"The closest any defensive player came to verbalizing that in public came from cornerback Keisean Nixon, who couldn't help but boast about a defensive performance worthy of praise. "Tonight, we played ball," Nixon said after the game. "Prime time, we held a team to 10 points. You can't really ask too much more of the defense. As a defense, I feel like we're playing ball right now, back end playing really well. It's a complementary game though.""
"What they didn't know at the time was that while they were choosing their words carefully in the locker room, their quarterback invited them to speak freely when he said in his postgame news conference that the defensive players "have every reason to look at us and say, "What are you guys doing?" The closest any defensive player came to verbalizing that in public came from cornerback Keisean Nixon, who couldn't help but boast about a defensive performance worthy of praise."
Green Bay's defense limited the Philadelphia Eagles to 10 points and produced a strong, complementary performance. The offense went scoreless for three and a half quarters before a late touchdown. The Packers dropped to 5-3-1 and fell to third place in the NFC North. The team is 1-3 when holding opponents under 17 points, the most such losses in the NFL this season. Cornerback Keisean Nixon praised the defense’s night, emphasizing back-end play and complementary stops. The contrast between defensive success and offensive ineffectiveness underscored a significant team imbalance.
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