Packers’ month-long losing streak gets honest admission from key defender

Packers’ month-long losing streak gets honest admission from key defender

It was a picture-perfect start to the 2023 season for the Green Bay Packers. They put a hurting on their biggest rival, the Chicago Bears, and were 2-1 through three games. QB Jordan Love had a 6:0 TD:INT ratio. Life was good. That was also a long time ago, according to at least one Packers player. “I mean we haven’t won in a month. Sh*t. Haven’t we won since September 24th or something? What about today? Is it the 20th. It’s the moon,” cornerback Rasul Douglas told reporters Thursday, per The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman.

“So we haven’t tasted victory for a while and I’m tired of coming here and I’m sad.”

 

2-3 Packers beat the New Orleans Saints on September 24th. Since then, they lost back-to-back games against the Detroit Lions and Las Vegas Raiders before getting a bye in Week 6.

Neither unit can be blamed for the Packers’ struggles. The offense had a promising start to the season. But Love struggled more and more with turnovers as the season progressed; he threw three ugly touchdowns against the Saints in the Week 5 loss.

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Star player Aaron Jones was inactive through the three teams’ five games, which certainly didn’t help matters. Even in the games he has played, Jones has been limited to just 14 rushing attempts so far as he deals with a hamstring injury. Meanwhile, Douglas and Green Bay have the NFL’s 11th-worst defense. The pass defense is ninth in the league, but the rush defense is fifth worst, which cancels it out.

But the Denver Broncos, the Packers’ Week 7 opponent, look like the ultimate streak breaker. Maybe Douglas and Green Bay can get through October with a win.