The Packers achieved full inconsistency on Sunday.

Down 28-0 with everything possible going wrong, a lot of Packer fans were walking out where we were watching. With this young team I find myself completely intrigued regardless of the score. Despite losing, what an effort. How can you not root for this team? What grit.

They’re nothing if not entertaining.

For better and for worse, that felt a lot like the first half of last season.

Just a lot weirder. That was an awfully strange game.

Mike’s first point in his game recap is Spoff on. (I’ll see myself out.) You just can’t dig yourself in that big a hole and expect to win. Bottom line.

There’s a reason the largest comeback in franchise history is 23 points. 28? Mercy. So much has to go right, and even after it got to 28-22, the Packers still kept making mistakes.

David from Janesville, WI

Gents – 1. Tough loss. 2. Brayden Narveson may have the coach’s confidence but at some point the kicker situation needs to be made right. 3. Our receivers had chances to make tough catches, just couldn’t seem to get it done. 4. After a tough start both sides of the ball came on strong. 5. The four-man rush seemed to get stoned too often. 6. Hope Christian Watson and Devonte Wyatt are okay. 7. Minnesota is for real. 8. Penalties still are an issue. 9. Josh Jacobs OK? 10. Put on the big boy pants and get ready for a tough trip to LA.

No arguments. You just can’t play worse than the Packers did for the first 25 minutes of this game. I’d call it a comedy of errors except it wasn’t funny. Speaking specifically about the defense, this was not the day for the four-man rush to struggle, not when you’re down two of your top four corners. Hafley was in a pickle with how much pressure to try to bring without leaving an already shorthanded secondary too vulnerable. Just a bad recipe for too many chunk plays.

I feel like you guys will be inundated with “if only the kicker hadn’t missed two field goals…” statements and questions, but I don’t feel he shoulders even half the blame here. Yes, he should do better, but for a defense that has played so well to give up 28 points in the first half when we needed to hang our hat on them is diabolical. The saving grace is the way they came out after the half. We’re not a million miles away.

Never are. I don’t put the fourth TD on the defense when the Vikes took over at the 4-yard line, but those first three drives featured 168 yards for Minnesota’s offense plus 29 more in penalties. The defense didn’t respond soon enough to stem the tide, and the response after the lead was cut to 28-22 was immensely disappointing as well. There were massive letdowns in all three phases early on, but the defense’s bad start dictated how the rest of the game went.

Gents, despite the tough loss I saw a Packer team with a much higher ceiling than the Vikes. They have to clean up the mistakes but if they do (like they did last year) then the sky is the limit for this young group. I was disappointed by the loss but came away very optimistic. Strange feeling, but I’ll take it.

I don’t get optimistic or pessimistic or whatever else. It’s a week-to-week league. It’s a loss. There’s a lot to learn from. They showed some good qualities, particularly resiliency. Now what do they do with all that? It’s up to them. I do think they’ll be fine.

Seems to me that this team is both good at making the other team make mistakes, and bad at making their own mistakes. Do you think overall clearing up mistakes is one of the toughest things for a coach? It’s not like they can just go into a team meeting and say “stop making mistakes” and a switch gets thrown.

We’re not at practice so it’s impossible for me to say if the errors carry over from during the week, or just crop up when it really matters. Only the coaches and players themselves know that.

Vishnu from Santa Clara, CA

Loved seeing the fight from the Packers. Loved the adjustments and even the tackling from the defense. The penalties on offense are getting worrisome, though. Too often the offense has found itself way behind the sticks because of some silly pre-snap thing or a hold. Have to think that will be a heavier emphasis for LaFleur and his staff.

The coaches can only emphasize so much when you’re also trying to implement game plans. The players have to clean up their games.

I’ll say it and risk the potential wrath coming my way. I don’t think Jordan Love should have played, not because of the performance but because he clearly wasn’t healthy. Which means he hasn’t been healthy when practicing and should have been resting his knee vs. risking further injury. This isn’t Week 14 or 15 when we’re trying to get into the dance. The coaching staff has been reckless I feel. I’m guessing you won’t agree but surely it’s worth a conversation?

I leave those decisions to the people who know way more about the particulars than I ever will. Was Love 100%? No. Was he good enough to throw for 389 yards and four touchdowns? Yes. There’s risk every time a player takes the field, and if he needs to learn how to play on a knee that might not be 100% for a while, then as soon as he’s capable, he needs to get that experience or the acclimation process just gets delayed.

Good morning! Do you think Narveson’s big jersey number is weighing him down too much and affecting his kicks?

That’s a new one. I don’t know anything about kicking. All I know is all his misses have been to the right, and to never overcompensate seems almost unheard of. I don’t know what the Packers are going to do. They have another kicker on the practice squad (Alex Hale) but I have no idea if they feel he’s ready. Riding this kicker carousel is not a good place to be.