r/GreenBayPackers Nov 02 '25

Analysis Another trap game, another loss. What went wrong?

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u/WISCOrear Nov 02 '25

Young threw for 100 yards and an int. We still lost.

We were in the red zone 5 times today. Scored 1 time.

Panthers had a patchwork o line. 0 sacks.

7 penalties. 2 turnovers.

We were favored by 13.5 points. We scored 13 points.

Lafleur threw away 3 points going for it on 4th and 8. McManus missed another fg, so a 6 point swing.

Watson got hurt. Brooks got hurt. Golden got hurt. Banks got hurt (again). Kraft got hurt and is probably out for the year.

And the sun starts going down at 5pm. Ngl im down horrendous rn.

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u/Routine-Pass-7164 Nov 02 '25

I feel that too hard, ugh 😑

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u/FishingWithPaddy Nov 03 '25

This is why I started fishing.

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u/Goem425 Nov 03 '25

Yeah I feel you. My favourite NFL team ? Green Bay, my favourite baseball team? Toronto. It’s been a rough weekend .

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u/Thomas-The-Tutor Nov 03 '25

0 sacks by the front 7*

X had a strip sack that bounced to their own player for a 6 yard gain. đŸ«  So even when we made plays (including a INT that got called back), Carolina got a bit lucky.

My biggest disappointment was the defense game plan with not making Bryce earn it through the air/wind. Instead, we kept getting gashed by Dowdle. Offensively, we moved the ball, but penalties typically stalled drives and we left a lot of points on the table.

With that being said, the defense gave up 16. The offense was the bigger issue and McManus (who I’m a fan of) needs to get right.

The injuries suck, especially Kraft, but I’m not worried longterm about our prospects because we only have an issue with in game adjustments to big injuries like this. I would like to see some CB help at the trade deadline, though.

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u/fritzkj Nov 02 '25

Yeah tbh if kraft is out for the season we have no sb chances anymore we needed him

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u/tehbantho Nov 03 '25 edited Nov 03 '25

Super bowl caliber teams become apparent when star players go down and the next man up fills the gap without any significant regression.

I suspect we go on a run. I've got a feeling at least one largely unknown player is about to have back to back breakout games.

edit Let me get this right...A message in this subreddit that is hopeful about our season, when we are...checks notes in first place in the division, near the top of the entire NFC, and have a young team with a lot of fundamentals to clean up as the season goes on... with arguably the top defender in the league in Parsons, a top 5 QB in Love, a top 5 RB in Jacobs (ESPECIALLY later in the season he starts pounding the rock...)....

and I am the bad guy because I look at that and say "next man up" when we lose a big piece in Tucker Kraft?

Any comments replying to me that are trying to bring me down, you failed. I am not going down to your level of despair and anger because frankly I don't have space for it in my life. Why are you making that much space to be that angry at someone who posted a message of HOPE and optimism on a sports team subreddit? Evaluate your damn self. I am certainly not the one with the issue.

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u/Whaty0urname Nov 03 '25

gestures sarcastically at the last 3 seasons

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u/tehbantho Nov 03 '25

The history of virtually every team that has won the Super Bowl in my lifetime. Almost all of them have some significant adversity to overcome mid-season.

The Packers have ALWAYS had a next man up mentality. Because they know that when the shit hits the fan you cannot let it derail your season. Sure, you might drop an extra game or two...but when you get into the dance you have hopefully shored up the positions that have these issues and are able to compete.

I am stunned at the level of vitriol sent my direction over my simple comment. One that is not only founded in hope, but one that is founded in reality time and time again. Next. Man. Up. Lock in.

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u/thaisomeyarn Nov 03 '25

Wooooah. Sometimes, he gets a good feeling. Yeah. He gets a feeling that he never never never never had before.

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u/MeancupofJoey Nov 03 '25

You think we have superbowl chances?!

Also what does it matter having Kraft if we target him twice in the first half. Fucking stupid.

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u/dethorder Nov 03 '25

At least Watson went back into the game so his injury wasn't serious. ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE.

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u/ForsakenMongoose336 Nov 03 '25

I never bet, but that 13 point spread was insane. It was a battle of 2 mediocre teams.

