{"id":118982,"date":"2025-11-10T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=118982"},"modified":"2025-11-10T08:56:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T08:56:54","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-breaking-mina-kimes-finally-says-what-packers-fans-have-been-screaming-about-matt-lafleur-all-season-and-its-sparking-absolute-chaos-in-green-bay-her-blunt-take-is-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=118982","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: Mina Kimes Finally Says What Packers Fans Have Been Screaming About Matt LaFleur All Season \u2014 and It\u2019s Sparking Absolute Chaos in Green Bay. Her blunt take is now blowing up across NFL media, leaving analysts stunned"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full\" title=\"Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_1017,w_6579,h_3700\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/51\/01k9kcfcas9qpfwcnx4k.jpg\" alt=\"Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur\" width=\"6579\" height=\"3700\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur | Todd Rosenberg\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1 odesa-article-main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content [&amp;_p]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_p]:md:leading-[28px] [&amp;_li]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_li]:md:leading-[28px]\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\"><em>Whatever happened to Matt LaFleur&#8217;s &#8220;all gas, no brakes&#8221; mantra?<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">The Green Bay Packers need to snap out of their offensive malaise, and fast. Heavyweight battles in the NFC will come thick and fast, beginning with the Philadelphia Eagles on\u00a0<em>Monday Night Football<\/em>\u00a0before a run of four divisional games in the following six weeks.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">LaFleur knows a repeat performance from last week&#8217;s loss to the Carolina Panthers could produce frightening results against the defending Super Bowl champions, and it may take a complete change in approach, especially with\u00a0injuries piling up at the skill positions.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It&#8217;s time to trust Jordan Love and hand him the keys to the offense. Packers fans have said it all season, and ESPN&#8217;s Mina Kimes hit the nail on the head in her preview for Monday&#8217;s game against Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\"><em>&#8220;Stop playing for third down. Just stop it,&#8221;\u00a0said Kimes\u00a0on &#8216;The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny.&#8217; &#8220;It&#8217;s either dink or dunk, or it&#8217;s like schemed-up shots. On Tuesday, I ranted about the absence of the intermediate passing game. If they try to come out against this Eagles defense with a bunch of screens and sweeps, it&#8217;s not going to work. You&#8217;ve got to attack them downfield.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\"><em><strong>&#8220;I just want to see on first and second down, Jordan Love throwing the ball in that 10- to 20-yard range. Please. This Eagles defense is too good against the quick stuff.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Co-host Brentley Weissman added that LaFleur &#8220;coaches not to lose rather than coaching to win.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Mina Kimes called out the one thing Packers fans are sick of watching every week<\/h2>\n<p>LaFleur&#8217;s\u00a0all-or-nothing plan last week was head-scratching, to say the least. Green Bay played so conservatively for the majority of the game but then sprinkled in some of the most unnecessarily desperate heaves deep downfield.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time for LaFleur to listen to\u00a0his own\u00a0messaging. Just three weeks ago, after a surprisingly aggressive game plan that included a risky fourth-down attempt to all but seal victory over Arizona,\u00a0LaFleur said: &#8220;Scared money don&#8217;t make money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">Yet the Packers spent all of last week playing with scared money.<\/p>\n<p>Kimes and Weissman put it perfectly. LaFleur calls games like he&#8217;s trying to get to third down. A first-down screen here. A second-and-long run there. But that plan only works if you actually convert on third downs. To their credit, the Packers\u00a0rank No. 2 in the league\u00a0at moving the chains on money downs, but they still fail 51 percent of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Love is close to unstoppable\u00a0when throwing between 10 and 19 yards down the field, so why not take those shots on early downs?<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">If it doesn&#8217;t work, fine. Have another go. But LaFleur&#8217;s safe play-calling just to reach third-and-manageable creates offensive inconsistency. It pushes the door open for the defense, who only need one crucial stop on third down to shut down drives.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">As Kimes pointed out, LaFleur&#8217;s risk-averse strategy could explain why the Packers continue to &#8220;play down&#8221; to their opponents. It&#8217;s the total opposite of his &#8220;all gas, no brakes&#8221; philosophy. Instead of blowing bad teams away, the Packers let them stick around.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-blue my-f-1\">It burned them badly in Week 3 against the Cleveland Browns, a game they had no business losing, and even worse in Week 9. 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