Green Bay Packers: Best opponents, how they will have an impact
By Ryan Schlipp
Atlanta Falcons
Julio Jones, Wide Receiver
Unlike all the players up to this point, there is no upside here. Julio Jones is a once-in-a-generation-type player. There isn’t anyone in the NFL you feel good about matching up with Jones, much less on the Packers’ roster.
Obviously the Packers will need to get help in the corner department, but even with the amount of talent in the 2017 draft, the Packers can’t rely on a rookie corner to make the difference between winning and losing.
A Packers-Falcons game isn’t about scoring. Scoring is the standard. The defense preventing points, that’s the real victory.
As it stands, the Falcons have some good players on the offensive line but it’s beatable. If the Packers can draft a solid pass rusher to move Clay Matthews to the inside, with the talent on the defensive interior, the Packers have a real good chance of being the dominant defense in that game.