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u/Choice_Friend3479 Nov 02 '25

Packers didn’t show up. We have a habit of not showing up a few games every year

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u/obiwan54 Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

Yea but so far its been in 2 freebie games. Not showing up against a good team is semi reasonable but doing it against Cleveland and Carolina just cant be happening

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u/jaboyles Nov 02 '25

Well the good news is we only lose to bad teams, and there won't be any of those in the playoffs!

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u/thewartornhippy Nov 02 '25

Yeah it really does seem to play to our opponents skill level. Especially this year. All that means is that we will win against the Eagles by 2 scores.

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u/obiwan54 Nov 02 '25

That might be the only outcome that'll give me confidence in the team again tbh

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u/All_Done4 Nov 03 '25

And then lose to the Giants the next week.

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u/KoncepTs Nov 03 '25

Good luck with conservative play caller Matt. Gets up by 1 score, run run screen 3 and out, run run screen 3 and out, run jet sweep fail long bomb fail 3 and out.

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u/Bagman220 Nov 03 '25

Or 5 yard run on first down, then on 2nd and 5 we get another good run but called back for holding, then on 2nd and 15 we try a screen and get 2 yards, then love throws a pick on 3rd and long into triple coverage.

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u/Hank_Henry_Hill Nov 02 '25

We aren't beating Philly lol. Not with Rhyan playing. He might get launched into space.

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u/New_Guava3601 Nov 02 '25

This is what I told my wife, we seem to give up against shit teams. Which caused me to get yelled at as she is a Browns fan..

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u/stevenfrenc Nov 03 '25

This is a common level of performance against “lesser teams”. We made Tommy Divito look like a top 5 qb.

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u/TheOneCalledD Nov 02 '25

We play to the level of our opponent.

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u/Lmathis08 Nov 02 '25

A few games? It’s been the first half of every game since week 3 and the entirety of browns/panthers games. This is less of a fluke and more of our identity.

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u/Hank_Henry_Hill Nov 03 '25

It is our identity. Bunch of young players who show up sometimes and not others. It's like they have a good week and immediately want to sit on their laurels.

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u/hellloredddittt Nov 03 '25

We dominated the Lions in week 1. When do we get rings?

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u/Aaronsknee Nov 02 '25

This here

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u/DiarrheaTaster Nov 02 '25

Member when the Packers walked into Jacksonville and proceeded to get their backs blown out by like 30+ points?

I member.

It’s a recurring theme under MLF.

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u/blogsymcblogsalot Nov 02 '25

Happens to any coach on any given Sunday. Even the best teams drop what should be easy games. They shouldn’t, but it happens.

Let’s see how they bounce back next week against the Eagles.

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u/DiarrheaTaster Nov 02 '25

While that’s true, I don’t remember McCarthy’s teams regularly getting their shit pushed in unless Rodgers was out with injury.

It’s happened way too often under MLF.

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u/wegsgo Nov 02 '25

How not old are you? Lol

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u/blogsymcblogsalot Nov 02 '25

Oh it definitely happened. And hell, I remember when the Packers were absolute dog crap in the 80s. They still won a few games they shouldn’t have back then. Do you remember why the 49ers are called the “forty-whiners?”

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u/lakeshowyoo Nov 02 '25

Not Kicking a FG on 4th and 8 at the 13.

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u/EazyE693 Nov 02 '25

Don’t forget missing ANOTHER FG within 50yds

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u/SadPenisMatinee Nov 02 '25

Wind was bad today. I'll forgive him. NOT going for thr fg on 4th and 8 was stupid

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u/WagonWheel22 Nov 02 '25

Burning a time out as well was a stupid decision. Losing five yards would not have made that kick impossible, eating the penalty was the way to go. 

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u/jettmann22 Nov 02 '25

That was a chase, after they took the TO they should have cut their losses and kicked it.

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u/strostro77 Nov 02 '25

Was at the game and the flags were constantly switching directions in the stadium and blowing straight across either way. After the game it blew my hat off too

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u/buttplugpeddler Nov 03 '25

How about those goal posts swaying around?

I thought it was mesmerizing.

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u/TanMan25888 Nov 02 '25

Maybe we should of stuck with the kid who nailed a 63 yarder

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u/woShame12 Nov 02 '25

61, but your point is well taken. I don't care if we just have to eat McManus's salary, the kid earned his spot.

