I’m not sure how many times I can reiterate things, however it’s far easier to say something than it is to accomplish something…

Blocking Maxx Crosby is inherently harder than the idea of just blocking him. Also, the Packers have the better team/roster, however the same two things I’ve harped on forever, typically dictate the outcome of the game: turnover differential; time of possession.

Green Bay held Las Vegas to 96 yards rushing on 29 attempts (3.3 yards/rush), which is Mission Accomplished. Green Bay also accrued over 100 yards on the ground themselves (110 yards on 25 rush attempts). The killer? Turnovers. Which ultimately led to a better Time of Possession for Las Vegas as well. The Packers lost the turnover battle 3-to-1, with the last being the most crucial, obviously. The silver lining (see what I did there?) for Green Bay is they won the Points off Turnovers battle, which is another key stat.

	GB	LV
ToP	27:26	32:34
Turnovers	3	1
Pts off TOs	7	3

Yes, these are growing pains. Growth, in this context, isn’t linear…it’ll look much like an ascending stock – tons of ups and downs. Does the opponent matter? Actually, for the youth movement, far less than you’d think. Actually, the opponent may be meaningless in the sense that, I wouldn’t be shocked if Green Bay loses to Denver (who’s terrible), and in a couple of months beats Kansas City. This team has that much talent, and the only thing they possess more than talent is youth. It’s quite frustrating.

There are plenty of great follows on X (twitter) to see what’s been going on with the Packers and their surprise liability, the offensive line. @Peter_Bukowski is a solid follow, and here’s just one tweet that exemplifies the main issue holding up the Packers from “looking better.”

The man pictured above, C Josh Myers (#71) has gone from “decent rookie” to an absolute problem. He constantly lets up pressure, which is the worst as he’s literally the Center of the Line! He must either improve, dramatically (both by a lot and in terms of time) or be replaced. Not only have Super Star D-linemen looked amazing in back to back weeks vs this unit, those superstar players should be the focal point, in which previous Packer O-lines have handled fairly well. However, Hutch and Crosby have taken over each of the past 2 games. Hell, even Malcolm Koonce looked like prime George Koonce (no relation, from my research at least). All in all, just a bad performance, however, the optimist in me tells me there will be more of these games this season, and the kids will be able to learn from them just by experiencing them…as long as they’re playing.