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Happy birthday, Jordan Love; sorry your party’s so lame. The Green Bay Packers debuted their new throwback uniforms this Sunday against the Carolina Panthers and their depleted offensive line and…lost, by a score of 16-13. You’d think the Packers’ defensive front would feast in a game like this, correct? WRONG! For the first time in Micah Parsons’ 5-year NFL career, he was held to zero (0) pressures. I’d say buckle up, but this is going to be a short one, so…just sit down. Here are this week’s losers.
It’s been an issue all season thus far, and it continued today: the Packers’ secondary has been absolutely awful at the point of catch. Their coverage has been mostly okay, but they have GOT to get their hands in front of the ball. Xavier McKinney was gifted an endzone interception on a bad Bryce Young throw, and nearly hauled in another, but that’s about it when it comes to the secondary today. Keisean Nixon was once again flagged at the absolute worst time, on third and goal for pass interference when Bryce Young had just thrown an incomplete pass (McKinney’s almost-pick, so it would’ve been wiped out had he gotten his feet in bounds). When the Panthers were given a fresh set of downs, Rico Dowdle promptly ran the ball in for a TD. Atrocious work by the secondary, which needs to improve quickly before some big divisional games on the upcoming slate.
I repeat: for the first time in Micah Parsons’ career, he didn’t record a single pressure. Against an offensive line consisting of backups! Bryce Young was sacked just once today, for no loss. He finished the game 11 of 20 for 102 yards and 1 pick, and still came out on top, because the defense gave up 163 yards in the run game. Thus far in 2025, the Packers have given up just 78.9 rushing yards per game. Halloween is over, but I’m still scared.
The Packers QB threw for 273 yards today, but it felt like much of this came from short passes down the middle of the field. There were times when Love held onto the ball too long, leading to incompletions or risky throws. He did have an incredible throw today, a 52-yard bomb to Christian Watson into double coverage on 3rd and 12. He also had several atrocious passes today, one of which led to one of the worst picks I’ve seen him throw in a hot second, so do with that what you will.
This felt like one of the more poorly coached games of Matt LaFleur’s career. The whole game, I found myself questioning why things were being called the way they were on offense. Once again, it felt like LaFleur was playing to score field goals at times, which is a fun way to play the game when your kicker is not at 100%....