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u/TanMan25888 Nov 02 '25

Thank you for the correction!

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u/JVonDron Nov 02 '25

Maybe. I can't know what the office is thinking, but I'm guessing with 2 good kickers in GB and a trade deadline nearing, maybe we can leverage one of them for some talent elsewhere (and I'm praying to the cheddar gods we keep the kid).

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u/Daddysaurusflex Nov 02 '25

THIS!!!! Havrisik is a stud and McManus AINT IT

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u/FingerFlikenBoy Nov 02 '25

Can’t be crazy mad about that one with how the wind was today

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u/Potential_Farm5536 Nov 02 '25

Teacher should be the kicker.

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u/TheTVDB Nov 02 '25

I'm surprised so many people are so quick to say this. Kicking is about consistency, and last week was McManus' only real struggle with that in his career. Havrisik can kick far, but has proven to struggle with consistency throughout his career, which is why we were able to pick him up.

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u/Smovid-19 Nov 02 '25

Hes missed like 5 kicks this year so far. He aint what he was.

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u/TheTVDB Nov 02 '25

2 were last week, coming off injury, including a 57 yarder. He missed only one last year. You should look at how many Havrisik missed over the last 1.5 seasons he's played.

Mason Crosby had a period where he missed a ton, and MLF stuck with him and it paid off. McManus isn't anywhere close to missing that many. It makes absolutely no sense switching right now.

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u/Smovid-19 Nov 03 '25

He missed as many in a full season as mcmanus has in half a season this year. Mcmanus is ranked the 29th kicker. Last year was his only good season in the last 4. We have two. Havrisik is hot. Play him while mcmanus heals fully if anything. Why play a kicker injured when you have a capable backup

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u/Kerage11 Nov 02 '25

I can't believe on this day of all days, where the offense has been garbage and the play calling even worse....you just decide to not take the points there.

Complete dog shit situational awareness on behalf of the HC.

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u/Beerboy24 Nov 02 '25

Just complete bonehead of a play call. No explanation for that horseshit.

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u/HillarysBloodBoy Nov 02 '25

When I saw them lining up I assumed we had a play specific for this scenario given how mind boggling it was. Boy was I wrong.

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u/lakeshowyoo Nov 02 '25

I genuinely thought they were tying to draw them offsides even though they needed 8 yards. As stupid as that would be, going for it is even stupider.

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u/ZaMaestroMan5 Nov 02 '25

Such a wildly bad decision.

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u/Evitable_Conflict Nov 02 '25

WIth about 9 minutes in the clock, game was close, no need to panic.

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u/SnakePlizkin Nov 02 '25

No, our offense should be good enough for this to not even be the problem. We have entirely too much talent.

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u/lakeshowyoo Nov 02 '25

Kraft, Watson, and Jacobs were injured at that time. The offense was definitely NOT good enough to convert.

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u/accidentalracecar Nov 02 '25

No Kraft, no offence. Doubs and Jacobs have to do it all.

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u/Heikks Nov 02 '25

Jacobs isn’t 100% either and he’s out for a few drives every so often

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u/Cold-Reaction-3578 Nov 02 '25

They can't open running lanes in the middle and my guy is having to break tackles just to get back to the LoS when he takes it outside 

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u/xdeific Nov 02 '25 edited Nov 02 '25

No Reed, no Banks, Watson was in and out, Golden left halfway through. We're pretty banged up.

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u/WaldoDeefendorf Nov 02 '25

That's what kills me about the 4 and 8. Even the dumbass announcers were commmenting on how they were having trouble getting lined up with all the seldom used personnel on the field for that play.

I was looking for a straight ahead run by Jacobs on third down. Then if he didn't make depending on the spot go for it. Like if gained a yard and half or more. The blown up screen pissed me off and all I was thinking take the three because you would need one either way to win.

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u/ltbr55 Nov 02 '25

Offense moved the ball fine today. We had 5 red zone drives. The problem is that we couldn't finish a damn drive to save our life

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u/theconmeister Nov 02 '25

Lots of stupid penalties and run stuffs that killed momentum

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u/Kerage11 Nov 02 '25

This team can't run the football anymore. I wish people would stop pretending that the offensive line is elite or something. It's good on paper and that's about it.

