The Falcons walked into Lambeau Field and left with the kind of win that changes the temperature around both teams. Atlanta rolled past Green Bay 35-14 on Thursday night, and the biggest reason was impossible to miss: Bijan Robinson tore the Packers apart on the ground.
Robinson piled up 194 rushing yards, and he wasn’t working alone. Brian Robinson Jr. added 50 yards of his own, giving Atlanta a run game that Green Bay never came close to solving. The Packers, still without Micah Parsons, had no answer for the Falcons’ ground attack.
That result also sharpened the spotlight on Jordan Love, whose early-season slide is becoming harder to ignore. Green Bay’s offense never found a real rhythm, and Love spent most of the night trying to dig out of a hole that kept getting deeper.
He finished 28-of-53 for 312 yards, but most of that damage came after the game had already slipped away. Love threw two touchdown passes and a late interception, yet he couldn’t consistently push the ball downfield or make use of his mobility.
The numbers from the first three weeks tell the same story. Love entered the game having completed just 52.1% of his passes.
In Week 2, he managed only 145 passing yards in a narrow 20-17 win over the New York Jets. In the opener, he threw for 387 yards, but Green Bay still lost to the Minnesota Vikings 22-17.
Through all of it, the offense has looked uneven and difficult to trust.
The ground game has only made things worse. With MarShawn Loyd and Kaleb Johnson combining for 17 rushing yards, the Packers haven’t had enough on the ground to keep defenses honest or open things up through the air. Without Josh Jacobs, the offense has looked one-dimensional.
If Green Bay is counting on the defense to stabilize once Parsons gets on the field, the offense still has to give it something to work with. Right now, it’s not doing nearly enough.
Robinson was the clear player of the game. He finished with 194 yards on 29 carries, a 6.7-yard average, and added 19 receiving yards along with two touchdowns. His mix of burst and balance kept finding cracks in the Packers’ defense, and the Falcons’ line gave him enough room to turn those openings into a big night.
Atlanta’s first win doesn’t suddenly turn the Falcons into a team everyone has to circle, but it does leave the pressure squarely on Matt LaFleur and a 1-2 Packers team that needs answers fast.
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