Before the season started, I suspected this young team's play would be best defined as "lumpy".

They're confirming my suspicions.

A nice, unexpected, serendipitous win, Now it's on to Detroit and a chance to see which team shows up to play Thursday night.

The Packers losing a games they should win and the winning a game they should lose is one of the reasons we watch football. You never know when a team will scored 70 points.

I agree with this article. I hope Love starts hitting the deep ball. I put a bet on the Saints and got 1.5 points. I won both ways.

growing pains as expected much of it will right itself, I believe Leavitt on special teams is a liability now he was in position to at least slow the runner on the punt return , all the Packers crowded one side of the field someone has to maintain lane discipline .

GAME BALLS

Jordan Love
While he didn't have great stats (22 of 44 for 259 yards 1 TD, 1 INT), threw his first pick of the year, he came through and made every play they needed to win. He had some miss throws and he had some that he would likely want back. The one to Musgrave would have been a 60+ yard TD. But he over threw him. I feel like Love's numbers were bad because the amount of dropped passes this team had. Love put the ball a number of times right on the money and they were dropped. Also they had started so many drives with a penalty pushing the team back.

Romeo Doubs
The 30 yard catch was a hell of play! The TD catch was very impressive. He is becoming the number 1 target for Love. He had 12 targets. The next closest was Musgrave with 8. Doubs is becoming Loves go to guy.

Rashan Gary
Its crazy the difference Gary makes. He is all over the field. He only makes the other guys around him better.

LAME CALLS

Penalties
This was one of the worst parts of this game. One of the reasons why the offense couldn't get going, is because they kept getting pushed back with penalties. 11 penalties for 90 yards is way to many. essentially that is the whole football field.

Dropped passes
There were way to many balls hitting WR's hands that were not caught. Off the top of my head Reed had 2, Heath, Toure each had one. These were big moments that simply were not caught. These young WR's need to learn to fight for the ball better and get stronger hands. if they get their hands on the ball, they need to come down with it!

THREE AND OUT
-- How about that decision by Matt LaFleur to go for two after the first touchdown?
I felt it was dumb for the reason that they just got some momentum on offense. That being said, that had to of been a jolt in the arm for the team when they converted it.

-- Musgrave
Musgrave is instantly becoming a weapon for the offense. He was targeted 8 times coming up with 6 catches. Love unfortunately missed him on the deep ball because if he hits him its a 60+ yard TD. He is becoming one of the most reliable targets on the team. One game very soon he is going to have a big TD.

-- Carlson
We haven't talked a lot about him, but he has been very good to this point.

I agree on the Game Balls but I would include Rasul Douglas and Luke Musgrave rather than give them honorable mention. They both had excellent games. Musgrave should have had a TD but Love overthrew him early in the game. Once Love gets more accurate on those deep throws the Packers offense will be deadly to handle. Get back Jones, Watson and Jenkins and lookout NFL.

Lame Calls: Penalties, missed assignments. The coaches need to get those mistakes cleaned up. That is what TC and pre season games are for. Yes it's a young team but it's unto the coaches to prevent the team from stopping and defeating themselves which the Packers did for the first 3 quarters.

BTW, Carlson still has not missed kick during the regular season. Bisaccia still has some work to do with STs. We can't allow long returns or returns for TDs.

Wishing that we had a full week to prepare for the Lions. Thanks, Since '61

I will celebrate this win like I thank God when I get away with some incredible stupid or dangerous decision. How can you not be grateful for a win out of that cluster. Maybe it is the way for a youthful team or maybe it is the way that talented players rise and lift those around them. Either way, I wouldn't put much faith in this coaching staff nor our run game.

Game balls: big game balls to call for the two point conversion (thanks)

Lame calls: people calling me during the Packer game.

Broken in overalls: me likey the effort and accountability on this team.

As I sip my cup of joe this glorious morning, I can't get that Beer Barrel Polka song out of my head. Today is a good day. A mighty fine day.

Slurp n Burp

**they stole a kiss from the Saints. Not unlike stealing a first kiss from your gal and watching her eyeslids twitter and her knees buckle a bit. All these years later, I thought and still do, that it was my kissing ability and sultry lips that caused that reaction. It also might have to do with the garlic and onions I consumed earlier... Either way, both situations (the Packers and mine) cause you to smile long after the fact...

Keep on leaning in and stealing more kisses Pack!!! Don't wait for the NFL to PuckeR up. I digress, sorry...

MLF really needs to thank the team for saving his sad ass. Walking away from 3 points on 4 & 2. Never, never leave points on the table. The dude really needs to "clean up" his game management & time outs.

Game ball: Rashan Gary. He completely changed the game by injuring Carr. Does anyone think the Saints go scoreless in the second half with Carr playing? Neither do I.