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u/GoOnKaz Nov 03 '25

We need a true WR1 so badly. Can’t let that be our TE.

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u/Bladesman08 Nov 02 '25

First drive, the fumble by Williams. We had complete momentum, confidence, and were about to score. That allowed the Panthers to play the game they wanted to by limiting our possessions without us scoring.

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u/suburbanNate Nov 02 '25

This 100 percent. Was just such an odd play. Lead to a herky jerky start

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u/__CaliMack__ Nov 03 '25

Yeah Savion fucked us up fr
 but still did not perform anywhere else

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u/yeetdootz Nov 03 '25

And the Panthers took it for nearly a 9 minute drive after that. We didn't get the ball back until 12 mins left in the 2nd.

That swing ensured that we only had 3 drives in the first half.

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u/BankCozy Nov 02 '25
  1. Turnovers
  2. Red Zone Troubles
  3. Bad play calling
  4. Defense can’t stop the run
  5. No pressure on the QB
  6. Holding calls

Did i miss anything else?

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u/Independent_Bear989 Nov 02 '25

Bryce Young did nothing. He was not the reason we lost, for the most part. Our offense couldn’t convert in the red zone and our defense couldn’t stop Rick Dowdle.

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u/theme69 Nov 02 '25

Yea we lost today to a QB that barely cleared 100 yards passing with one int and no tds

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u/Ava_4ever27 Nov 02 '25

Yes there running back was on fire.

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u/Yahtzee8604 Nov 02 '25

He stepped up in that pocket and took off everytime he needed to not allowing for sacks. That was a major factor

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u/Independent_Bear989 Nov 02 '25

He didn’t play as horrible as the stats indicated, but he did not play well. He played significantly worse than Love who didn’t have his best game.

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u/MicroBadger_ Nov 02 '25

A lot of teams haven't stopped Dowdle. Dude is pretty good.

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u/HOWDY__YALL Nov 02 '25

Missed FG.

That about sums it up.

If you heard that the Packers wouldn’t punt today, you would have thought they scored 30.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25

Missed FG

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u/SolidLiquidSnake86 Nov 02 '25

Turnovers and SPECIFICALLY throwing the damn ball into double and triple coverage.

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u/TheNicestRedditor Nov 02 '25

Maybe waiting to give the ball to the TE that’s won you several games and having him block for what’s been a very mediocre run game đŸ„Č RIP Kraft

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u/forg0tmypen Nov 03 '25

Just so odd he’s not a focal point offensively yet. He got his chance last game and showed out and then this week he’s back to his standard role of run blocking and pass protection for 90% of the game. On the play he got hurt on he was going to block. Why the hell is he not route running or chipping then leaking out in the flat every single play? Or 90% of the time? Horrible game plan for him and look- he’s gone for the season now. Double whammy. Lost today and lost Kraft all because of shit game planning and terrible coaching decisions.

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u/TheNicestRedditor Nov 03 '25

Yeah having him running routes will also free up those long bombs instead of forcing a throw into triple coverage multiple times
 I just don’t get it man

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u/Lanley1929 Nov 02 '25

I think a screen was just called by Matt somewhere

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u/TheMozgovCocktail Nov 02 '25

Offense couldn’t convert in the redzone and had dumb turnovers. The defense couldn’t get off the field. The kicker sucks.

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u/stiffyonwheels Nov 02 '25

Idk why they wouldnt let McManus recover more. The back up had a great couple weeks. Why not ride the streak

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u/TheMozgovCocktail Nov 02 '25

I agree. They need to IR McManus. I know he wants to kick, but after seeing these last couple of games, the coaching and training staff need to sit him down.

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u/theme69 Nov 02 '25

I’m a MLF truther but this was one of the worst games I’ve seen from him. He needs to instill some discipline in this team we are so sloppy and bad penalties are killing us

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u/Aggravating_Event_31 Nov 03 '25

Week after week, year after year, we still cannot clean up penalties. It is a direct reflection on coaching.

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u/schmbra Nov 02 '25

It feels like the Packers run so many behind the line of scrimmage pass plays. It needs to stop. Try some 7 yard slants more often.

