For the first four games of the season the Packers offense looked lost.
Their was no run game, which made the Packers one dimensional.
Coming into the game against the Bears, their wins have come with the Packers scoring less than 20 points.
In fact their highest point total came in week one in a loss against the Vikings with 22 points.
Furthermore, through four games the Packers didn’t have a rushing touchdown.
Against the Bears though, the Packers had an offensive explosion scoring 31 points against one of the leagues toughest defenses.
This offensive performance by the Packers offense was a far cry from what we saw the first month of the season.
Letting Jordan Love cook
Before the season Head Coach Matt LaFleur said he’d “Let Jordan Love cook”.
While most of the offensive scoring has been through Jordan Love, we were seeing the scoring way too late.
Against the Bears Sunday we saw Love cook and burn the Bears defense.
Love had his best performance so far in the season passing for 367 yards and two touchdowns.
The best part was Love wasn’t running for his life on this day.
The offensive line, which had been the subject of negativity, showed up giving Love time to throw.
Take it this way, the offensive line allowed the chef, Love to take his time in the kicthen.
Love’s two touchdown throws were to Christian Watson, and they were beauties.
But the best part was that Love was afforded the time to throw those touchdowns.
This was what we expected from Jordan Love and the offense prior to the season.
Hopefully this was a step in the right direction for the Packers offense, which had been struggling for the first four games.
Watson and Golden Shine
Watsons first touchdown was perfectly set up on a play action pass, letting him score on a 42 yard pass.
His second touchdown came in the second half.
This time he found Watson streaking down the middle, making an amazing catch for a 53 yard touchdown, putting the Packers up 20-7.
Watson finished the day with 6 receptions for 143 yards, along with those two touchdowns.
But Watson wasn’t the only Packers with over 100 receiving yards.
Matthew Golden had a great day as well.
Golden was able to make big chunk plays when needed, showing the big play making ability that made him a first round draft pick.
Highlighted by 50- yard pass catch late in the second half, Golden finished the day with 123 yards and six receptions.
The running game help
No, there was not a 100 yard rusher.
But the Packers run game did just enough to make the Bears defense second guess themselves.
Marshawn Llyod led the way with 31 rushing yards on 10 carries.
While those numbers aren’t great, it was enough to get the play action game going.
The Packers offense balance of run and pass was enough to set up the Packers passing game.
Furthermore, Lloyd was able to score the first two rushing touchdowns of the season for the Packers.
While the running game needs work, this will have to do for now, using the rushing game to set up J-Love and the passing game.
That is until the Packers find a solution at running back.
It is quite obvious that the Packers offense doesn’t have a lead back.
Between Lloyd, Chris Brooks, Kaleb Johnson and Pierre Strong Jr, none of them have shown they can lead the Packers running backs.
Perhaps this is the solution for the Packers, who are still holding out hope that Josh Jacobs can return at somepoint this season.
Until then, unless someone steps up, the Packers will continue to use the running back by committee approch.
Overall great performance
With the offense putting their highest point output, this year we saw what it did for the Packers as a team.
The defense was able to play Jonathon Gannon’s style of defense.
It is complementary football at it’s best.
For weeks the offense kept having short drives, leaving the defense gassed.
This time though with enough running game and Love cooking, the defense finally was able to show who they really are.
5 turnovers for the Packers defense and 7 points score agaisnt them.
Granted it was against Tyson Bagent and Case Keenum, not Caleb Williams.
But that should not put down the Packers effort on defense.
With the Packers offense winning the time of possession with 30 minutes on the field, they were able to keep the Bears offense on the sidelines.
