Mike Daniels wants to 'shut these people up' who rip Packers' D

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- All eyes around the practice field went to Richard Rodgers when the tight end barked into the earhole of Josh Jones' helmet. Rodgers clearly didn’t like the hit that rookie safety had just put on receiver Malachi Dupre, and told him about it.

Somewhere on the field, Mike Daniels must have had trouble holding back a smile.

“If people are noticing that he’s playing with a mean streak, that’s definitely a good thing,” Daniels said after Saturday’s practice, the first of training camp in full pads. “Just his demeanor alone screams out that he’s here for business.”

That’s exactly the kind of thing the defensive tackle has been saying the Green Bay Packers need more of. Daniels, the vociferous sixth-year pro, has grown tired of the defense being to blame for the team’s failure to get back to the Super Bowl.

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Green Bay Packers defensive tackle Mike Daniels is tiring of hearing about it. Fair or not, when the Packers' offense is led by Aaron Rodgers and proves to be highly productive on a yearly basis, it's the defense that has bore the brunt of criticism for the team's inability to get back to the Super...

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Curtis Crabtree wrote:

The defense needs more bite and less bark.

I do think they took a lot of necessary step this off-season to shore up the secondary. I am also curious how the middle of the defense improves. There is a lot of youth with Kenny Clark, Blake Martinez, and Jake Ryan. I also really like Dean Lowry. He looks like a prototype 3-4 defensive lineman.

Originally Posted by: porky88