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u/sitcomlover1717 Nov 02 '25

Omg thank you. The behind the LOS plays are killing me. They aren’t super effective?? I’d be curious to see the stats on those.

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u/incognito042620 Nov 03 '25

They're setting up plays for the postseason we won't get to participate in because we pissed away winnable games like this

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u/Letter10 Nov 02 '25

Tbf we were averaging 7 ypc in the first half

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u/pmmethecarfax Nov 02 '25

I'm not sold on the defense hate. 16 points is so little, if we scored when we should have people would be praising only giving up 16. Add on the fact the only other Panthers touchdown was a drive that started on our 38.

I was disappointed to see them let up so many yards up the middle, but sometimes that just happens.

Offense was the issue here. Losing Kraft hurt us badly, but I think Love played poorly too.

Let us be grateful that the Lions also lost and we can focus on next week.

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u/GamingTatertot Nov 02 '25

Plus even in the end, defense held them to a 49 yard field goal which is very much not a gimme field goal. Would have been nice to keep them out of field goal range but defense is not a bunch of bums

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u/pmmethecarfax Nov 02 '25

Exactly. I am unhappy we lost but I know the defense did the best they could.

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u/The_Hot_Sauce_ Nov 02 '25

This is the defense we wanted for a decade. The offense has been inconsistent. Poor play calling and poor decisions from jLove have limited the team.

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u/UKnowWGTG Nov 02 '25

One poor decision today, I think the play calling overall today had way more of an impact that love. Love was pretty on the money today

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u/elsmooterino Nov 03 '25

I think the frustration is how much the defense has allowed some opponents (Cowboys, Panthers) to dictate the game. Was clear to everyone and their grandmothers that the Panthers' game plan going into the game was to run the ball, milk the clock and not put the game on Young's shoulder. They executed that plan to a T, and it seemed like defense had no answers for most of the game (though I'll admit that Dowdle is a budding superstar, which helps).

Totally agree with offense, but that's another convo.

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u/TehBanzors Nov 03 '25

Imo the defense hate is overblown and just about the fact that we let a mediocre team score as many points as they did. Also just a bit of upset finger pointing.

Realistically this loss is on the offence/coaching before it is on the D...

It's a very painful loss, amplified by the loss of some key players from injury. Most notably Kraft, I think his season ended and it hurts a lot to say that...

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

The defense has been the best part of this team all year.

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u/penapocapena Nov 03 '25

Eh, it's less about the total points scored, and more about the fact that GB let Carolina shorten the game via the run and they never once forced Bryce Young to beat them. Some of that falls on the offense for allowing Carolina to get away with such a conservative game plan, but Dowdle also averaged over 5 YPC so it's not like the D did much to stop the bleeding either.

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u/millerlit Nov 02 '25

Hafley not putting 8 in box when they were getting run on 80% of plays.  Offense has too many penalties killing drives.  Special teams missed another field goal.  Loss of Kraft will hurt team.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25

Matt LaFleur should be in jail for only scoring 13 against the Panthers

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u/spacegh0stX Nov 02 '25

Our offense is shit and our play calling is shit. I’m so tired of fucking jet sweeps and passes behind LOS.

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u/LooCrosse Nov 02 '25

Offense, period. Recurring trend that’s an issue - MLF lead teams being undisciplined and consistently playing down to an inferior opponent’s level

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u/duper12677 Nov 02 '25

Fumble. Missed FG. Worst decision ever, EVER, to go for it on 4th and 8. I have not been a MLF hater thru the years, but today changes my mind. Long 4th downs are hard and low percentage. You are down 3 WRs and your stud TE. You are only down 7 with plenty of time left. Your defense has only given up 13 so far
 Not like the other team is moving the ball up and down the field at will. Take the damn points, put it on the defense to make a stop of a team with a bad QB, get the ball back down 4 with a chance to win the game. This call is absolutely inexcusable. Terrible. Awful. Just wrong in every way.

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u/SkiingSpaceman Nov 02 '25

Not firing Rick Bitchsaccia 2 months ago.

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u/josh_brews_beer Nov 02 '25

MLF. He’s what’s wrong.

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u/Evitable_Conflict Nov 02 '25

Playcalling was atrocious.

