Good recap Ken. In the end, the team lived up to what they demonstrated throughout the season. Inconsistent, undisciplined play that always needed "to be cleaned up" stuck with the team to the final snap.

I don't know if Jordan Love will develop into a great QB. He has demonstrated many of the failings that he showed in college. Can he grow? I don't know if Matt LaFleur can get his coaches working at a high enough level to rectify the on going mistakes. And, I don't know if Gutekunst can fill the gaps that are apparent on the O-line, D-line, secondary and at WR. What I do know is that we are in a division that has two teams firmly ahead of us and another team that with some O-line work and better coaching will make 3rd in the division difficult to defend.

For Love, LaFleur and Gutekunst next year will define their future. Go Packers.

I had the same exact thought. The offense is just.......weird. Like whole sections of the playbook were lost and no one has bothered to look for them. That and the boneheaded mistakes, over and over again, are just really difficult to watch.

Observations........

The Packers defense played well enough to win.
The Packers need a #1 receiver (still)

The Packers can't deal with winning teams.
Meaning, the Packers are a good team, they beat the teams they should beat.
But they fail time and time again, against the winning teams of the NFL.

Getting 4 turnovers, the Eagles offense failed, and they were very beatable.
Giving up 4 turnovers, the Packers had no business winning a playoff game.

Rashan Gary is better than average. That is what he is, and that's all he is..
He's paid 'elite'. But.....you have to drink a lot of kool aid to call him an elite player.

The Packers told us repeatedly the last month, how they can't start slow.
Hmmmm.

Jordan Love? I don't know. 🤷‍♂️
Matt LaFleur? I don't know 🤷‍♂️
Jeff Hafley? 👍🦾💯

#1 draft picks since Jaire Alexander? 🤷‍♂️

I don't know how other Packer fans feel. But right now, i'm a Malik Willis fanboy.
This guy, with only 66 pass attempts previously in the NFL, showed up when called upon this season for the Packers, in a big way.
I'm sure the playbook may have been limited when he was in. But what did he do with his opportunities?
He completed 74% of his passes, had an average of 10.4 ypa. threw 3 Td's with 0 picks, for a pass rating of 124.8.
As a bonus...he has legs, he ran for 138 yards with very limited playing time, for a 6.9 average per carry, and 1 rushing TD.

If i'm a GM looking for a QB, i'm calling the Packers to acquire him with the idea of giving this guy an opportunity to compete for a starting job.

Credit due to Willis, Gute and the coaches for his limited success.
Small sample size, but i loved what i saw.

Green Bay Packer warm and fuzzies?
There's always next season.

All I know is I hope to afford a Josh jacobs jersey at some point. That guy is an absolute unit. Definitely need to work on the discipline. I hope they learn from this and they all work to get better. This team will do great things with time. Go pack go

"Continuing a season-long pattern, the defense played well enough to win for three quarters, then let down when the team needed them the most."

This couldn't POSSIBLY be because of all our offensive 3 and outs, and TO's could it? Maybe the disjointed offense could get there house in order to give the D a breather and they might have something in the tank come Q4....

Ron Wolf fired Ray Rhodes after one season because Wolf felt the Packers had the talent but Rhodes wasn't up to the task as HC. After last season's upset of the Cowboys, the arrow for the Packers was pointing straight up; after yesterday's loss (and frankly, several games this season) I have no idea which way that arrow is pointing. Is there a lack of talent? Is there a lack of depth (which usually translates into poor ST performance)? Is it the play calling? Is it expectations of the coaches? Is it marginal position coaches? If this teams wants to compete for a SB, I think there needs to be serious discussions at all levels; however, if this team simply wants to make the playoffs and then hope for success, well "Hope is not a strategy."

The Packers spent the whole year " cleaning things up" but never were able to do it. Those issues will still be there next year. A very disappointing year overall. But I will be supporting them as always. GPG!

We've heard through the years that Championships were the Packers goal every season.
I'm cool with that.
I've heard the same from Murphy, and Gute

But, there comes a time when that starts to ring a bit hollow.
Above the Division, the last time the Packers won a Championship, was 2010.

I've also heard from Murphy and Gute, clouting the success of reaching the playoffs in recent years, with Murphy saying that making the playoffs is difficult in the NFL.

So...it seems to me, the 'true' paradigm in Title Town has changed. no matter what is said.

So, after each game, we said; well the next game will be a test to see how good the packers are. So now we know. about 12-14th best team in the NFL. Definitely about 3-4 pieces short of a top 10 roster. At least there were no glaring weak units like in the TT years (ILB, TE).
I haven't given up on Jaire, and a top corner is nothing to take for granted, or jettison too quickly. Keep him, and get another CB in R1. An OL or DE in R2 - R4, think center or run mauler OG. WR can come in R4-R5. There are plenty of very good WR free agents that don't cost a lot, whether released or via trade. That Oline and Dline just isn't strong enough. Free agents should also supplement top round draft picks to develop dominant Oline and Dline. Those are priority #1 and #2.

