It was a rough Monday night for Jordan Love (10) and the Green Bay Packers’ offense.
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Last Saturday, Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked about his team’s consistency — or lack thereof.
“I think that’s the challenge,” LaFleur said. “Like I said, every week, can you play up to your level, and can you do it consistently. Consistency is the greatest measurement of performance.”
On Monday night, the Packers were consistent on offense — consistently awful.
Philadelphia came to Lambeau Field in an NFC showdown, held the Packers to just 261 total yards and downed Green Bay, 10-7.
The Packers lost their second straight home game, fell to 5-3-1 and are now in third place in the NFC North behind both Detroit and Chicago (6-3).
Green Bay also fell to the No. 7 seed in the NFC, the same spot it was a year ago when it lost to the Eagles, 22-10, in the NFC Wild Card round.
“I thought our defense was outstanding, and unfortunately just too many mistakes offensively to overcome it,” LaFleur said. “I have said this many times. You hold good football teams to 10 points you should win the football game in my opinion. But obviously didn’t do enough offensively.”
Here’s the ‘Good, Bad and Ugly’ from the Eagles’ win over Green Bay.
THE GOOD
JOSH JACOBS: The one bright light in a horrendous night for the Packers’ offense was the play of Jacobs.
Green Bay’s Pro Bowl running back had 20 carries for 79 yards and scored the Packers’ lone touchdown. Jacobs also led Green Bay with five receptions for 33 yards.
TAKE IT AWAY: The Packers entered the game with just five takeaways all year. The Eagles came into the contest with only three turnovers all season.
But Green Bay forced a big turnover early.
The Eagles drove to the Packers’ 24-yard line and quarterback Jalen Hurts ran up the middle for 10 yards. As Hurts was going to the ground, linebacker Edgerrin Cooper punched the ball loose and cornerback Keisean Nixon recovered.
Nixon then returned the fumble 22 yards to the Green Bay 36, giving the Packers good field position.
DEFENSE SHINES : The Packers held the Eagles to their lowest point total since a 32-9 loss to Tampa Bay in the 2023 Wild Card round of the playoffs, just 13 first downs and 294 yards of total offense.
“We were able to hold down their rush game for the most part and keep (quarterback) Jalen (Hurts) from scrambling and limit their deep passing attack,” defensive end Kingsley Enagbare said. “So, pretty much made them earn every blade of grass. But ultimately we came up short.”
Green Bay’s defense was particularly good in the first half, holding the Eagles scoreless and to just 125 total yards. Philadelphia averaged 4.0 yards per play and went 3-for-9 on third and fourth down.
Cornerbacks Carrington Valentine and Nixon shined, holding standout wideouts A.J. Brown and DeVonte Smith to a combined four receptions for 30 yards. The Packers also kept star running back Saquon Barkley to 33 yards on nine carries (3.7).
“Tonight, we played ball,” Nixon said. “Primetime, we held a team to 10 points. You can’t really ask too much more of the defense. As a defense, I feel like we’re playing ball right now, back end playing really well. It’s a complementary game though.”
THIS AND THAT: Savion Williams returned the opening kickoff 33 yards to the 39-yard line. … Tight end Josh Wylie had a terrific block on an 11-yard run by Josh Jacobs. … Wideout Dontayvion Wicks had four receptions for 38 yards.
THE BAD
RISKY BUSINESS: LaFleur rolled the dice and went for it on a fourth-and-9 from the Eagles’ 41 on the Packers’ opening possession of the second half.
The results weren’t pretty.
Love threw a perfect pass to wideout Bo Melton 15 yards downfield. But Melton let the ball get to his body and dropped the throw and the Eagles took over at their own 41.
“It’s just, drop one ball, everyone think the worst,” Melton said. “But I don’t really care. I’m going to go to work every single week, like I do in general. The sky ain’t falling for me. But that’s just how it is, how the NFL is.”
Fortunately for LaFleur and the Packers, Green Bay’s defense forced a three-and-out and prevented any further damage.
JENKINS INJURED: Green Bay center Elgton Jenkins left with a reported ankle injury late in the first half and did not return. ESPN later reported the injury could be a lower leg fracture.
“Yeah, it doesn’t sound promising,” LaFleur said.
With Jenkins out, Sean Rhyan took over at center.