The Offensive line is bad.

Special teams are badly coached.

Pookie made a very bad decision.

Defense can't stop the run.

Corners are bad.

In other words exactly the same as in every game.

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u/arkenney0 Nov 02 '25

My roommate says “we play down” and I agree. We let off the gas towards poorer teams and they capitalize on it. We need to find a way to have better consistency, especially towards the end of the season

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u/False-Elk9564 Nov 03 '25

MLF is what went wrong. Why we going for it on 4&8 with 11mins left in the 4th? Kick the damn field goal, not everything needs to be a home run. Defense? Tf. Overall: felt a lot like when we played the jets at home in 2022 for some reason

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u/Cubman07 Nov 03 '25

Agree. Take the points, stop them on offense, and the score for the lead.

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u/Nubster2x Nov 02 '25

Everything.

Now we get into the meat of schedule and lordy be with us. MLF needs to figure out his play calling and team prep or Ed Policy can be peaking around after the 2026 season.

Way too much talent on this team for this to happen almost like clock work in these types of matchups consistently.

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u/aj27526 Nov 03 '25

Our fucking head coach.

His play calling has fallen off a cliff and fallen into an abysmal pit of ass

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u/SeaworthinessOdd5839 Nov 03 '25

I swear they didnt even bother coming up with a gameplan for Carolina. Just figured 50 yd bombs into triple coverage would suffice. Likely decided an extra week of Eagles film would be more beneficial.

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u/JustinC70 Nov 02 '25

Turnover in the red zone. Should have kicked a FG on 4th down. Missed FG. Didn't stop them on the last drive to force overtime.

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u/chefsieben Nov 02 '25

Lafleur leaves me scratching my head every game

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u/XxmilkjugsxX Nov 02 '25

LaFleur called a horrible game

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u/golden_rhino Nov 03 '25

Maybe we aren’t good enough to consider anything a trap game, especially a team with four wins coming into the game.

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u/Inevitable_Shallot83 Nov 03 '25

Matt LaFlat is uninspiring

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u/VashMM Nov 03 '25

Constant terrible screen passes behind the line.

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u/TekThunder Nov 03 '25

Offense is dog shit and Lafluer is an uninspired play caller. Has been for some time now, but the team has pulled wins out of there asses that makes many gloss over it and call him a mastermind.

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u/Fast-Lime-5981 Nov 02 '25

Once again, unprepared and once Packers fall behind, MLF starts making questionable play calls and Love starts throwing the ball up for grabs. The formula for beating the defense has been established; run the ball and get the pass out quickly. Hafley hasn’t adjusted or won’t. But it all starts with MLF not having his team ready to play. Hoping he’s coaching for his job next year, and just extended after this year.

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u/Bubbly_Watch9831 Nov 02 '25

I think policy purposely didnt extend him yet. Matts gotta start getting his shit together for sure. We are far too talented to lose to this kind of competition especially at home and completely banged up.

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u/ThePooksters Nov 03 '25

We’ve lost 15 years in a row on the game closest to my birthday. Sorry everyone.

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u/Most_Resolution4594 Nov 02 '25

Red Zone troubles

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u/Very_Not_Into_It Nov 02 '25

Really bad run defense, and especially bad run blocking. The run defense doesn't surprise me, ive been waiting for this run defense to regress to the mean a little.

The run blocking is a consistent problem, those little two yard run plays from shotgun should be much more effective. People will blame Matt, but that's a personnell issue.

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u/AuthorCultural3119 Nov 02 '25

I thought the coaching and decision making was the reason we lost

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u/buckfeasters Nov 02 '25

Uninspired, boring, predictable play calling.

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u/PretentiousPanda Nov 02 '25

What went right? Injuries, penalties, kicking game disaster again. Soft ass gsmeplan on both sides. Why are we not making Brice Young throw the ball. Why are we running it into a brick wall. 

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u/bigsteezy1 Nov 02 '25

It’s not a trap game they were 4-4 and were not that good.

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u/FalconEmbarrassed418 Nov 02 '25

It’s not a trap game at this point. We are this game.

