It was a BS penalty.

1. Nixon is becoming a cinderella story
2. Love - It only works with excellent OL protection
3. The packers have a scary passing attack
"They only need to hang onto the ball."
4. Shaky or drained from being on the field too long.
Time Possession said it all. The defense needed a rest.
5. Valuable Role - I just don't see him that way.

penultimate? What college dictionary are you using.

"Jayden Reed looked as smooth as ever"

Yes he does. Now, I really like Love, but when I think of smooth...I think of Willis and Reed. They are some fast twitch athletes fo sho!

Now, Pack...get serious about the Broncos. No horsing around...start fast and finish even faster, like Seabiscuit!

PB

I am certain LaFleur enjoyed beating Big Mr. Johnson (he is 6"1"...LaFleur is 5'11"). The post game "handshake" was as warm as the turf on Lambeau Field and just as frosty.

But Ben did give Matt valuable advice about the OL. Get the best O Linemen money can buy and the draft can provide. Practice the best 5 together and play them as a group from day one until the last snap of the season, as health allows.

Gutey and Policy should be impressed how the bares completely remade the OL with 5 new guys in the offseason. The LT is a rookie, but other 4 were proven FA vets in their prime. They put them together in camp and coached them up.

Packers hopefully have the OL put together now (delayed for a variety of reasons including injury and experimentation).

Is the Packers OL finally coming together? The 4 game win streak has coincided with the Offense averaging 27 points during those "dubs".

My view? Tom is excellent...4 more like him you go into any game the favorite. Walker is consistently solid. Banks is looking like he will be. Rhyan is better at Center than Guard. Belton is raw. He should have been at RG in July...at least he is now. it might work.

The bares OL has been working well together since the Spring.

I agree with much of what you listed there. The Bears are a much better team than we as fans have been used to seeing. Up until this game I was of the opinion that they had a softer schedule and they've been winning some close ones. There's something to take serious about them for a change.

Regarding the way they went after their o-line though, it seems like they didn't do it until they finally realized how badly they screwed up the year before. They had their young quarterback with Williams and they first went out and tried to get him a bunch of receiving weapons and that just did not go all that well. For sure, this last year they woke up and went out and gathered up some much much needed protection for him. It didn't seem like a plan as much as it seemed like a reaction to a previous bad plan and it is working out like a happy accident.

But it is now working for them. I'll give them that. In most games they run well and they protect their QB much better than the year prior and he is developing much better now with the chances to stay upright.

Love and Rhyan are really calling great pass pro and blitz response. In the past, I've wondered about Love's coolness-under-pressure--consider me corrected!

Glad for the W. Da Bears are much better. Right now Williams looks like a young Russel Wilson, imo.

Takeaway is that while there were some great play calls MLF about screwed up (again) with not controlling the ball coming out of the half. The conversion % stat for 3rd & long is a talking point. If he loves running the ball GB has the two RB’s for setting up his loved play action. 3 carries for E. Wilson?? This is the season to do it.

It’s also been pointed out Caleb like rolling right. Hope our D can take advantage of that in Chicago.

GPG

I have had my reservations about Love. I never said he was going to be good or not. I decided just to wait and see. Right now I am saying he is an above average to very good QB. If he can be a little more consistent he will be entering into the Favre and Rodgers level and he will be the third QB in a row that will make us contenders and possibly win a SB or two.

This game is a very good win because the Packers overcame the bad calls. I have always said there are going to be bad calls in the game. Championship teams overcome bad calls and find ways to win.

I was watching the grandkids so I did miss some of the game but I saw Parsons rushing behind Williams and Williams stepping up and running the ball for good gains. He is getting paid way too much to make that mistake.

"Green Bay did not even need Dontayvion Wicks or Matthew Golden to catch a pass this week,"

...nor Romeo Doubs, for that matter (although they could've easily called DPI on one of his two targets). It's becoming increasingly clear that #87 will be playing elsewhere in 2026. Hopefully not Chicago or Detroit.