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Digging into some numbers on the Packers’ Week 4 victory over the Bucs

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A Sunday morning mailbag! What a treat. Okay so I wrote that sentence before I watched Thursday Night Football. But at least the coffee is hot and the only thing that can stress me out today is my fantasy team, not my real team, right?  “Hey Maggie! Plenty of angst regarding our offensive line and the growing number of injuries. But if my memory serves (which is seldom, these days) some of our best linemen over the past few decades were thrust into action following injury to a starter. I’m willing to give the “new” guys a chance to grow and develop before giving up on them. After all, they weren’t draft picks for nothing! Thanks! PS: This was submitted pre-Falcons game. Perhaps I’ll have a different opinion following. But I hope not.” - Jim Hey Jim! What a way to kick off the mailbag this week. I would imagine your opinion is different now? In terms of letting the o-line develop, I think it’s a mixed bag. Jordan Morgan is playing left tackle for the first time in his NFL career, but he was a left tackle in college so that should all transfer. Sean Rhyan is newer at center, but he played center last season and had an entire offseason to get himself up to speed. Anthony Belton is an enigma to me because the coaching staff still can’t seem to figure out where to play him, which doesn’t give him a lot of opportunity to settle in anywhere. Jager Burton is probably the only player truly deserving of an acclimation period, but this is the NFL. Brian Flores introduced the blueprint on how to attack this o-line. The Packers are 1-2 with a last second overtime victory away from a winless start to the season.  Hopefully the addition of veteran Laken Tomlinson will help. Tomlinson was a first round pick in 2015 and has played in 173 career games. At 34, his best football is probably behind him or he likely would’ve been on an active roster instead of a practice squad, but I’ll take the positive that the Packers aren’t complacent with who they have already in the room.  “Hi Maggie, do you have any mindfulness tips? I'm afraid that my head is going to explode every time I watch this team. Thanks!” - Tony I, admittedly, am not good at mindfulness, although I’m sure this was said in jest. The mindfulness I try but fail to utilize is to be in the present, instead of worrying about the past or future. That, probably, is extremely unhelpful for Packers fans right now since the present is the part we’re trying to avoid with this team. So maybe practice anti-mindfulness? Think about some of your past favorite players (it’s Jerry Kramer for me). Or, think about how good this football team might be in 2027 with a new coaching staff and new offensive line…Sorry, Tony. Maybe buy some Carry the G? “What are your thoughts on #25?” - Túlio  I think we’re just living through the Keisean Nixon experiment every week. He looked like a man possessed in Week 1 and followed it up with an ugly Week 2. At his best, he’s a serviceable CB2. He already has one pick and two quarterback hits on the season. Letting him blitz occasionally is a nice wrinkle to maximize his physicality. On the flip side of that, he’s given up 155 yards through three weeks. That would put him on pace for his most yards allowed in a season. That, to me, is who Nixon is, for better or worse. It just kind of depends if you get the better or worse version of him on any given Sunday (or Monday or Thursday or Wednesday).  “Do you have Mike Tomlin's agent's cell number and if so, can you get it to Ed Policy?” - Joel Can you imagine if I did have Mike Tomlin’s agent’s number? I probably wouldn’t be writing a mailbag for Cheesehead TV if that were the case. Or if I had Ed Policy’s number? I do enjoy Tomlin on Football Night in America, and his track record is impressive. 19 seasons as a head coach and never having a losing record is probably something that’ll never happen again in the NFL. That’s an insane statistic. But it’s hard to picture the Packers moving on from Matt LaFleur after his offseason extension, even if Green Bay has a losing season in 2026. Maybe I’m wrong and they’ll surprise me, but I don’t think Policy is going to make any sweeping changes so soon after extending both LaFleur and Gutekunst.  “Do you think Luke Butkus will be fired during the season?” - Justin  I don’t think so, largely because LaFleur refused to even acknowledge the possibility of a coaching staff change in his postgame presser. Do I think he should be? Yes. I think getting a new offensive line coach should have been one of the team’s offseason priorities as they overhauled the defensive coaching staff. I’m not sold on Adam Stenavich as the offensive coordinator, either. My ears perked up after Week 1 when LaFleur and Stenavich weren’t even on the same page answering a question about Tucker Kraft’s availability. If the coaching staff is confused, it’s no wonder the players are missing assignments.  “Are we faulting LaFleur for Gutekunsts shortcomings?” - Lars  I said last week that I don’t think anyone at 1265 is absolved of criticism, and I still firmly believe that. There’s a lot that I feel is appropriate to blame on LaFleur, but the team’s performance shouldn’t rest solely on his shoulders. Brian Gutekunst didn’t do a good enough job adding depth to glaring areas of weakness. Granted, he couldn’t have predicted Zach Bako-Bewele getting hurt immediately after returning to right tackle, but knowing Aaron Banks’ injury history and only adding one offensive lineman in the draft (in the fifth round) doesn’t seem like doing due diligence.  Things I would blame on LaFleur? The way every iteration of his football team is undisciplined. There are always too many penalties and too many things to clean up. It’s coach speak every week. The team also seems to lack an edge or any ability to finish games. We’ve heard LaFleur talk about all gas no brakes, or waking up with your piss hot, and that’s just…not what we see on the field. From a few players, sure, but it’s not a mentality that’s permeated the entire roster. Remember all the way back in 2022 when Robert Saleh went viral after the Jets beat the Packers 27-10 at Lambeau Field? And Saleh, who is one of LaFleur’s very best friends, said the goal was to just keep hitting the Packers in the mouth because “we felt like if we can just keep taking them down to deeper water, they’ll find out they can’t swim.” Aaron Rodgers was still the quarterback in 2022. This is a systemic issue with LaFleur-led teams. I think LaFleur is a good football coach. I do. But there is plenty of blame to go around for everyone in the building. And now LaFleur has a mini-bye to really figure out the mettle of his football team and how the final 14 games of the regular season are going to go.  We, as fans, may also be testing our mettle when we tune in next week for Packers vs Buccaneers. But that’ll do it for this week’s weekend edition of the mailbag! As always, send your questions in to chtvmailbag@gmail.com. See you Friday!  Filed Under: FeaturedMaggie Loney   PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHEESEHEAD NATION WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE. __________________________ Maggie Loney is a writer for Cheesehead TV and podcaster for Pack's What She Said. Find her on Bluesky at @MaggieJLoney. __________________________ NFL Categories: Green Bay PackersTags: Matt LaFleurBrian GutekunstOffensive LineEd Policy Like 0 points

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Somehow when the next mailbag comes out, the Packers will have played not one, but two football games. It’s a short week for the Packers but a regular week for me, a writer at Cheesehead TV. Is time also a flat circle because the Packers repeatedly make the same mistakes over and over again? Maybe! Now, onto your questions:  “Hey Maggie! I’m afraid I didn’t do too well with my “don’t overreact” goal. How’d you do? Kidding aside, I think there were aspects of the game that sort of flew under the radar of our post-game woes. I felt the defense played incredibly well considering the predicaments they were put into. The final point tally does not accurately reflect their efforts. Perfect? Nope. But lots to like. And I needn’t mention the Hoculi drive, but what were there, six pre-snap penalties? Those gotta get cleaned up fast. Just a high point and a low point that didn’t get a lot of attention. Thoughts? Thanks!” - Jim Hey Jim! I think I did better than most fans in terms of not overreacting…but I did my fair share of it. I think had it not been a repeated pattern and a sixth straight loss, fans don’t have the reaction that they do. It’s the fact that the team had all offseason to address its inability to finish games…and then we saw those same repeated errors again. Tony wants to talk about the o-line next, so I won’t address that here, but that was certainly the most glaring weakness by a mile.  