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WARNING: Don’t be lazy in your analysis of the Packers.
If you look at their season as a whole and don’t take the time and effort to see WHAT CHANGED and WHEN IT CHANGED to isolate a before and after, you’re doing a disservice.
I take that effort below, and the results are fascinating.
Halfway through the season, the Packers sat at 2-5.
They might have been disappointed.
But I was furious.
Because so much of their struggles could have been avoided by superior coaching and strategizing.
My research showed there were MULTIPLE issues with the Packers' offense which caused them to start 2-5.
But these weren’t issues with Jordan Love. Or the offensive line. Or the receivers.
It wasn’t an issue with their personnel.
It was an issue with their philosophy, their strategy, and their goals offensively.
After uncovering these, I actually felt a lot better about the 2023 Packers. Because though there were major failings with the offense, I believed that identifying them was good news for the 2-5 Packers.
Because if they simply changed their philosophy, strategy, and goals offensively, they COULD turn their season around. They could get back on track.
However, the coaches would need to take the situation seriously and be willing to change their approach.
Not only is that sometimes difficult for coaches to do, as they need to admit they were making errors, but it’s also hard to pull off a change midseason.
There isn’t a lot of time for teams to identify these things in the flow of the year and change philosophy quickly enough to save their season.
Matt LaFleur and his staff executed changes quickly, quietly, and effectively.
It was a masterful job, and the final results had them in the Divisional Round of the 2023 playoffs after starting 2-5.
They finished the season 7-3 before going on the road to absolutely eviscerate the No. 2 NFC seed Dallas Cowboys.
What were their issues over the first half of the year?
I identified several in the study, but the biggest ones were:
- Lack of explosiveness
- Poor scripting
- Inability to build a quick lead
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