The Green Bay Packers aren’t a good football team right now. That much is certain following Sunday’s 27-22 loss to the New York Giants.
The Packers made their first trip to London, but the defense might as well have stayed home. After nearly losing to Brian Zappe last week, Green Bay gave up 27 points to Daniel Jones, who was missing his top three wide receivers.
Jones completed 21 out of 27 passes for 217 yards and finished with a higher passer rating than Aaron Rodgers. He also rushed the ball 10 times for 37 yards, including a couple of crucial first-down pickups. Once again, the Packers’ defense was just plain bad against an inferior opponent.
All offseason, there was talk about a dominant defense, however, through the first five weeks of the regular season, this Green Bay defense hasn’t clicked. The defense was supposed to carry the offense for the first half of the regular season, but that has not been the case so far and may never be.
It’s hard to ignore the Packers’ offensive struggles, as well. They are still without an identity, even though it should be fairly obvious. Run the ball and lean on the quick passing game, which worked well for most of the day.
Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon should have been the Packers’ ticket to winning on Sunday, but for whatever reason, they got away from the run once again. Hopefully, Green Bay will find the right formula soon, but right now, it doesn’t feel like they are even close.
Without further ado, let’s begin our list of weekly standouts, which is sure to be a short one.