Good morning. It seems the Packers do not have a talent gap with the better teams, but an execution gap. Our silver lining is it is much more realistic to expect to fix execution than talent in-season.
Matt LaFleur said that’s precisely what the Packers’ coaches were doing on Monday – discussing the process that led to their second-half resurgence in 2023 and see how much may be applicable to the season at hand.
Hit the field goal, and it’s 24-17. Throw the pick-six out of bounds, and it’s 17-17. Don’t drop catchable passes, and the Packers win by at least one touchdown. Yeah, I know it’s not actually that simple, but the point is like Mike said yesterday: Unforced errors are the reason we lost one game against the best team in the NFC. I hate to lose a winnable game as much as anyone, but in the middle of the season, a fixable problem is always better than the alternative.
The game was won and lost during that seven-minute stretch from the end of the second quarter and the beginning of the third. Detroit scored 17 of its 24 points in that small window, including a game-altering pick-six. Everyone had a hand in that loss. There were miscues galore but obviously that INT can’t happen. You have to protect the ball in that end-of-half situation, no different than L.A.
Colin from Bloomington, IN
It’s easy to armchair coach, I acknowledge, but I never cease to be frustrated by offensive pre-snap penalties. They know the cadence, the snap count, the play, etc. Yet, it still happens all the time. I think that adds to the credit to that Lions team. I don’t recall any such penalty on their offense. How does a coach get a team so disciplined and locked in? Has Dan Campbell found a cheat code?
The Lions are a veteran team that’s grown together over the past three years, especially on the offensive line. There’s beauty in the simplicity of Detroit’s offense – run the ball well, complete the completable and play disciplined. People grow tired of the cliché about how it takes all 11, but that’s how Lions have beaten teams this year. Detroit isn’t infallible. I still feel they’ve got some holes teams can exploit on defense, but that’s as efficient an offense as I’ve seen in the NFL in a long time. It starts with everything the Lions do before the snap. This is good film from which the Packers can learn if channeled appropriately.
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