Lame call: LaFlower leaving points on the field and making insane 2-point attempts. He got lucky and everything worked so he is now a genius instead of an incompetent boob. Getting away with bad decisions does not make him a genius, it makes him lucky.

Ugly: Penalties and special teams. It looked like they invited Mo Drayton back for a guest coaching gig.

I suspect almost every Packer fan expected games like they’re have for the past two weeks. Which makes watching them very entertaining. I feel that this team is learning how to win. I know on the surface a ridiculous statement, but w/o Rodgers and so many young players, esp. playmakers, the team has to reevaluate how they will win games. Don’t know for sure, but suspect they way they have coached this team is even different from years past in the way of motivation and expectation. I do think that MLF’s offense is great for this squad.
Just MHO

Give Love time with these pass catchers and his 50% completion will become high 60’s %. The reason I say this is because, many times the routes are run different from where Love is expecting. When you have to throw the ball within 3 seconds, timing has never been more important in making completions. His balls are almost always a spiral, his foot work looks good (no happy feet), his vision is always down field, he makes smart decisions on when to run or not and looks poise and calm. Lastly, he’s not afraid of throwing a receiver open which is enjoyable to watch, especially since Rodgers didn’t like to do that because he was so fearful of INT’s. We didn’t win many of the 50-50 balls thrown, but most all of them gave our receivers a great chance to make the play. As time goes on I believe more of those will be caught as they work together longer.

I thought MLF’s first 4th down call was excellent—had the execution been better, it was a huge gainer.
I also agreed with his decision for a 2-pt conversion.
I’m over Dillon—give me Taylor/Wilson.
I mentioned in an earlier post that our receivers will need to make more contested passes in the future—but in this game Doubs did it when he had to.
The most impressive point was winning without our 6 critical starters…which doesn’t include Stokes, whom I believe will be big help when he returns.
Go Packers!!!

Game Ball: Rashan Gary.
Good Balls: Savage and Ballentine for exceeding expectations.
Lame Call: A short, low, punt with little hang time to the speedy Rashid Shaheed.

Season Ball: the faith in and respect the team seems to have for Jordan Love.

Honestly, I thought the referees allowed the Saints CBs to hold, grab, and make contact with our WRs all day. They finally called a few in the 4th quarter.

Love has shown me some things. He has resolve and a leadership ability it seems. He is accurate 20 yards and in and has the ability to run and get out of the pocket. He still needs to work on the deep ball. That is something he continues to struggle with but hopefully that improves as the year goes on.

Great win for this young team. It will hopefully give them tons of confidence going into the Detroit game this week.

I've been impressed with JL's pocket awareness, game management, risk tolerance. But I'm concerned with his accuracy. I've done a lot of listening and reading since the game and all I hear is that he threw marvelously but sometimes his receivers didn't quite measure up. Looks to me like he's just not real accurate. Most of those contested passes were thrown a little short so the receiver had to slow or turn or reach back into the teeth (literally) of the defender. Even the two dpi calls were fortunate because they were poor passes that were underthrown, causing receivers to slow and reach back into the cb's. I hope accuracy is a learnable skill.

Romeo Doubs is our #1. It's not Watson

LAME LAME LAME, Look at number 90 on the Saints on the winning extra point. He threw a towel in the air and the ball actually looked like it hit it. WTF WTF WTF. I hope the league looks at this, I wonder if its happened before.

I'm amazed that we got away with Walker and Newman on the left side. They got help from TEs, moving pockets, etc., I thought we were going to have Bakhtiari and Newman on the left side this year, and I thought that would be a strength.

Reed and Doubs, especially, made some top notch catches. New Orleans had some very good coverage and they made a lot of on-target passes end up as incomplete. If we can get WR play like that on a semi-regular basis, we're in business.

The Punt Return.....if only we didn't have to let a guy like that return a punt in that situation. I mean, you're letting one play, when the bottom of the roster is on the field, potentially cost you the game. And what are you getting in return? Why give your opponent a chance? Similarly, the two penalties on our return team could have been easily avoided.

Gary. Wow. He looked like a man against boys on some plays.

I can type today...speaking is a bit of an issue. Hoarse and sore throat from hollering at the game yesterday.

It was probably the loudest I can recall Lambeau at 2 times during the game:
1. When Jordan Love was introduced for the first time at Lambeau Field as the 3rd era QB since 1992.
2. When the Packers scored the tying TD. The PAT was loud too...but that TD...wow!

It was quiet during the 2nd and 3rd quarters as neither the O or the D was doing much, STs breakdown TD, and the stupid penalties. But the 4th was like a new game.