KILLER PENALTY: The Packers had a second-and-6 from the Eagles’ 35 early in the fourth quarter when Love hit Christian Watson for 22 yards and an apparent first down at Philadelphia’s 13. But Darrian Kinnard — who had reported eligible as a sixth offensive lineman — was hit with an illegal formation penalty.
Two plays later, the Packers punted.
THIS AND THAT: Green Bay drove to the Eagles’ 38-yard line on its opening possession. But the drive was blown up when Love was sacked by outside linebacker Jalyx Hunt for an 11-yard loss. … Love had a fumble on the Packers’ second series and recovered his own miscue. … The Packers converted an early fourth-and-1 when Love ran a quarterback sneak for three yards. But left guard Aaron Banks was flagged for a false start and the Packers were forced to punt. … Romeo Doubs had just one catch before leaving with a chest injury.
THE UGLY
DREADFUL OFFENSE: Green Bay’s offense was about as anemic as you’ll see.
The Packers finished with just 261 total yards and averaged just 4.0 yards per play against a defense that was allowing 336 yards and 23.1 points per game.
“It’s definitely frustrating, you know, as an offense,” Love said. “It’s where we’ve just got to look ourselves in the mirror and find ways to keep improving and keep figuring out what we’ve done good and what we’re not doing as good of job right now. Just keep working. But it’s definitely frustrating.”
Green Bay’s offense was particularly dreadful in the first half.
The Packers had just 83 total yards and averaged only 3.0 yards per play in the first half. Green Bay was 0-for-5 on third downs, and its five drives resulted in four punts and a lost fumble by quarterback Jordan Love.
Love’s lost fumble was particularly brutal as the Packers had driven to the Eagles’ 27 before Love coughed it up.
Love had just 39 passing yards with a long gain of nine yards. Three of Love’s six completions were to running back Josh Jacobs and he had just one completion to a wide receiver — a five-yarder to Romeo Doubs.
With numbers like that, it was no surprise the Packers were held scoreless in the first half.
“We’re not getting any consistency right now,” Love said. “We’re not getting into a rhythm. We’ll have a good play here, and then they kind of just have a negative play, whether it’s a lot of things — whether it’s a turnover, penalty, drop, sack … you know, it’s a lot of things. So it’s just finding ways to keep the positive plays going and avoid these negative plays that we’re getting.”
MATT LAFLEUR: Green Bay’s head coach doubles as the offensive coordinator, and lately, his performances have left a lot to be desired.
LaFleur’s play calling has been questionable, at best, and with 2:18 left in the game he had a suspect call that sunk his offense. On a fourth-and-1 from Green Bay’s 44, he ran Josh Jacobs who was blown up and fumbled, eliminating the Packers’ best scoring chance.
“Fourth-and-1, they called out our play,” Jacobs said. “We ran it like four times, they called it out. We got a good drive, push … the clock was going down, we kind of snapped it fast, faster than we wanted to, and they made a play. I tried to pitch the ball back to Jordan, that’s where the fumble came, but at that point, you’re playing backyard football, it’s fourth down, so, yeah, that’s kind of how it went.”
The Packers have just 20 points in their last two games — both losses at home. And dating back to Green Bay’s 22-10 playoff loss to Philadelphia in January, the Packers have just 17 points in their last eight quarters against the Eagles.
Perhaps it’s time LaFleur lets offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich try calling the plays.
“I thought there were some moments where we did a decent job, but ultimately it wasn’t enough,” LaFleur said. “It seemed to me that when we got in those critical moments, it wasn’t necessarily the first and second down, it was more the money down, third down, fourth down, where we just malfunctioned.”
DOUBLE TROUBLE: The Packers defense did their part most of the night, but gave up back-to-back huge plays in the fourth quarter.
On third-and-7 from the Eagles’ 23, Hurts flipped a pass in the left flat for Barkley, who made cornerback Carrington Valentine miss and took off on a 41-yard catch-and-run. On the next play, Hurts ran play action and got Smith one-on-one with safety Evan Williams. Smith got a step on Williams, the ball was slightly underthrown, but Smith adjusted and outmuscled Williams for a 36-yard touchdown that gave the Eagles a 10-0 lead.
“There was a long play right before (the touchdown) and props to them,” Williams said. “They’re pretty good at getting on the ball, and after an explosive trying to get another one and catching you when you’re a little tired.
“But it was just a good player making a good play. Looking back, I could have stayed true to my leverage a little more, maybe fight a little more at the catch point, but they had a good play drawn up and he made a good catch at the catch point. It was just a good player making a good play.”