Let’s see. Some takeaways that didn’t get a lot of attention. Trey Smack! Not ideal to miss an extra point, but you forgive that when your rookie kicker makes a 59-yard field goal. I thought special teams collectively played well, and Bo Melton’s 59-yard return was impressive stuff. It’s too bad he only got to the Minnesota 40, I was so close to my bingo card prediction of special teams returning a kickoff inside the Vikings 30.  Another positive takeaway, Jordan Love and his arsenal of weapons in the passing game! That was a bingo card item, too; a completion of 40+ yards to Christian Watson. He made me look silly and went for an 81-yard touchdown. Impressive numbers from the pass catchers this week. Watson went 6-of-8 for 147 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 24.5 yards per reception. Matthew Golden started his second year with a bang and hauled in six passes for 95 yards. Tucker Kraft returned from his ACL injury picking up right where he left off with three catches for 65 yards. And newcomer (vet) Jonnu Smith had two receptions for 50 yards and almost made it into the end zone. If Love just had, like, .6 milliseconds more of protection, this unit could put up 75 points a game. More on that in just a bit. Love has all the talent in the world, truly. I want to see him in this offense with just an ounce of protection, and I think he’s an MVP candidate.   My last takeaway, yes. I agree with you that the defense played well. The final score is not truly indicative of the defense’s performance. Do they need to be able to get off the field and put games away? Yes. But was it promising to see big plays by guys like Edgerrin Cooper and Evan Williams? Definitely. We’re inching closer to Micah Parson’s return. I can’t wait.  “What, if any, changes do you anticipate to the offensive line this week? Also, I've asked this question before but it still seems germane to the conversation: is it possible that Luke Butkus isn't a very good coach? Go Pack Go!” Tony Okay, Tony. You win. I hate calling for people’s jobs, but I would prefer if Luke Butkus was no longer employed at 1265. It’s a larger issue than just him, though. I think Adam Stenavich is a fine offensive coordinator, but his speciality is the offensive line. I would hope for more from that unit since it’s literally an emphasis of the OC.  Perri and I had this conversation on Pack’s What She Said this week, but it’s hard to find anyone in the building to absolve of criticism. It’s a shared burden. If the talent is the issue, that’s on Brian Gutekunst. If the players aren’t being put in the right positions to succeed, that’s a coaching staff issue. If there’s a communication breakdown in terms of protection between the running backs and the offensive line, that’s a players and coaching staff issue. If the scheme works and it’s the execution, then it’s a player issue. From top to bottom, it’s all bad.  I think we’re going to see a carousel at offensive line until the Packers settle on a unit that works for them. If I’m trying to find an optimistic take here, it’s that Aaron Banks can maybe get healthy and fill it at LG, where he looked better to end the season. Zach Bako-Bewele was also playing his first game back against a stout Vikings pass rush, so he probably needs a few games to settle in.  My concern probably lies most at right guard. Anthony Belton was a second-round pick a season ago. That is a large investment to make in someone who’s maybe OL7 on the existing depth chart. It’s hard to think he could be any worse at RG than what we saw out of Jacob Monk on Sunday. I can try to make sense of the Donovan Jennings at LG decision, but maybe that becomes Jager Burton’s opportunity, too.  The bottom line is, this team is only going to go as far as the offensive line can take them. Do I think the line can be better? Yes. But is the bar the floor at this point after Week 1? Also yes.  Wow Maggie what an optimistic way to end the mailbag. I’ll say this. The Packers are a significantly better football team than the Jets. Get a win on Sunday and get to .500. Let the rest fall into place on a short week. The Lambeau Field opener will be rocking. The season is young. Send your questions into chtvmailbag@gmail.com and the next time I see you…we’ll have three games under our belt! Go Pack Go!  Filed Under: FeaturedMaggie Loney   PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHEESEHEAD NATION WEEKLY NEWSLETTER HERE. __________________________ Maggie Loney is a writer for Cheesehead TV and podcaster for Pack's What She Said. Find her on Bluesky at @MaggieJLoney. __________________________ NFL Categories: Green Bay PackersTags: Offensive LineJordan LoveMatt LaFleurAdam StenavichLuke Butkus Like 0 points