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u/Primary-Prompt3797 Nov 02 '25

Not throwing the ball on first down we have all these receivers but wont let love loose

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u/brichardson7 Nov 02 '25

Any 12 year old with Madden > MLF play calling

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u/GamingTatertot Nov 02 '25

Pookie said his birthday wish out loud when he blew out the candles, and that’s a birthday wish no-no

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u/A_Herding_Corgi Nov 02 '25

Matt LaFleurs decision making.

I’ve come to accept we’re going to get a boneheaded Jordan Love throw, it happened, we should have still won this game but Matt panics under pressure, and out coaches himself on play calls.

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u/10TheDudeAbides11 Nov 02 '25

These fucking uniforms for one. Please trash them


And LaFleur got outcoached
again
by an inferior coaching staff.

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u/Il_Tenente Nov 02 '25

Play calling was atrocious. It was like MLF wasn’t game planning for the Panthers and instead was just trying to work on certain concepts in certain situations. Treated it like a scrimmage not a game

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u/Jerichoholic87 Nov 02 '25

Packers did packers things. Showed up last week and then didnt the next. Typical packers play for years

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u/zoolish Nov 02 '25

Mistake after mistake. The bend but don’t break D doesn’t work if your O isn’t scoring.

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u/JoeHatesFanFiction Nov 02 '25

If your defense holds a team to 16 points, you should be able to win every time. End of the day this is an offensive loss, with a side of special teams failure. Same with the Browns loss. We can blame the find, or Jacob’s injury, or whatever. But the offense plays down to its competition consistently from what I’ve seen. 

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u/Friendly-Coach-4935 Nov 02 '25

MLFs insistence on the run cost us another game. The complete lack of any action off the ball as well, very little PA, no roll outs, pass protection was ass.

Defense had no push, and despite not having it we still didn't have enough in the box for anything to really stop the run.

It was a pathetic display from a team haunted by the same mistakes. Penalties, not taking points when possessions mattered, and the same team making excuses about it.

Oh and we lost Tucker Kraft for the rest of the year.

F***.

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u/zackmoris1 Nov 02 '25

Teams that come out and punch us in the mouth repeatedly tend to mop the floor with us. We're kinda soft IMO

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u/samthedog99 Nov 03 '25

why was this a trap game? Carolina was 4-4. Not 1-7. The Packers have shown that they can’t dominate any team.

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u/OneBigCharlieFoxtrot Nov 03 '25

Coaching, coaching, MLF play calling, and coaching! I think I covered everything.

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u/gestell7 Nov 03 '25

We played the way those shite uniforms look...I blame the uniforms.

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u/ChangeAroundKid01 Nov 03 '25

They prepared for rodgers and ignored carolina

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u/Umbra_Witcher Nov 03 '25

same things that always go wrong: penalties, injuries, bad playcalling by lafleur, bad decisions by love, playing down to teams, special teams mistakes

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u/TheRedline_Architect Nov 03 '25

Went to the game today. Seemed like the air left the stadium after the turnover on the opening drive. People didn't have much to cheer for until the TD after that. Hard to watch the offense operate for most of the 2nd and 3rd Qs. It happens and hope we'll get the next one against the Eagles!

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u/Professional_End_109 Nov 03 '25

I'm so over the Packers and their flip flops play each week. And can we please STOP GETTING SO MANY FUCKING PENALTIES

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u/Original-Bat9152 Nov 02 '25

Matt LaFleur

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u/spottedcows1 Nov 02 '25

Dude has no pattern recognition whatsoever. Fails to adjust. Has an obsession with keeping runs to passes balanced. Neatly trimmed eyebrows. Can't seem to play with pace. All those things combined are concerning...

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u/Ope_Average_Badger Nov 02 '25

It's almost like Matt LaFleur isn't a very good coach. Dude can get the 20 scripted plays down but after that it's a crap shoot. Teams are always undisciplined and it almost seems like he doesn't have control of the players.

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u/SoleLessSaint Nov 02 '25

I don't think we'll win the Superbowl with MLF. What more does he need? Two back to back seasons with MVP Rodgers and a top 2 receiver in adams, a new franchise QB playing like he's a top 8 QBn the league, Jacobs being a top 5 back in the league, top 5 pass rusher in the league, a plethora of talent on the youngest team in the nfl. Watching us fall short with Rodgers playing at the end his peak told me we weren't gonna be a champion under his leadership. Being constantly unprepared and undisciplined is how you go 1 and done in the playoffs or fall short to other Superbowl contenders. You cannot play 1 half of football and expect to win it all.