I was disappointed how easily the D let the Saints drive into position to win the game with a FG. D played prevent that almost prevented a victory. We needed the D to play complimentary football right there and they did not. There were so many disgusted fans watching a comeback gift being about to be ripped from them. then the miss due to the young kicker misjudging the Lambeau wind. (Flag was flapping due to East wind...but in the stadium it swirls and blow across the field from the West.)

But you know what? Even if the FG was good, the way the patched up OL was pass blocking and how Love and receivers were making plays...IMO the Pack would have driven into Carlson range to win the game.

"""It was quiet during the 2nd and 3rd quarters as neither the O or the D was doing much, "

Wasn't the defense stomping the life out of New Orleans in the 2nd and 3rd quarters?

Gary knocking Carr out of game changed it all, and Saints were never successful on offense after that.

Carlson has been a good surprise thus far for me.

Penalties were frustrating because it was clear the packers could move the ball against the saints defense.

Yeh, indeed, what would the Packers offense look like if it had everyone healthy and able to play?

But a good game, a really good game. I thought the Packers offense looked okay even through the first three quarters when they hadn't scored zilch. Mistakes, of course, penalties, dropped passes, bad passes, and no decent running game ( Dillon had maybe three good runs in all ), but the offensive line did pretty good protecting Love in the pocket.

But, man, the last half of the fourth quarter, come on! Clutch catching, clutch passing, and the clutch decision by Matt LaFleur in the fourth quarter after the Packers first touchdown. . . to go for a two-pointer instead of the one ( and making it! ). Wow. Outstanding all around.

And the defense holding the Saints to just ten points for the entire game. Jesus, is it possible that Joe Barry. . . Or would the defense be even better with a new defensive coach?

And Rashan Gary for the first time really showing me something special so far this season with not only his injury recovery but even more so with his rushing-the-quarterback ability. I always thought he was good, but. . . Let's see what he does for the rest of the season.

I'm thinking maybe, possibly, Matt LaFleur and Joe Barry have hold of something special here ( this entirely new Packer team ) that they have to adjust to with an entirely new way of coaching.

I'm liking the fact that opposing teams no longer can use the same decade old defensive playbook.

That cross body, cross formation 2 point conversion was a pick waiting to happen - that defenses would bank that Aaron Rodgers would never consider (not that he couldn't - just too risky for him).

As more tape of Jordan Love becomes available, teams will learn his tendencies - but at the moment, I'm liking the unpredictability.

I am going to be honest. In 3rd qr I was sure this game is going nowhere, but I wrote my brother in law that this one was so winnable. I told him that one TD earlier (or prevented return TD) would make this game open for grab. That is good that players had stronger faith than I did. This one was impressive, huge lesson for this young team and positive one.

Now thinking about the game, my opinion is our team was not 0:17 bad. Look that everytime, literarlly everytime when we had a good play there was a penalty. When we finally got some spark, nice rush or pass it sank under the yellow flag. Instead of first down, you get 2nd and 15 or whatever. This is not only a negative move on the field but a hit for the player's mind. Multiple hit. Add these good drives finished on downs, especially this very nice play when Wilson underthrown the ball so badly, and another bad luck, Love slipped (2 in one). On top of it - return TD on our ST which has been not bad since some time. Every play a new bad surprise. I don't look for excuses, but the truth is even being much behind there was a moment we had ~120 yds and Saints ~68.

Jordan Love - I Love his awareness and decision making. In 4th he went into Sean Clifford mode. A gunslinger with no memory looking for another target. Tools are there, some of those just need to be sharpened.

AJ Dillon will now compete with Patrick Taylor, not Aaron Jones (if there was ever any competition). Taylor's TD would change much in RB room.

Packers depth is unique. Every year injury bug is growing and we still compete.

This young team is going to be a lot of fun to watch, which is what many of us who wanted Rodgers traded, were hoping to see. But, the lack of faith in the coaching is still like a poke in the eye. This game is not enough to save Barry and MLF from criticism. The fourth quarter comeback seems more like talented young players making great plays once they could throw the coaches game plan out the window. It just seemed pitch and throw between Love, Reed, and Doubs, three really terrific young players. Once MLF was no longer interfering by running Dillon wide or forgetting to throw to Doubs, the offense rolled. Who knows, maybe MLF can has a little more faith in Love and open up the passing game. On defense, I don't have great expectation that Barry will be able to stop the Detroit offense on Thursday. But who knows, never thought this team would win, down 17-0 with 12 minutes left.

Kenny Clark and Rashan Gary deserve the game balls just for showing leadership. I think their excitement and determination was contagious and I could feel it - I think other packer defenders players saw it too. Walker and McDuffie caught it and were around the ball faster. Savage was putting his shoulder higher and wrapping up his tackles. Brooks got excited. Young team needs leadership, and they had it on defense this game.