The Green Bay Packers’ defense struggled in the second half of the Week 6 game versus the Cincinnati Bengals, surrendering three scoring drives and 18 points, closing the gap to 24-18 before a field goal drive by the offense. In recent games against Dallas and now Cincinnati, the defense has given up scores on seven of nine offensive drives by the opposing team.

Is there a chink in the armor, or are we seeing a natural side effect of opposing offenses adjusting to limiting Micah Parsons’s impact?

Perhaps. The evidence is limited at best, but against the Bengals, newly acquired quarterback Joe Flacco (whom they faced in Week 3 in Cleveland), had an average depth of throw in the first half of 7.2 air yards per attempt to just 5.3 in the second half per Sports Info Solutions. His time to th

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