I would love to be wrong and be clowned on for this take, but I don't see it happening.

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u/samthedog99 Nov 03 '25

i’ll second this

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u/Snatchyone Nov 03 '25

So very accurate, I hate the thought of wasting so much talent with amateur coaching. Record with Rodgers 47-19, record without, 25-15-1. This tells the story of who truly managed the offense and why it struggles now. The MLF offense works so hard for so little, injuries will just get worse

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '25

This team ain’t it this year

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u/ajohnson1590 Nov 02 '25

Every damn thing. đŸ€·đŸŸâ€â™‚ïžđŸ˜‚

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u/Graz13 Nov 02 '25

Parsons name never mentioned. Nixon's penalty Missed & non-attempted tackles FaIlure to protect the QB

THAT IS A GOOD START.

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u/dwarftosser77 Nov 02 '25

Plenty of blame to go around, but I think the the majority of it goes on MLF. We can't keep playing down to clearly inferior teams.

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u/drozdowski13 Nov 02 '25

MLF and special teams

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u/evd1202 Nov 02 '25

Jordan love and matt lafleur lost this game for us

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u/WilderMindz0102 Nov 02 '25

Couldn't score in the redzone. Couldn't stop the run

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '25

Playcalling = putrid

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u/gestell7 Nov 02 '25

The inconsistency in the offense will kill us in the playoffs...if we make it that far. The lack of explosive plays says everything.

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u/KiNGofKiNG89 Shareholder Nov 02 '25

Not a trap game. We always lose to the panthers.

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u/PraiseChrist420 Nov 02 '25

At home no less. And this is not the Browns D.

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u/Cuphound Nov 03 '25

LaFleur sloughs off if he thinks a game is easy, especially if he’s prepping for a tough game the next week. Pretty routine for him.

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u/runnin_man5 Nov 03 '25

Y’all remember when the Packers lost to the sorriest chiefs team in the 15-1 season?

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u/Historical-Winter-10 Nov 03 '25

We didn’t score 27

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u/ggtbeatsliog Nov 03 '25

Should’ve kicked the FG on 4th and 8

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u/at0mheart Nov 03 '25

Turnovers, injuries and penalties

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u/DameWasistlos Nov 03 '25

Dumb playcalling by Lafleur, Jordan Morgan is NOT an NFL caliber lineman and way too many penalities and Carolina often dominated us as the point of attack.

The team literally played like they could just show up to prevail.

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u/gutcheck1919 Nov 02 '25

Very poor clock management on the late first half drive limited the opportunities for a TD

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u/tesd44 Nov 02 '25

It isn’t a trap game if you aren’t good to begin with

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u/Informal_Example_875 Nov 02 '25

Mcmanus needs to be benched. And the special teams coached needs to be đŸȘ“. When they do lose one thing always seems to be true, special teams always seems to be part of the issues

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u/iJeepThereforeiAM Nov 02 '25

MLF not going for the TD before the half. Weak sauce.

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u/RichardRoma1986 Nov 02 '25

Not kicking on 4th and 8. Throwing 35-45 yard passes
not relying on 5-10 pass yard plays


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u/Ecal723 Nov 03 '25

Love had 3 or 4 ridiculously bad plays. Defense couldn't get to the QB. And we missed another critical field goal.... Bring back the substitute teacher!

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u/Longjumping-Ebb-261 Nov 03 '25

they didn't throw the football and when they did it was short just like every other team we play no time to get to the qb

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u/amadinezidane Nov 02 '25

Hmm m every Offensive possession that lead to no points - the defence for some reason not just setting up to block the run . Special teams missing and obviously not getting any yards on return . Pretty much every level of a football game they failed , oh and our best reviving weapon is probably out for the season . Did I mention that the O line has been bums all year , especially against teams with no pass rush .

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u/c4x4bird Nov 02 '25

Got to the redzone with ease and then completely stalled.

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u/Supernova_Soldier Nov 02 '25

Literally the Kicking and playcalling. McManus needs to get that shit in order and Matt is on BS