Defensive departures ahead for Packers?

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Posted: January 29, 2011, 11:13 a.m. CT

By BILL HUBER
FOXSportsWisconsin.com | PackerReport.com

The Green Bay Packers dodged one bullet that would have wounded their top-shelf defensive coaching staff.

Turns out there's another bullet in the chamber.

Three days after new Denver Broncos coach John Fox tabbed New Orleans Saints defensive backs coach Dennis Allen as his defensive coordinator rather than wait a couple of weeks to talk to Green Bay defensive line coach Mike Trgovac about the job, Packers safeties coach Darren Perry has emerged as a candidate to be Andy Reid's defensive coordinator in Philadelphia.

The Eagles fired Sean McDermott on Jan. 15, a week after the Packers went 3 for 3 in the red zone in their NFC wild-card victory. McDermott was a prot