The Packer's Struggles in the Second Half Cost Them a Victory

 

 The Packer's Struggles in the Second Half Cost Them a Victory

            Ouch, that one really hurt.

The Green Bay Packers dropped their second game of the season to the Atlanta Falcons 25-24.

            Now obviously everyone is going to point to the fact that Aaron Jones, Christian Watson, David Bakhtiari, and Elgton Jenkins didn’t play in this game. The Packers still put up 24 points of offense without them and led for basically the whole game.

            Jordan Love had three touchdown passes, but the Packer's inability to hold long possessions, chew clock, and run the football really hurt them today. If this game has a sign of anything, it’s that the Packers have the receivers to make plays, they just need a running game to complement them.

            The biggest struggle in this game was the defense, the effort was absolutely atrocious in the second half. The inability to stop teams rushing the football is something that has haunted the Packers for multiple seasons now.

I don’t know what to make of this unit, it’s a constant roller coaster of emotions when they look like a million bucks one week and can’t stop shit the next. I don’t know what Joe Barry was doing today, was he watching the Colorado vs. Colorado State game last night and said that’s the blueprint for this game?

Coaching decisions were definitely questionable in this game by the Packers as well. They decided to punt the ball on the Falcons' side of the field when the Packers had a possible 56-yard field goal attempt on the opening drive.

 The fourth quarter was a total mess by the offense, but with a 12-point lead, the defense needed to step up and get some stops. Those stops were not there the whole game and didn’t happen when the Packers needed them most.

Overall, you have to take what you can get with a young football team. The Packers were missing key starters and experience up front. The emotions are going to be super high and low at points in this season. At the end of the day, the Packers are 1-1 and tied for first place in the NFC North with the Lions.

The Packer's next two games are coming on a short week. Next Sunday is Green Bay’s home opener against the Saints and then a divisional battle on Thursday night against the Detroit Lions. Both games present a challenge, but the Packers finally get to play in front of a home crowd.

It’s early and there is so much room for growth with this young football team.

Real Packer fans know🧀