Joe Barry has angered Green Bay Packers supporters with remarks he made regarding the defense’s performance in Week 16.

With a record of 7-8, the Green Bay Packers are positioned outside the NFC Playoff picture. Three weeks prior, optimism was high as the 5-6 Packers managed to secure the seventh and final seed. However, after three embarrassing defensive outings, Green Bay has gone winless since. Even though they now have a strong chance to advance to the postseason if they win their next two games, defensive coordinator Joe Barry is actually viewed with little to no confidence.

The Green Bay Packers are not included in the NFC Playoff picture with a record of 7-8. Three weeks earlier, excitement was high after the 5-6 Packers won the seventh and last seed. But since those three embarrassing defensive performances, Green Bay has lost all of its games. Defense coordinator Joe Barry is actually viewed with little to no confidence, despite the fact that they now have a strong chance to make it to the postseason if they win their next two games.

For years, the fan base’s frustrations with Barry have been building, and it is understandable why. Young and other bad quarterbacks like Tommy DeVito, Desmond Ridder, Kenny Pickett, and Baker Mayfield have had some of their best games of the season and/or careers thus far this season thanks to Barry’s defensive scheme.

Many fans understood and supported the Packers’ decision to suspend Jaire Alexander, a cornerback, for their Week 17 game against the Minnesota Vikings. However, some questioned why Barry has been allowed to keep his job while a player like Alexander is being punished and kept out of a game for hurting the team. Barry’s remarks at his Thursday press conference did not make things any better.

Fans of the Green Bay Packers are furious with defensive coordinator Joe Barry once more.

Sunday’s fourth quarter saw the Packers ahead 30–16 at one point. Despite the fact that the Panthers had only averaged 14.7 points per game up until that point, it is important to note that this may seem like an impressive lead. As was previously mentioned, Barry’s defensive strategy gave Carolina two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter.

Put another way, Green Bay was lucky to escape yet another defensive disaster. If Jordan Love and the offense hadn’t shown remarkable late-game performance, the Packers would have lost and would have been virtually out of the postseason picture.

Barry does not, however, seem to believe that his defense performed poorly on Sunday. Barry made the following statement to the media on Thursday:

“I thought we played very well for 53 minutes, but we gave up two crucial third downs and had a couple penalties that hurt us in the last seven minutes of the game.”

It would be safe to say that the defense did not play “very well” for 53 minutes if one were to watch the game. They may have played “okay” for that amount of time, but they never took control of the match or behaved as the better team on the field.

Naturally, Packers supporters were incensed by Barry’s assessment of his own team’s performance: