Let's just begin the Jordan Love era and then let's just see what kind of faces and gesticulations rodgers makes from the sideline.

I know, I know... THAT's not going to happen, but hey, can't a guy dream?

Hanson should be totally cut from the team, not even practice squad. Scan the waivers and find a good replacement for him. And Rodgers is an example of a person of old animal of habit!

I understand that confidence and momentum are important for a team, but after all the talk in preseason about the Offense being fine, the Defense being Top 5, and SPTs still trying to find itself, there is no way I would suggest or accept that the first play pass drop by Watson impacted the rest of the game plan so deeply that it was simply tossed aside, and a loss was immediately accepted as being so.

No, this team wasn't game ready in so many areas, it was a nightmare from the moment the Vikings went down the field like a hot knife through butter on a picnic on a 110 degree summer day. What the Packers did and didn't do after that dropped pass seemed to be a game plan developed for the destiny that prevailed. Yes, the drop was a bucket of cold water, but if the drop was all it took to undo the Packers, I'd expect another next week against the Bears.

A win next week won't erase the issues of this week, a loss will certainly lend more credence to those issues, but these issues aren't issues that just appeared, they've been seen for a while under the leadership of MLF and Rodgers. You're just kidding yourself if you deny what's been around for the last three years. Not a slice of the pie, but the whole pie.

Remember Devante Adams first Years? I wanted him traded!!! He Dropped so many, he apologized to everyone.
Yet; Wasn't it obvious they needed to throw at his left hand? And then move him behind Jordy Nelson.
It did pay off. He responded with the best moves, and quickness, ever by a packer WR.
How can we give up on any of these kids after Devante Adams?

Well the first game last year Rodgers QBR was 36.8 and he threw two picks and we scored 3 points. All of this with Devante playing. Not saying we are going to right the ship as quickly as last year but it’s way too early to be cutting/firing people. “Panic early and avoid the rush” seems prevalent with a lot of our fans, and it always brings a smile to my face.

Watson wasn't to blame for the defense crapping the bed whenever Jefferson was targeted.

The drop was a bigger play even than it seemed at the time.

With that TD, MLF likely kicks the FG when 4th and goal to take a lead at 10-7. The pack's later TD makes it 20-17 in the fourth quarter; instead of down and out, the pack is in the middle of it and instead of costing home the vikes worry. Different ball game.

Yes, Tim, a game changing play. Goes to show how important every play is-- one reason I love football, never a dull moment.

With 8 minutes to go in the first half, we were behind 7-0 and were 4th and goal inside the 1. By halftime, we were down 17-0. Those were a bad 8 minutes.

After they stopped us on that play, they started on the one, had a couple of good runs, and then connected on a really long catch and run. We held them to a FG. Then we had the ball, down 10-0, threw an incomplete, a one yard completion that Davis ran two yards with, and then an incomplete to Jones. Punt. 44 seconds burned off the clock.

Minnesota comes down the field, a 35 yard pass and finally, a long TD pass to Jefferson. With 45 seconds left. 45 seconds that wouldn't have been on the clock if we'd done anything with the ball on offense.

We start the second half by giving up a sack/fumble that was converted to 3 points, 20-0.

Basically, we had four unsuccessful offensive plays in a row and then a turnover. Instead of being inches away from 7-7, it went to 17 -0.

The drop is on Watson, but the 4th and 1 failure was a team effort.

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I cannot agree that the first play of any game is the game changing play of the game. Yes, Watson should have caught the pass but we can't be out of a game after one play. As I posted in another article earlier today Rodgers was frustrated and he seem to remain so for the remainder of the game. That's ridiculous.

What should be doing is giving Watson a supportive pat and telling the kid to get ready I'm coming to you again. And then do so as soon as possible throw another pass to Watson to give him another chance. I did notice that Watson received 2 or 3 passes later in the game but Rodgers needs to be better at picking up his team mates after a mistake or a drop.

If I was going to pick a game changing play I would have chosen the failure to score on the 4th and goal play from the Vikings one yard line. If would have been huge to get on the board at that point. But poor OL execution ended that chance.

The question now is how will the Packers respond in next week's game against the Bears at Lambeau. Thanks, Since '61

It’s one game RELAX or find another team to hate on.

My disappointment is much as last year, when I spent my 401k to attend and watch us be clobbered by the Saints.
Like then, the Packers looked flat, uninspired, unprepared.
It reminded me much of many of McCarthy’s teams playing lifeless football in highly flaunted contests; I remember specifically the Packers/Broncos nationally televised game when we were both 6-0–and we crapped the bed.
In any case, it would be outstanding to see our defense next week,
flying to the ball like we’re in the SB.
We’ll see —Go Packers!!

I have to jump around a little since I'm a little tired from the trip up to Miny.
Wow the US Bank stadium is beautiful and loud vs the aged Lambeau Field. Thoughts?

Oh lordy this GB Packers team needs O-line help and fast. Poor play is not acceptable on every snap, a few can be expected per game. But when Runyon left, it caused more issues going forward than the one-time Watson- I Can't Catch A TD Pass.
And the Chibears match on Sunday night will not be a pushover either.

Imo the drop was a huge game-changer play, yes, but it's just the first game for our Rookie and team. I think the Packers' starters should have played at least a quarter of preseason to adjust from practice speed tendencies' to game time. Cause it showed and the fans knew it. All the timing and being a game of inches matters come game time and game speed. Yeah-Wrong cuts and turns happen on occasion.

