Packers defensive coordinator gives blunt answer to Aaron Rodgers' departure

Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.

To be frank, Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry doesn’t care about the departure of Aaron Rodgers. It doesn’t affect his unit.

Barry was asked about Rodgers, who was traded by the franchise to the New York Jets this offseason, and he responded quite bluntly. 

 "You mentioned [Rodgers] and his honors. It really doesn’t matter on our side of the ball, the defensive side of the ball. That’s the thing that we’ve got to do week in and week out," Barry said, via Madison.com. "We’ve got to show up and play our best version of football, our best version of defense. We can’t be up one week and down the next. We’ve got to find that consistency and show up every single week. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM

New York Jets' quarterback Aaron Rodgers poses with a jersey after a news conference at the NFL football team's training facility in Florham Park, N.J., Wednesday, April 26, 2023.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

"The last five or six weeks of the season, we found that. We don’t have time to waste 10 weeks. We’re in May. That’s what OTAs are for. That’s what the offseason is for. That’s what training camp is for. But we’ve got to be much more consistent than we were a year ago, week in and week out."

The Packers found themselves in the middle of the pack in total yards allowed last season at 17th with 336.5 given up per contest. They did very well with the pass game, finishing sixth-best with 197 yards allowed through the air. 

JETS GM JOE DOUGLAS ADMITS TO EARLY MISTAKE WITH QUARTERBACK ZACH WILSON

However, they struggled with the run game, giving up 139.5 rushing yards per contest which was 26th in the NFL.