Tim interesting article except for the beer segment as I quit drinking alcohol long before “Yeah!” by Usher came out. I do not know if I ever heard it. My preference in music is before 1985. Yes you know the last century. I like to say that there are very few good songs after 1985. Yes I am stuck in the past. I am glad you had a good time. Oh and thank you for being a teacher. Our youth need good teachers and role models.

My view on this game is I hope Parsons throttles it back a little. Yes I am a believe that a player can play too fast and hard and try to take the game in his own hands. When a player does that they tend not to be as effective. I hope he plays within the system and the Packers win.

The Packers are going to Jerry's World where they've never lost. They should keep that streak going this weekend and it shouldn't be close. The Packers are a much better football team period. This will be Micah's coming out party. I think he gets 2 sacks for himself and sets up his teammates for a few more. With Cee Dee Lamb out they should pound the hell out of them.

On offense I want to see a big game from Jacobs and a bigger game from Jordan Love. I hope we don't see that WTF play by Jordan that he seems to have most games. Get Matthew Golden involved early and often. It's ALL gas and NO brakes for 60 minutes boys. Just Do It!

Go Pack Go!

We've seen that the Packers are capable of beating anyone including themselves. Now's the time to show they're capable of putting that humiliation behind them and beat the Cows.

Hopefully they come out of this game healthy and use it to get dialed in for the rest of the long season.

Thanks Tim. I am less generous in my assessment of that game. It isn't about "over-estimating" and 'youth" or lack of experience. This isn't high school. They are experienced and are pros, and compete for their roster spots. That excuse doesn't hold water. The performance is revealing. That game shows cracks and weaknesses. We've seen them all before...so it shows us that GB has SB potential with a lot of "Ifs" including the usual "injury report-if". GB has to game plan for its weaknesses, and that was/is/ and shall be evermore none other than JLove and the WR corps...until they show that they can take over a game and dominate regardless of what the opposing defense does. There is always an antidote for it. The coaches had plenty of intel on Cleveland and couldn't execute precise and timed passes that negate that rush??? C'mon man. Such exposes the weaknesses of MLF. I'm not saying he isn't a good coach, but he has his weakness and is exploitable....as, now, and shall be evermore...until he shows he can counter. It isn't about just having a "blip" to "learn their lessons". That lesson has been learned in high school.

If the Packers come out of the first quarter of the season at 3-1, I will be very happy. Would never have predicted the loss would be to the Browns, but 3-1 while playing Detroit and Washington is quite satisfactory. Unlike Rasheed Walker, I never thought the Pack would go unbeaten.

PS: Interesting that with injuries to Watson and Reed, the Packers have released Mecole Hardman from the PS. They did sign a young WR in his place, but you would have thought a vet like Hardman would have been the next man up if any further injuries had occurred. I guess the more they saw of Hardman, the less they liked him.

"Then you take into account that the Packers are the league’s youngest team who had not yet traveled to a game this season"

Belton ended up playing more than we'd like, and Golden garnered his share of snaps, but otherwise the game fell mostly on 2nd year players and other veterans. Philly had no problem playing its rooks regularly and in specific roles on their way to a SB last year. If this team has championship aspirations, they have to shed that "young team" crutch in a hurry.

"(Though if they come out and lay an egg in Dallas this weekend, I will start to worry."

Dallas has plenty of problems...and they align with the Packers problem areas right now (Dallas D v. Packers O). Dallas has playmakers even without Lamb. They can run the ball if the Packers allow them to keep that in the game script...which is why, if I'm the Packers, I take the ball on the opening flip and I do my damnedest to march downfield and put up a fast 7 and force Dallas into a catchup mindset from the very start. The Packers could very well lose this weekend if they let Dallas hang around very long. I hope they don't.

"Maybe, just maybe, there are some positive signs after all… but more than likely, the Bears still suck."

Last season around week 5, the Bears put up 35+ in back to back weeks against bad Jacksonville and Carolina teams to get to 4-2 and get their fans' hopes up. They immediately lost their next 10 games. Yes, they pounded a bad and mistake prone Dallas team, but until they can do it with regularity, it means nothing.

Detroit's not going away. They will be ready when the Packers show up there later this season...but who will they have? They already are using up their IR slots. Campbell's style of play gets guys dinged up. Whatever happens, that game will be a tough one.

Cincinnati is bad. They have playmakers in the passing game on offense, but no run game and a QB who looked shell-shocked. The defense is lousy. The Vikes will get shown up by Pittsburgh overseas this week.

One way to put that debacle in Cleveland behind us is to go to Dallas and blow them out! We need to get that sour taste out of our mouths.

Clark has an ankle injury and will probably miss the game. That just makes a bad defense even worse. There are three things I’m hoping to see from our offense. Get the damn running game going, some cohesiveness and few mistakes from the OL and Golden get his first TD and 100+ yard game.

On Defense, just dominate from start to finish and keep them below 17 points. That will be a challenge because Dallas does have a very good offense. No garbage time points.

Lastly, please let the ST’s play mistake free. Coach B has to get better from his players. GPG

Just about every Super Bowl team takes a bad loss during the seasons. Eagles lost to the Falcons last year, the Chiefs always seem to have a week or more where they can't get out of their own way. The Browns game is a loss but I wouldn't sweat a loss in September vs an AFC foe. It happens. As mentioned in the article there isn't an NFL team that is that far off any other one. Change a few players on any roster and I can make a contender out of them. These guys are pros and the back ups are probably better than anyone any of us have ever played against in a real competitive environment.

I think if Burrow played in the Bengals-vikings game, the Bengals would have won.

