The Packers have spent the last week trying to patch together an offensive line that has been a clear problem to open the 2026 season, and the fix now has to come from the offense itself.
Jordan Love has not met expectations, but the bigger issue is that Green Bay still hasn’t established the run or leaned into the kind of easy throws that can keep the line from getting exposed early. That has to change, and it needs to start showing up against Tampa Bay and in the weeks that follow as the Packers keep searching for a workable unit.
The most obvious adjustment is a quicker passing game. That would give Love a better chance to find rhythm, create positive plays, and avoid taking the kind of early hits that have already knocked him off track.
Green Bay has the pieces to make it work, too. Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden, and Christian Watson all bring different traits, but each can do damage after the catch.
Golden brings underrated speed. Kraft brings physicality and the kind of energy that can turn into surprise chunk plays. Between them, and Watson as another dangerous option, the Packers have enough after-the-catch talent to justify leaning heavily on slants and screens right away.
Skyy Moore is another name Green Bay can turn to while Jayden Reed is hurt. Moore gives the Packers a returner’s explosiveness, and his speed can help him slip tacklers and create plays that aren’t there on the first look.
That’s why this feels like the right time for Matt LaFleur to simplify things. He is too smart and too creative on offense not to make these kinds of adjustments. More than anything, Green Bay needs to help Love settle down and regain confidence after pressure started getting to him.
There’s also a practical benefit to shortening the game this way: it gives the Packers more room to keep rotating pieces along the offensive line and figure out who can provide the best protection. The team has already brought in new options, and a steadier mix of quick throws and a more functional run game would help support that search.
Tampa Bay should offer a good chance to start. The Packers will face a Buccaneers team without Baker Mayfield and with its own offensive issues, as rookie starter Jalon Daniels takes over. Now it comes down to whether Green Bay actually makes the obvious adjustment.
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