Will Average Be Good Enough on Defense?

The Green Bay Packers offense is so good, the defense only needs to be average for the team to make a Super Bowl run.   

Have you heard Packer fans say that?  It’s a fairly common school of thought.  We had better hope it’s true, because, judging by statistics through the first five games, Green Bay’s defense is the very definition of average.  The team ranks somewhere near the middle of the pack in nearly all important categories. 

When you look at the rankings for total defense, the Packers are…