Some people want to put each game in a box as a stand alone event with little Individual significance. More so if we lose. There are times when a team just has an off day or freakishly on day, but there are times when that day is a window into their true identity.

How does one tell without hindsight? In large part it’s whether the causes are recurring themes that we see in other games and whether other teams can exploit them once seen as well as the opponent that day as opposed to lapses in things that are otherwise consistent.

Not every team will be able to, but it only takes one when it matters. We could pound this Dallas team on Sunday without ever really answering questions by posed last week and while still exhibiting many of the failings, simply due to the differences between the teams and how we match up with them.

The reality though is that what we saw against the Browns has occurred before and derailed us on both offense and STs and not just with the current player group. These aren’t out of the blue issues, they are regular ones and have persisted over seasons. That is what makes the Browns debacle significant for all that it took a nightmarish conflation to seize defeat.

The Browns have no offense worth noting and we played good defense. The play, calling and tactics of our O and ST caused that loss primarily and all of the elements were ones we’ve seen and lamented before. If one doesn’t face that reality and learn then one is likely headed for disappointment.

Nothing about Dallas suggests a similar set of pressures. In fact a shellacking would not surprise me (rare that I predict one). Even if I’m right, it won’t change the fact that the dubious foundations exposed again last week remain to undo us in the end as they have in very similar (and predictable) form throughout the LaFleur era.

That doesn’t mean I don’t expect that many here here will be claiming redemption, as they have done each year till we are again tripped up by coaching in a predictable manner. Good leaders strive to fix it. LaFleur just trusts his approach and methods and gives great latitude to his staff to do the same until it comes back to bite us, at times even in the same ways against the same opponents.

"So for now, I’m ready to chalk it up to a week of weirdness and a bad showing that is in line with the randomness of the NFL".

I don't believe you or others were so comforting with the week 1 Lions, or even Wash having to deal with the first short week travel game to GB.

Is playing at the capacity of the Walking Dead different for the Packers then their two early victims suffering the same affliction.

I'm wondering how many and when these types of showings will be endured this season, and look forward to the critics comments filled with reasons and excuses, since 1/4 of the season will soon be gone.

The game against Dallas, with their weakened Defense and absence of Cee Dee L is not a real measure of GB's competence. Let's be honest-it's how GB will function against the Eagles, Lions and perhaps the Vikings that will show its true mettle.

I would like to ask that we stop using 'the youngest team' as an excuse anymore. I am much more concerned about MLF's ability to study and counteract each of his real opponents and come up with 'Plans B &C' as well as 'A'. He is very frustrating to watch when he has that surprised/scared look on his face, which tells me he didn't prepare deeply enough. He needs a real Offensive mind to help him think more strategically.

Ed Policy should, at the very least, insist on hiring an authentic OC as play-caller. Let Stenavich coach the OL. Have the courage to fire Bisaccia.

Tim,

I'm sorry but that youngest team tripe has gone way past the expiration date. The Eagles are right behind at second youngest according to the source I just checked. Big deal.

It wasn't some young rookie who missed their block on the dude who blocked the McManus kick.

It wasn't some young rook who needed to call three time outs to avoid delay of game penalties and throw that interception.

The offensive line was - offensive - with the possible exception of Sean Rhyan and they are not all youngsters. They played against a really good defense with a very good defensive coach who had their number.

It is probably a nice thing that you gave some beer advice with the article because if I have to hear anymore about this youngest team nonsense I'm going to turn it into a drinking game. This is the team that players competed to be on. This is the team that management and coaches selected to be on the field and they didn't violate child labor laws to do that. They know what they have in their group and the lowest concern is the number of candles on the birthday cake.

The only possible, and I mean possible thing I could blame on youth, is maybe getting caught up in believing in your own hype way too soon. That might be the only factor where some veteran wisdom can come into the equation and refocus the group.

The Packers had seemingly forgotten that pride precedes a fall. And that at the core of Greek tragedies is hubris. Anyway, when players are talking about an undefeated season after two wins, someone needed to step in and inject some reality. And the Browns did just that. I also wonder if the Packers were saying things like, "After we beat the Browns...". Add in that with the Cowboys, they have to still be stinging from that absolutely epic butt kicking they got in the playoffs against the Packers. And they're going to want revenge. The Packers need to come out with all guns blazing on offense so the defense can have an easier game, and not get caught looking forward to the bye week after this game.
The Packers should beat the 'Boys. Then again, they should have won in Cleveland. Put this game away early, keep the pedal to the metal, and don't make the mistake of pulling your starters too early. Or at all. Confidence is good. Overconfidence is the enemy of victory.

As a former teacher, your observations about school activities struck a chord. I was always amazed at how many people put in so much effort for these things. Friday night football.....you have people at the ticket booth, the concession stand, etc. The marching band. It's a lot. Thousands of people in the stands for a freakin' high school football game.

As for the Packers, the usual chirping critics are using one game in September to throw shade on MLF. Here's the deal: Nothing good happens on offense without blocking, and some of our best blockers are on the sidelines with injuries. Nothing more than that, the sky is not falling, it's not a glimpse into our "true identity". It was our first road game of the season and we had key people on offense hurt. Nothing more than that.

Even if we lose to the Cowboys, we're still 2-2 and if we can get our people healthy, we'll be in good shape. We have six games coming up....mid-season.....and they're all winnable. Obviously, @Pittsburgh and at home against the Eagles will be difficult games, but they're all winnable. Then we have three games against division opponents, and that'll probably determine who the division champion is.

"Even if we lose to the Cowboys".

Will a loss to Dallas invoke the "if only" excuses?

There is no excuse for last Sunday. It was a gag job. One of the worst since 2019 - in MLF’s entire tenure. The team has to grow from it. The report cards start coming in on Sunday.