The Green Bay Packers are 2-2 — but Packers fans are already in PANIC MODE. The team has struggled offensively, injuries are piling up, and now the Chicago Bears are coming to Lambeau Field for one of the biggest rivalry games of the season.
On the latest episode of A Must Win Game with Maggie Gray, Maggie takes a deep dive into what is happening in Green Bay with longtime Packers fan and Into the Winklerverse host Bart Winkler.
Bart does not hold back when it comes to Packers head coach Matt LaFleur. Is LaFleur simply struggling right now, or has he become a bigger problem for the Packers and the entire organization? Bart explains why he believes LaFleur is not just a bad coach — but bad for the Packers.
Maggie and Bart also break down Jordan Love and the criticism he has received this season. How much of the Packers' offensive struggles should actually be placed on Love? What criticism is fair, and what criticism is simply piling on the quarterback?
Then there is Ben Johnson.
The Chicago Bears head coach has made no secret of his feelings about Green Bay, and the rivalry has become increasingly personal. Johnson and the Bears have already beaten LaFleur and the Packers twice in a row, including a dramatic playoff comeback last season. Johnson's infamous postgame comments about the Packers only added fuel to the rivalry.
Now Chicago comes into Lambeau Field at 3-1 while Green Bay sits at 2-2. The Packers are averaging just 18.2 points per game, compared with 28 for the Bears, and Green Bay's offense has struggled badly on third down.
Can Matt LaFleur and the Packers finally answer Ben Johnson? Is Jordan Love being unfairly blamed? And is the real problem in Green Bay the head coach?
Maggie Gray and Bart Winkler break it all down.
Time codes
2:12 do you like watching your team win or just not lose? Watching Brett Favre throw an interception as a member of the Minnesota Vikings is one of Bart Winkler’s best sports memories.
4:35 Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy are reunited in Pittsburgh. What is their relationship like now?
5:57 How intense is the Bears and Packers rivalry right now?
7:30 Why Bart wants Matt LaFleur fired.
11:39 Is the Packers front office truly committed to winning another Super Bowl?
13:45 Is the standard dropping in Green Bay?
17:10 DRAFTKINGS
19:57 WAYFAIR
22:20 Does Matt LaFleur have a good understanding of his own team?
24:07 What criticism of Jordan Love is fair and what is unfair?
27:43 Will the front office invest more in this team this season?
30:32 Bart’s conspiracy theory about why the Packers could have a traditional owner is that with all the private equity money investing in NFL teams this would make the NFL even more profitable.
33:28 Bart would welcome Mike Tomlin as the next coach or Brian Flores.
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