When Jonathan Gannon stepped up to the podium for his first press conference as defensive coordinator, he wasn't interested in revealing secrets or making grand promises. Instead, the message was refreshingly simple: it's all about the players.

"Everybody fits into winning," Gannon told the assembled reporters. "Everybody's role might be different, but it all fits into winning, and you have to perform your role at a high level."

For a coach who's been with the organization for about four months, that's a telling philosophy. Gannon, famously scheme-agnostic, doubled down on his approach every chance he got. He doesn't care if you call his defense a 4-3 or a 3-4. He's not married to any particular playbook. What he wants is simple: put his players in positions to succeed, and leave no stone unturned finding the right combination to make it happen.

That doesn't mean he has no preferences. Gannon did let a few things slip. He likes his defensive linemen big — "I do think it's a big man's game, especially late in the year," he noted. And his edge rushers? Expect to see them standing up if that's what makes them comfortable. But for the most part, the specifics will have to wait. The beat writers weren't asking for details, and Gannon wasn't offering any.

Don't buy the idea that the Packers are guarding state secrets here. The reality is that Gannon will likely run some form of quarters-based scheme in the secondary, and when Micah Parsons is healthy, the pass rush will be built around him. It's not a mystery — it's football.

But Gannon's schemelessness does set an interesting bar for evaluation. If the Packers truly are going to be a scheme-agnostic entity, that gives us a clear, two-fold path to assess his performance as a coordinator.

First, if he's hyper-tailoring the defense to each week's opponent — and every coach does — then the weekly results become the measuring stick. How does the defense perform from game to game? Do they adjust? Do they improve? That's the real test, and it starts now.