You mentioned before the game that you shouldn’t get too excited or too low, no matter the outcome. It’s a long season. I trust the coaching staff and players to bounce back and fix the mistakes. Of course, Jordan Love’s injury is by far the worst thing that happened in the game. I’m stating the obvious. The first reaction is to worry about how this will affect the season, but how this will affect him personally is much more important.

As I said last week, I wanted to approach this game in Sao Paulo with a grain of salt regardless of the final result. Love’s injury obviously changes that somewhat. He is the Packers’ biggest asset. However, looking strictly at the season, I’ve always been more interested in how the Packers — especially this new defense — perform at home against Indianapolis before traveling to Tennessee. A win on Friday would have been great, but the real tests begin now.

Brandon from Imperial, MO

After the dust settles on the loss and people come back from the ledge, I wanted to say that I was very entertained by the game and I’m still (cautiously) optimistic about the season as long as Love isn’t out for the rest of the season. Sure, there’s still a lot of figuring out to do all around and nothing will be fixed overnight, but this team had the moments of excellence I was hoping to see. Do you feel differently about the team’s chances for the season (Love’s injury excluded) after Week 1?

I agree with everything Spoff wrote in his column on Saturday. The Eagles game reminded me a lot of the first half of the 2023 season for Green Bay – promising and explosive plays peppered with procedural penalties and situational inconsistency. In the end, a few costly mistakes decided a game that was exciting until the very end. The good news is that Green Bay is still young and can easily make those corrections. The bad news is obviously Love. We’ll hear what Matt LaFleur has to say about QB1 later today.

Richard from Lac du Flambeau, WI

There are men and there are men. I know rivalries can be strong and deep. But when Jalen Hurts started embracing Love, well, that says a lot about the camaraderie of players in the NFL. Yes, losing is painful, but there is still life after the game. A good example is our neighbors JJ McCarthy and Aaron Jones, who we love. Just beat the Colts? Life is deeper than that. I hope the Packers win the SB. But what more life lessons are there to share? Thank you.

Respect is earned between those lines. Only a select few can do what these men are supposed to do on Sundays…or Fridays in Brazil, I guess. Pain and love are part of the bright future of the NFL. You compete with all your might, but no one wants to see anyone out there get hurt.

Which individual performance impressed you most in Brazil?

Jayden Reed is the one. During the game, I told Assistant Director of Communications Tom Fanning that I’ve never seen a receiver with Reed’s vision. He creates gaps and leaves defenders running into empty space like a running back. The nickname “Bird” is fitting. Anytime Jayden Reed has the ball in his hands, good things happen.

David from Saint Ignatius, MT

I didn’t get to see the game so it’s hard to judge, but 50% completions are never going to get you there. What do you attribute that to?

That was another regression to last season. The deep passing game didn’t really get going, whether it was Love missing some throws or the receivers not catching the ball. Christian Watson said he practically apologized to Reed after the game for saying the other wideouts in Brazil weren’t good enough. Passing percentage isn’t everything, but it reflects offensive efficiency, and Green Bay didn’t have enough of that.

Richard from Farmington Hills, MI

Personally, I expected Keisean Nixon to return the final kickoff from the end zone. Given his skills and especially the time remaining, a long return (even a TD) seemed like the best chance to win.

After thinking about it for two nights, I’m OK with Nixon taking the ball out. The Packers are already in a tough spot, and it’s a chance to run a “play” with automatic timeouts. If Nixon screws up one of those, we’re talking about a game-winning play. But going back to what I wrote last week, I think we’ve finally seen how NFL teams will approach this new kickoff – by kicking it into the end zone against the league’s elite. Unfortunately, Nixon may not have a kickoff where the ball can be returned until November.

Steve from Halifax, Canada

LaFleur stated in his postgame comments that everyone, including the coaches, was at fault. I agree, especially after seeing the formation and motion penalties that caused the offense to sputter. I would have thought these were issues from the first day of training camp. Am I wrong? They were really glaring mistakes.

There were a few cases where veterans were penalized for procedural penalties that you don’t want to see, but then there was also the situation with Kenny Clark on the holding call during Philly’s last series where he wasn’t quite sure what happened. I told Spoff this on Friday night too – a lot of the H-back/move tight end duties that Tucker Kraft was supposed to do were duties that Tyler Davis did for most of training camp. Penalties are penalties, but context is important.

I didn’t see the game and I’m glad I didn’t, but there was talk in the preseason about using the two-tight end set and challenging the defense. Did the Packers try it and how successful or unsuccessful was it?

Against the Eagles, there weren’t many two-TE calls, which was probably game-related. Green Bay relied on Kraft, who received 64 snaps compared to Luke Musgrave’s 17 and Ben Sims’ 1. Instead of “1-2” personnel, the Packers preferred a lot of receiver personnel, including an “0-1” package (zero running backs, one tight end) that I haven’t seen in the Matt LaFleur era.