Chris Lempesis recaps the Packers’ brutal 10-7 Monday night loss to the Eagles, rips into Matt LaFleur’s conservative, predictable offense, explains how Green Bay wasted a dominant defensive performance, and answers early fan questions ahead of the mailbag show.
The Green Bay Packers just lost 10-7 at home on Monday Night Football to the Philadelphia Eagles and Chris Lempesis is ready to declare: the offense is cooked, the vibes are bad, and Matt LaFleur is officially out of ideas.
On this episode of LempsTalkinPack #231, titled “And The Show Has Reached A New Low,” Chris breaks down one of the most maddening losses of the season — not because the Eagles rolled them, but because the Packers defense played their tails off and the offense still said, “Nah, we’re good.”
Green Bay has now lost three times while allowing a total of 39 points. That should be impossible in the modern NFL… and yet… Christ in a dump truck, here we are.
Chris spends most of the show detailing how this was once again a Matt LaFleur loss:
another ultra-conservative game plan
endless first- and second-down runs into a box that already knew what was coming
a fourth-and-one call so predictable that the Eagles defense literally called it out pre-snap
and the continuing, inexplicable choice to roll with an injured, struggling kicker over the healthy big leg you left inactive
He digs into why LaFleur’s offense feels stale, horizontal, scared, and totally divorced from Jordan Love’s strengths, and why Love only throwing 10 times in the first half tells you exactly how little trust the head coach has right now. He’s not letting the QB cook — he’s barely letting him microwave.
But it wasn’t just LaFleur. Chris also hits:
Jordan Love’s “not elite yet” night — sacks, bad fumble, missed reads
the killer illegal formation that wiped out a huge Christian Watson gain and basically swung 10 points
the return of the drops (because of course)
and how this team keeps saying “we’re young!” while the front office says “we traded for Micah Parsons, go win a Super Bowl.”
He also zooms out on the standings: Packers tumble to third in the NFC North, now in “maybe we win one playoff game” territory, which is not what you sell the fanbase after an all-in move.
Finally, he samples a few of the many, many listener comments that poured in after the MNF dud — fans asking if LaFleur should give up play-calling, whether anyone on the staff could even take it, and when it’s okay to say “this feels like the end of the McCarthy era again.”
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