The Green Bay Packers fumbled on the offense's second play, trailed 3-0 early and 17-0 at halftime and lost 30-10 to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday at Lambeau Field. The visitors dominated an important midseason NFC North showdown, tallying four takeaways and eight sacks against a hapless Packers offense and handing Matt LaFleur's team a third division loss in four games.
Highlighting the good, the bad and the ugly coming out of Sunday's 30-10 loss to the Vikings:
The Good
The adversity defense: The Packers turned the ball over at their own 10-yard line (Mark Redman fumble), own 27-yard line (John Williams snap) and their own 35-yard line (J. Michael Sturdivant fumble) and had one other giveaway in Vikings territory, but Minnesota managed only nine points
off turnovers. The defense did its best to keep the Packers in the game despite the offense and special teams giving the ball away four times. The Packers could have easily been down 7-0 immediately after Redman fumbled the ball away on the offense's second play, but Barryn Sorrell's sack all but ended the drive. Lukas Van Ness also had a sack to force a field goal following a giveaway.
GOT TO HIM
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The Bad
Third-and-long defense: The Packers allowed a 38-yard touchdown pass on 3rd-and-23, a 24-yard pass on 3rd-and-15 (setting up a touchdown) and a 16-yard pass on a 3rd-and-12 (setting up a touchdown). Had the Packers simply made those stops on third down and forced the Vikings to either kick field goals or punt, they could have prevented as many as 15 points. Losing in favorable down-and-distances killed the Packers defense, which generally played well down to down (allowed only 4.8 yards per play). Credit to Kirk Cousins for creating game-changing plays on third down.
The Ugly
The offensive line implodes again: Another new starting offensive line combination got run over by Brian Flores in the Vikings. The Packers allowed eight sacks and 12 quarterback hits, and the run game produced only 56 rushing yards and a 3.3-yard average. The Vikings stress an offensive line better than any defense in football, but the collective performance from Jordan Morgan, Laken Tomlinson, John Williams, Travis Glover and Anthony Belton simply wasn't good enough. Minnesota got free runners at the quarterback, consistently confused blockers with twists and stunts and consistently won 1-on-1 matchups. Williams botched a simple shotgun snap. The Packers have navigated the offensive line issues over the last two months, but Sunday was a stark reminder of the lingering issues up front. Per ESPN, Jordan Love was under pressure on 60 percent of his dropbacks. What quarterback can operate when pressured 21 times in a game?
Jordan Love was pressured on 60% of his dropbacks (21-of-35) on Sunday, per ESPN Analytics. That's a career high.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) November 15, 2026
Love has been pressured on at least half of his dropbacks three times in his career and they've all been this season. Two of them were against the Vikings.
This article originally appeared on Packers Wire: Good, bad and ugly coming out of Packers' Week 10 loss to Vikings
