Safety has become a question mark again. Burnett who is adequate at best is probably gone to FA. HHCD spent 2017 in a fog and who knows if he will return from the fog. Brice hits hard when he finds the ball carrier but he is usually out of position and running around like an unguided missile. Evans needs more snaps to make an honest evaluation of his abilities.

That leaves us with Daniels, Clark, question mark for Adams and Lowry on the DL. OLB Beigel who in his small sample size looks overmatched but give him the benefit of the doubt. Fackrell ???? Ryan at ILB would be a solid backup. Not much behind him. King at CB followed by question marks even as backups. Safety is wide open at this point.

Given that we have about 4-5 actual defensive starters we can go with either a 4-3 or 3-4 since we have to build most of the defense anyway. Our defense is in a period of transition either way because we just don't have enough good players to field an effective defense.

So if were hire Bradley and we go to a 4-3 or try to continue to play a 3-4 we need to add more talent and depth to every level of the defense. The good news is that when you are 32nd (last) in the league in 3rd down and red zone defense, there is only one way to go, I hope. There ain't no Nitschkes, Davis, Robinson, Adderleys, Woods or Reggie Whites in this group. Chuck all the dead weight and start over!!! Thanks, Since '61

Since...... Lombardi's Packers had what, 11 HOF players or all pros on the 1-11 (or whatever it was) team he took over? All it took was COACHING. Clearly the Packers don't have that kind of talent on the roster, but after watching Hyde and Hayward blossom into All Pro's I'm sure there's a few more on the current roster who could do the same thing with good coaching.

No matter what we're STUCK with Perry, he isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Maybe a switch to DE would be the best thing for him. Personally I think it would be a good move. No matter what they need pass rushers and chances are good the Packers can get a blue chipper in this years draft to play opposite Perry.

If he coaches a scheme that is relevant to today's football, bring him on! As long as we're rid of that 1990s zone blitz crap that Dom ran.

This team needs a 43 defense with Mathews in the middle. If not no matter who you get, you end up with capers d and just a new guy trying to make so do guys perform. We have a d full of losers guys.

this team needs to get over matthews. id like to see u call mike daniels a loser guy to his face

Mike Pettine just named GB DC!

Pettine will do fine with some better players. Thought he did fine in Cleveland. In fact in retrospect he did great!

One more piece!

Pettine just got the job.

I like it!

A DC with HC experience? Hmmmm....

https://www.si.com/2014/06/19/mike-pettine-cleveland-browns-coach

Read Pettine's comments on how to teach and help players learn the system. How can you not get excited about a guy like this?

I like the hire quite a bit actually. With today's schemes and sub becoming the primary defense, there is not that much difference from 34 to 43. Not like 5-10 years ago. We actually played lot of 43 Under on first down this year against the cowboys and saints in particular if you watch the film. Pettine loves the 43 under alignmnet because it gives versatility in defending a teams 11 personnel. You have enough beef to stop he run and you can easily add speed at he Will or Mike LB spot to deal with a TE.
Perry is better suited to play a wing 9 tech off anyway, He can be the under and rush from here too. Never saw him as a strait 3-4 player. He can still bend. I also see a guy like Josh Jones being utilized here to blitz out of the Will LB spot, just send him like a torpedo up the A gap. I am Not quite sure where Clay fits in here. I guess he could be $15 mil backside rush defender??? Haha. He's not a Sam LB, he would get tossed around like a rag doll there. Would this make Lowry a true 5 tech?? His alignment would be on the guards outside shoulder I think. Daniels can play a 3 or a 1, always liked him as a 1 anyway, hes shorter and can usually get underneath a guard just blowing up the Guards inside forcing a center double team. Clark is a tough matchup here too with a little rush to him on a single team. I will be interested to see what body type BG targets for "EDGE" players. Some one Cliff Avril-ish?? Arden Key?

Good hire the guy has been behind very good defenses now he will have a championship offense for support , just think force some 3 and outs and keep feeding Rodgers the Ball , we don't need the number 1 defense but a top 10 is fine.