Until Week 3, the Green Bay Packers didn’t need to fire their offense on all cylinders.
Their stellar defense was more than enough to get going, as they jumped to early leads and just rode that wave until the end.
That wasn’t the case last Sunday.
The Cleveland Browns’ Super Bowl-caliber defense shut them down, and it ultimately cost them down the stretch.
With that in mind, Dan Orlovsky called them out ahead of Sunday night’s matchup with the Dallas Cowboys.
Talking on ESPN, the former quarterback pointed out that they need to get fully going instead of just barely doing enough:
“The three things I want out of this offense—one, less obvious outs. We’ve seen the motion enough. Do something different. Two, more 12-personnel play-action. I don’t think they’ve gotten to that enough this year. Three, hit your shots. They have dialed up shots, Jordan has not hit them. I want it to look like if the coverage is perfect, you still make the completion. I think this is a game for the Packers where it’s like, ‘This is what we do. We’re gonna be very good and excellent at that rather than skating by versus a subpar defense,” Orlovsky said.
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This is the perfect opportunity for this team to get going.
The Cowboys have one of the absolute worst defenses in the game, and getting DaRon Bland back shouldn’t do that much to help their case, especially with Trevon Diggs giving up big play after big play.
If that wasn’t enough, the Cowboys will be severely undermanned without Trevor Booker and CeeDee Lamb, so they might struggle to keep the chains in motion.
As such, the table will be set for Matt LaFleur’s team to run up the score on them and make a statement on primetime television.
The Packers need to do a better job of keeping Jordan Love out of harm’s way and creating running lanes for Josh Jacobs.
They just need a big game to get going, and with the way they’ve thrived in Arlington in the past, that might happen on Sunday night.
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