MLF is a CEO:

-Hire top performers to support you (position coaches).
-Be brutally honest about your weaknesses and hire those who are better than you in those positions (smart OC-play caller)
-Be brave enough to put the team first and fire under-performers--Bisaccia, Stenavich, Butkus, Rebrovich

Dan Campbell has 2 top performers: Aaron Glenn and Ben Johnson.

Well, my impression after this season (this WC game) is that many of the offensive players (esspecially WR room) was full of themselves after last season and did not prepare for this season, first mentally and probably physically too, well. They were in state of mind how excellent they are. It is common with many young guys and in every field of human activity. Of course, there is some exceptions (Tucker Kraft khm, khm), as always...

I did not expect Packers to win the game, not at this level of confidence (inconfidence?) team is playing with. From that level confidence coming mistakes - every kind of them. In football those mistakes are stupid penalties: holdings, PI, unnecessary roughness, false starts, fumbles, interceptions ... name it.

Also, last season we justified Jordan Love's INTs with claim - first year starter, he had to adapt. Then he did! Last half of the season was a beauty of passing game. Why it is not this season. By MHO it is because coaches tried to prevent bad throws and put the pressure on Love to take care of the ball in passing game. As we do not know what is going behind the closed doors, I suspect this pressure makes Jordan less certain in his ability to place the ball in the right spot.

Ken, you wrote: "Meanwhile LaFleur has to find a way to get Jordan Love to play better. Right now he’s not good enough. His mechanics and footwork are not reliable and he’s not seeing the field real well. He needs to use his legs more."

I want to highlight "his mechanics and footwork". Why that was not the problem last season in the second kalf. Everybody were drooling over his deep precise balls from his back foot or from his jump or when he was running with the ball to escape the pressure. I would like to know that answer? And I would like answer to get from Ken or any of you: "What is the most hardest thing to change in any person behaviour?"

I would say - It is to change the first/basic way you learned to do some activity and doing that activity long long time before the change is asked. I will tell you this one. I watched Dallas get ripped apart by the Packers last season so many times over the summer. It was beauty of play calls, execution, and efficiency. And I also noticed one thing - when Jordan Love need to throw darted throw, it was made by book. But when he was throwing deep balls he always do it from the back foot. Interesting is that those deep throws became so precise that Packer receiver get it between multiple defenders. Interceptions from the first part of the last year are consequence of wrong timing, not wrong locations - and that it is divided responsibility between thrower and catcher...

I would like to mention also that Gutekunst clearly said, several times, that the goal is either 2025 or 2026 season. I believe he is right.

Also, I do not think that some of next remarks would change the outcome of the game, but that referees delegated to do this game we are talking about are the worst one in the whole NFL with so many mistakes and wrong decision in many different games. Which I take as special evidence of not knowing the rules and consequently not applying them are the very first play of the game. First Oren Burks was targeting player (Nixon) with the crown of his helmet and at the moment of impact, the top of his helmet hit Nixon's helmet in the face area - that should be personal foul, isn't it. Second, ball fall on the ground from Nixon's hands, but he was clearly first one who grabbed the ball back and he was on the ground already contacted by defense. It was clearly visible on reply.

Nevertheless, with or w/o that wrong decission(s), Packers were not ready to compete with Eagles yesterday!

AJ Brown “reading?” a book on the sidelines—ha! I bet it wasn’t his, and I think he was holding it upside down…
The fact is this is game we could have won, but it resembled all of our previous losses- slow start, turnovers, and penalties. …and LaFluer’s alleged innovative offense is at a standstill.
Love is, well, he looks like he did at the beginning of last season—not good.
The biggest disappointment was the offensive line—poor performance.
I’m not buying Hafley’s “D”—but this loss is on the offense.
Micah Pasons may be on the market— go get him.
Bring on the draft—get an edge and find a FA WR.
Go Packers!!!

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Did Tom Clements actually coach Love this season? Job #1 for MLF is to find and hire the best possible QB coach ASAP. His game is a total mess despite some great attributes.

"But there would be no miracle comebacks on this chilly day in Philly."

Anyone else read this silently in the voice of NFL Films John Facenda?

more than a few players departing for the off season have not been very outgoing or complementary in their twitter feeds about the season and in a subtle way about the organization...hope Green Bay doesnt become a place where players dont want to come to like in the past...

I’m already ok after yesterday.

That was honestly almost expected. Being a Packers fan the past 35 years means has had two moments of glory. But mostly, it’s been potential and playoff failure. This is far… FAR from the worst one. Since I remember Packers football, starting in 1988: 1989 (my hatred of the Vikings was completed here), 1995, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023. The worst ones were 97 (Broncos cheated), 98 (Rice fumbled), 03 (4th and 26), 07 (Damn you, Favre), 09 (That was a facemask in OT), 11 (15-1 down the drain) 14 (Bostick) 20 (Rodgers you suck).

That doesn’t even count the ho-hum losses in January. This was definitely one of the latter. Ho-hum. I hope that Love and MLF figure it out or we’ll be middling until 2027 when we can move on.

Your "Jumping to Conclusions" were 100% spot on.

I really hope we can add some more difference makers on the DL and at Pass Rusher. A vicious pass rush can mask deficiencies at other positions. *cough* CORNER *cough*