Up until the end of the third quarter of Sunday Night Football, the Green Bay Packers had surrendered one drive of over 15 yards against the Dallas Cowboys. Starting with the final drive of the third quarter, though, the Packers, consecutively, gave up drives of 80 (touchdown), 77 (touchdown), 54 (touchdown) and 76 yards (field goal).
If you’re wondering what changed, the loss of starting defensive tackle Devonte Wyatt was massive in Week 4. Wyatt was only able to play 13 snaps, which pushed undrafted rookie Nazir Stackhouse into the DT3 role. With the defense unable to get off the field, Colby Wooden and Karl Brooks wore down, forcing the unit to play Stackhouse on 25 of the final 47 plays (53 percent) of the game.
Pro Football Focus, famous for grading every snap at the NFL level, gave