Beginning to believe LaFleur is too soft on these special 22 starters, and now the 22 have bruised egos to go with a losing record and bruised body, which may or may not show up in 6 days' time.

Special teams are still very bad, and the lack of pass rush to go with the loose coverage didn't help.
Always take points when probable- thought MLF learned this 2 years ago.
The must-win games are division games and the clock is ticking. Hope the boys right the wrongs quickly.

MLFs line ups are pissing me off as much as MM. I'm starting to think this wil be Rodger's last year in Green Bay and his leaving will not be as a Champion.

I have the overwhelming feeling he only wants to win his way and on his terms . Good luck with that it is still a team sport with teammates that depend on you too!

I can accept losing a game but I cannot accept such self inflicted losses with no clue about adjustments.

To insinuate that one dropped pass by Watson caused the Packers offense to flounder is ludicrous. Rodgers had the whole game to get this offense going and played QB like a rookie. He again held the ball too long, took sacks and refused to throw vertically to veteran receivers Cobb, Watkins, and Tonyan. Same old story lines…trying to come up with excuses for Rodgers poor QB play year after year. It’s pathetic when he alone has never proven clutch or good against playoff teams. Let’s remember he had Davante Adams against the 49ers last year and Rodgers could not score a TD in the red zone for three quarters of football. Then they blamed the Packers special teams for the loss at home. It was all on Rodgers ineptitude at QB in a pressure playoff game where Rodgers always chokes. His losing playoff record speaks volumes all by itself.

Pretty sure you misspelled Troy Williamson.

The biggest swing in the game happened in the first half when Z Smith came down the line and tackled Dillion for no gain on a fourth and goal. Vikings took over, drove down the field and tacked on a field goal to make it 10-0. A first-play pass drop? Get real.

When Watson dropped that pass, I immediately thought of the game at Buffalo in 2014, which the Packers lost to an inferior team. It cost them home field advantage in the playoffs--and we all know how THAT ended up. Early in the game, Jordy Nelson was wide open deep for an easy TD and dropped the pass. The Packers offense sputtered the rest of the day. Every receiver drops one of those at least once in awhile, but there's no denying that it is a huge momentum change.

I thought Watson was more involved in the game plan than he should've been, considering that he missed all of training camp. They went to him on a third-and-short late in the game, and he didn't even get his head around to see the ball. These are typical errors for a young player. I thought they should have tried to break him in more slowly.

"This was likely compounded even more by the fact that Romeo Doubs ran a wrong route just two plays afterwards. Two rookies making two mistakes within three plays."

This is not accurate. They asked Rodgers about this after the game and he said he threw that pass away because of how the defender was breaking. Doubs did not run the wrong route. At least that's what Tom Silverstein said on the post-game Green 19 podcast.

I don't buy the argument that there was a lack of trust in their young players. And I assume here the author is speaking strictly of the WRs, not Quay Walker, Zach Tom, etc. As far as the WRs, Doubs got targeted quite a few times and I thought responded well for a rookie. I do think the Watson drop affected Rodgers' trust in Watson. A catch there would have done a lot for the confidence of both Watson and Rodgers. I'm more worried about Rodgers moving forward. He needs Watson to develop. Missing the preseason hurt this kid a lot. I think if he would have played in a few games prior he would have pulled that catch in and scored. Rodgers needs to be a leader and help develop these young receivers.

Hopefully this is like the last yr first game thing against Saints and we bounced back well after that game. Things to worry are that we dont have a quality or experienced oline like we do last yr whom we could easily plug in and play into multiple positions if needed in a game. But this yr with inexperience in this group worries me a bit. On top of it we have very depleted wr receiver our wr1 have a max of 600 yds season.
During this offseason everybody expected that defense can only take a step forward with all the additions and into the second yr in barry's system but the team looked clueless against vikings last sunday.

If you look at all the top teams they either have big time weapons or a great oline and i am afraid we dont have both. Only time will tell.
Go Pack Go

It wasn’t exactly a trick play but it was designed to stress and probably fool the defense. I am not sure if it would have worked twice. My guess from all the statements from our coaches before the game was that we were going to run the ball a lot. Instead we threw long on the first play. They had great defense line pressure the rest of the game to force Rodgers to throw short.

A few months ago MLF was on (if I am remembering correctly) The Dan Patrick show? Anyway he was asked a direct question that I think at the time was sort of meant to be silly. However, it got very cringy and a nervous MLF answered it in a serious manner.
The question? When you and Aaron get into a discussion on the sidelines about what plays should be run, who sort of wins out in those moments? MLF answered with a nervous look, Oh Aaron for sure. Most every time time I’ll just defer to him. It got awkwardly silent from both men for a couple seconds then the cringe of nervous laughter from both.
He didn’t even have to think about his answer. Even if it wasn’t true, his answer, for the world to see, was swift and automatic that Rodgers was the man. I thought that 30 seconds of time to be telling.
MLF does the ironing, dishes, and laundry while Rodgers sits on the recliner watching the Kardashians with a scotch and a sandwich that MLF made him.

What bugs me is a great observation from Andy Herman on Pack A Day Podcast, during a conversation with Aaron Nagler:

I don't know what it is, but when the Packers fall behind, they panic.

It's almost palpable; you can feel it in the air. The impatience to get even or retake the lead is so great that it leads to bad decisions in the form of bad play calls.