Jason Kelce didn’t hold back after the Packers passed up a chance to sneak the ball in Thursday night’s loss to the Falcons, and his criticism landed right on Matt LaFleur’s play-calling.
Green Bay was hammered 35-14 in Week 3 on Thursday Night Football, a result that dropped the Packers to their second loss of the season and, according to the source, marked the worst home defeat of LaFleur’s tenure. The offense never found much rhythm, and the numbers tell the story: just nine rushes for 17 yards, while Atlanta rolled up 242 on the ground.
The moment that set Kelce off came in the third quarter, after a former Philadelphia Eagles coach pointed out a missed sneak chance for Green Bay. Kelce responded on X with a blunt challenge to the logic behind the call.
"It honestly blows my mind that coaches still do this," Kelce wrote on X. "I get why Andy doesn’t, because Pat dislocated his knee one year, but it’s just statistically insane to me to not sneak it on a 4th and 1 with a look like this.
"Is there any other situation where coaches continually call plays with such a gap in success rate? Like what is the play action conversion rate in this situation?"
LaFleur, meanwhile, didn’t dodge the larger issue. After the game, he acknowledged how far off track the offense looked.
“Got to try to figure out what we do well, and right now I don’t know what we’re doing well offensively,” LaFleur said.
Green Bay finished 6-of-15 on third downs and converted 2-of-3 on fourth down, but those small positives were buried in a rough night overall. The Packers’ only win this season came in overtime against the New York Jets, and the offense has looked shaky through the early part of 2026. Under LaFleur, the team has had just one losing season in eight years, but Thursday’s loss left plenty of questions hanging over the unit.
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