3PM: Packers Search for Positives, LaFleur & Stenavich Aren’t on the Same Page & Can They Trust the O-Line?
The 3PM hour of Kyle & Brust tries something that hasn’t been easy this week: finding positives from the Packers’ loss. Kyle points to Jonathan Gannon’s defense creating pressure, encouraging performances from Edgerrin Cooper and Keyshawn Nixon, improved special teams and Jordan Love making big-time throws despite everything collapsing around him. But Ben wonders whether Green Bay’s repeated late-game failures have become too much of an identity to simply explain away. Then the guys debate a nightmare scenario: what happens if Green Bay loses to the Jets and Falcons and starts 0-3? Kyle doesn’t believe the organization would fire Matt LaFleur that quickly, but admits the pressure would become enormous if a six-game losing streak suddenly became eight. Somehow, that doesn’t stop him from becoming convinced again that there is absolutely no way the Packers lose to the Jets. Plus, Matt LaFleur and Adam Stenavich give seemingly different explanations about whether Tucker Kraft’s short-yardage sneak was available against Minnesota. Kyle and Ben question why the head coach and offensive coordinator don’t appear aligned on the explanation and whether it points to a larger communication problem inside a Packers offense already trying to fix its disastrous Week 1 performance.