Packers looked lost in L.A.
The Packers had a rough day on the West Coast as they fell 26-11 to the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Chargers were much better on both offense and defense in this game even though they were mostly settling for field goals. They finally scored a touchdown before the Packers scored for the first time in the game on a field goal late in the third quarter to make it 19-3 L.A. The Packers were held under 100 total yards through the first three quarters and gave up numerous big plays on defense. It just wasn’t the Packers’ afternoon.
After a 7-1 start to the season, the Packers were hoping to build on that in favorable weather conditions and despite the fact that they were on the road, the crowd would have been largely in their favor had they played anything resembling good football.
What are we to make of this loss? After they went 4-0 without Davante Adams in the lineup, they got him back for this game only for the offense to put up their worst performance of the season. It just seemed like the Chargers were at least a step faster all afternoon on both sides of the ball. I think it was just one of these games. Even the great teams seem to run into a game like this at least once every season. They just can’t make it a habit.
There is plenty of blame to go around in a loss like this, but I want to call out Mike Pettine a bit here. The defense has given up too many big plays this year. It’s time for him to mix things up a bit. They have overcome those big plays more often than not this year, but they will run into trouble if they keep playing with fire. Aaron Rodgers and the offense didn’t have enough to overcome the lack of defense in this game.
The Packers are still 7-2 which isn’t terrible at all. The Bears, Vikings, and Lions all lost which means the Packers did not lose any ground in the division. They need to get back to the drawing board and back on the winning track. They host the Carolina Panthers next Sunday and then have a bye week so they still have a great opportunity ahead of them. No game will come easy for them though. With the start to the season they had, they should expect everyone’s best effort week in and week out.
The Packers have work to do this week before they take the field vs the Panthers next Sunday. Carolina has a dynamic running back in Christian McCaffrey, so the Packers have quite a job just for that reason alone. After their first loss of the season, the Packers went to AT&T Stadium in their first game without Davante Adams and defeated the Dallas Cowboys. Things can change in a heartbeat. Take care Packer fans. There will be better days ahead.
Go Pack Go!
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