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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Green Bay was trailing by three points and facing fourth-and-1 with less than two minutes remaining when Josh Jacobs said he could hear the Philadelphia Eagles calling out what play the Packers planned to run.<\/p>\nGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) \u2014 Green Bay was trailing by three points and facing fourth-and-1 with less than two minutes remaining when Josh Jacobs said he could hear the Philadelphia Eagles calling out what play the Packers planned to run.<\/p>\n
Jacobs got stuffed behind the line of scrimmage and fumbled, and the Packers fell 10-7 for their second straight loss on Monday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhenever they know what we\u2019re doing, it\u2019ll never feel good because it changed my mind on how I\u2019m going to run the ball, if we\u2019re just being honest,\u201d Jacobs said. \u201cIt makes me kind of like guess what I\u2019m going to do. Obviously, you know, people are smart. If we\u2019ve got code words or whatever, you hear it a few times, eventually you\u2019ll react to it. That\u2019s football. But, yeah, it\u2019s never a good feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
It’s been that kind of run lately for Green Bay’s offense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Green Bay’s Monday night loss followed a stunning 16-13 home setback against Carolina. After lighting up the scoreboard in a 35-25 victory at Pittsburgh, the Packers have scored just one touchdown in each of their last two games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just kind of shooting ourselves in the foot right now, getting in a funk of having some good plays and then not building off them properly and having a play that might hurt the drive and we can\u2019t overcome it,\u201d quarterback Jordan Love said.<\/p>\n
The Packers (5-3-1) began this two-game homestand owning the best record in the NFC. Now they’re third in the NFC North, behind Detroit and Chicago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The situation is tense enough that Packers coach Matt LaFleur was asked after the game if he feels he\u2019s coaching for his job the rest of the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll leave that for everybody else to decide,\u201d LaFleur said. \u201cI\u2019ll just focus on the day-to-day and try to do \u2014 I feel like you\u2019re always coaching for everything in this league, you know? That\u2019s just my mindset. It\u2019s always been that way. You can\u2019t ever exhale. You\u2019ve got to always be pushing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Green Bay didn\u2019t score a touchdown Monday until Jacobs scored from 6 yards out with 5:49 left in the game.<\/p>\n
Love went 20 of 36 for 176 yards and was sacked three times. After throwing 13 touchdown passes in Green Bay\u2019s first seven games, Love hasn\u2019t thrown any during these last two losses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He also hasn\u2019t gotten much help.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Tight end Tucker Kraft was having a Pro Bowl-caliber season before tearing his anterior cruciate ligament against Carolina last week, knocking him out for the rest of the season. Jayden Reed, the Packers\u2019 leading receiver last year, has been out since mid-September while recovering from surgeries to his shoulder and foot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Rookie first-round pick Matthew Golden didn\u2019t play Monday due to a shoulder injury, and Romeo Doubs left with a chest injury in the second half. Green Bay also lost center Elgton Jenkins to an ankle issue, and LaFleur said after the game that the two-time Pro Bowl selection\u2019s injury \u201cdoesn\u2019t sound promising.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green Bay\u2019s lack of receiving depth was enough of an issue that on its last-minute attempt to get into field-goal range, Love ended up throwing an 18-yard completion to Bo Melton, who has spent most of this season working out at cornerback rather than his original position of wide receiver. Melton saw more playing time than usual on offense because Green Bay had so many injured wideouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cWe thought we could use the speed element that he possesses to help open some things up offensively,\u201d LaFleur said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The game ended with Brandon McManus trying a 64-yard field goal that fell several yards short.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Love faced a similar situation in the Packers\u2019 22-10 wild-card playoff loss at Philadelphia last season, when multiple injuries decimated Green Bay on the offensive line and at wide receiver. Love threw three interceptions without a touchdown pass in that game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Love didn\u2019t throw any interceptions Monday, but he did have a fumble that thwarted a scoring opportunity in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Missed opportunities have become a running theme with this offense lately.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Against Carolina, the Packers got inside the Panthers\u2019 35-yard line on five of their first six possessions but converted those chances into just two field goals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Green Bay failed to capitalize again Monday.<\/p>\n
The Packers got to Philadelphia\u2019s 38 on the game\u2019s opening series before a sack pushed them out of field-goal range. They reached Philadelphia\u2019s 27 in the final minute of the second quarter, but Jaelan Phillips recovered a fumble after Love lost the ball while getting sacked by Nakobe Dean.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After Jake Elliott\u2019s 39-yard field goal put Philadelphia ahead 3-0 in the third quarter, Green Bay reached Eagles territory on each of its first two second-half drives but couldn\u2019t break through.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s definitely frustrating,\u201d Love said. \u201cWe\u2019ve just got to look ourselves in the mirror and find ways to keep improving and keep figuring out what we\u2019ve done good and what we\u2019re not doing as good a job of right now. Just keep working.\u201d<\/p>\n
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