The 2025 Green Bay Packers have grappled with a recurring theme that has haunted their season: undisciplined play. The team has often undermined itself with penalties and avoidable mental mistakes. The result
has often been poor field position, wasted scoring opportunities, and stalled momentum. Head coach Matt LaFleur has publicly expressed his frustration with these errors, particularly the emotional, unnecessary penalties that creep into games at inopportune moments — a trend he recently called “senseless mistakes” that the team must clean up to compete at a high level.
The Packers have been particularly plagued by procedural and personal penalties — they’re well above league average in offensive holding, false starts, and unnecessary roughness. These discipline lapses seem to reflect broader struggles with focus and execution, and coaches and fans alike have noted that these self-inflicted wounds often occur at pivotal moments.
LaFleur’s message this season has been consistent: players must control what they can control. Despite fans’ current bad vibes, the reality is the Packers are still very much in the mix in a tightly contested NFC playoff race, and minimizing penalties and mental errors could be the difference between advancing and watching from home.
With a solid Bears team awaiting the Packers at Soldier Field on a short turnaround this week, the team is going to need to play clean and disciplined to come out with a win, particularly given both the looming absence of Micah Parsons and the escapability of QB Caleb Williams.
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