Scoring seven points on Monday Night Football was not the response Green Bay Packers fans envisioned following last week’s historic upset loss to the Panthers. In a familiar storyline in Packers losses this season, the defense showed up to play, holding the Eagles to 10 points in the game and just a field goal through three quarters. Once again, the offense failed to pull its own weight. The loss has quarterback Jordan Love and, in particular, head coach Matt LaFleur taking some serious heat. There are those who believe LaFleur will be coaching for his job the rest of the way.
Amid the confusion, frustration, and outrage, Micah Parsons offered a different message. Trust us, he said. If the defense keeps playing like it did on Monday, the Packers will be just fine in the long haul.
Parsons’ encouragement will fall on deaf ears if the offense doesn’t back him up
First off: it’s easy to understand why Green Bay faithful wouldn’t take Parsons’ word. The defense isn’t the problem. Obviously. They have held opponents to 39 points in the Packers’ three losses. The offense has to figure some things out if this team is going to live up to the hype as a Super Bowl contender.
Oct 26, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8) scrambles against Green Bay Packers defensive end Micah Parsons (1) during the first quarter at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Barry Reeger-Imagn Images
That said, here’s what Parsons had to say in the locker room after the game:
“To the fans, I mean they should have hope. It would be different if we were getting blown out, in fashions of, like, this is like, in despair, like ‘we can’t win these type of games.’ We are very capable of winning these games. We’re just not playing to the standard we set for each other. … We’re going to be a really good team, but for right now we just got to get back to the basics and do what we have to do. But I mean, I wouldn’t panic. At all. The way we just played, we’re going to win a lot of football games. … I would not panic. I wouldn’t stress. We’re going to win football games, I promise you.”
To Parsons’ point, the Packers were very much in this game. The first three quarters were more about phenomenal defense than poor offense. In crunch time, however, LaFleur, Love, and the rest of the unit failed to execute.
Receivers committed critical drops. LaFleur called questionable plays. On a pivotal fourth down stop, the Eagles called out the inside run scheduled for Josh Jacobs. The play got blown up five yards behind the line of scrimmage. It never had a chance.
Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur works the sidelines in the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles during their football game Monday, November 10, 2025, at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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On the final possession of the game, LaFleur put the offense behind the sticks by calling a deep shot on the first play. The Packers had to settle for a 64-yard field goal as time expired, which fell well short like a faulty paper airplane.
Earlier in the game, Love was once again responsible for a costly turnover. His fumble near the end of the first half came with the Packers on the move and well within field goal range.
For fans to share Parsons’ confidence, the Packers need to lock in on both sides of the ball. Right now, it’s just hard to trust them on a weekly basis.
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