GREEN BAY − For all of training camp, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley has emphasized the need for the defense to force takeaways.

Hafley dubbed defensive quality control coach Wendel Davis the “Ball King ” to focus on every turnover the defense creates.

Attacking the football is the way Hafley wants his defense to play. It’s why the Packers finished fourth in the NFL with 31 takeaways last year.

In the Aug. 9 preseason opener against the New York Jets , the second-year defensive coordinator didn’t see enough attacking in the game.

“I don’t think it translated over as we’ve been practicing,” Hafley said. “Take the win or take the loss out of it, that’s probably the one thing that we take the most pride in and I don’t think we were good enough.

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