One of the only positive aspects of the Green Bay Packers‘ Sunday Night Football performance against the Dallas Cowboys is that they didn’t lose.
The problem is, they didn’t win either, bringing their record to 2-1-1.
This was supposed to be a relatively easy win for the Packers, but due to some questionable play-calling and suboptimal clock management at the end of the game, the score ended in a tie.
A game like this was historic for several reasons, and as analyst Mike Spofford wrote in a recent article on the Packers’ website, they almost set a record for total combined first downs.
“Two more and the Packers’ record book would’ve had a brand-new entry. Green Bay and Dallas combined for 58 first downs in their 40-40 overtime tie Sunday night. That’s just one off the highest combined total in the 100-plus-year history of Packers football,” Spofford wrote.
The Packers and Cowboys battled back and forth all night, and neither team was ultimately able to pull away in the end.
Many have viewed the Packers as Super Bowl contenders over the past few weeks, but if they can’t beat teams like the Cowboys, it’ll be hard for them to make it to the mountaintop.
Jordan Love can only carry this team so far, and allowing 40 points to an offense that has been relatively anemic to this point in the season isn’t going to cut it, especially against the likes of the Philadelphia Eagles and Baltimore Ravens.
They play both of those teams later in the season, so it will be interesting to see what the team looks like at that point and if the bye week helps them sort out any kinks that they’re currently experiencing.
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