Sep 15, 2026 · 38 min · 19 segments
Mike and Wes review the loss to the Vikings, from the snowball effect in the fourth quarter (:30) to the early-game regrets as well (7:00). They also discuss the officiating (15:45) and look around…
Mike SpoffordHost
Wes HodkiewiczHost
Ba- Wes, we are back from the trip to Minneapolis, a season-opening 39 to 22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Very disappointing the way this one finished, the way it played out at the end.
Um, you know, the long and the short of it is it's, it was a, uh, a snowball effect, and, uh, um, the Packers couldn't stop that snowball from rolling downhill and, and burying them at, at the end of the day.
You and I stepped in the studio Friday morning before anything, you know, really got started here at Lambeau, before we were in Minneapolis, before we took the plane ride, before we stepped into US Bank Stadium.
And I think both of us, in our keys to victory, um, kind of laid out what had to happen in this game to get it done, and in mine part- in particular, was the need to finish and the need to do it in the fourth quarter.
And not because it was a narrative coming out of last season, not because it's something that has been just overemphasized and reiterated this off-season, um, because that's what it was gonna take in that environment.
We felt it a half dozen times already now at US Bank Stadium, what this, what this can be like in there when that team is playing well, when momentum is on the Vikings' side, and you can't stop it.
Now, obviously, uh, as the followers on X would tell you, I, I had certain feelings about how a couple things went during the course of that game, compliments of Ed Hochuli's son.
But, uh, the fact is you still have to find a way to, to, you know, get some stops and, and to get some momentum rallying your way, and I, I just felt like that series, the go-ahead drive by Minnesota, that was the turning point, and Green Bay just was not able to recapture any of its earlier momentum after that.
Yeah, that was, that was really, I guess what I would say was the most disheartening thing about it, is that, um, even with everything that had started to go wrong, you know, you get...
You take the points off the board, you get stopped on the fourth and one, the Vikings go the other way, you have the three third down penalties, and the Vikings take the lead.
But in that moment, it is a three-point game with six and a half minutes on the clock, and Jordan Love is taking the field, having thrown for over 300 yards ar- already at that point in the game.
Anytime the Packers are on the road, down by three, with six minutes on the clock, and Jordan Love has the ball, that's a situation that, as a Packers fan, you should feel pretty good about, and that's a situation where I think the Packers are going to win their fair share of games because of who Jordan Love is and what this offense can be.
And that is, you know, the narrative that this team is going to have to change because now it has carried over from last season, fair or unfair-
All of the comebacks, you know, by the opponents when the Packers have been on the road over the last however many, you know, weeks, months you want to look at it, they've all had their different circumstances.
Ba- Wes, we are back from the trip to Minneapolis, a season-opening 39 to 22 loss to the Minnesota Vikings.
Very disappointing the way this one finished, the way it played out at the end.
Um, you know, the long and the short of it is it's, it was a, uh, a snowball effect, and, uh, um, the Packers couldn't stop that snowball from rolling downhill and, and burying them at, at the end of the day.
You and I stepped in the studio Friday morning before anything, you know, really got started here at Lambeau, before we were in Minneapolis, before we took the plane ride, before we stepped into US Bank Stadium.
And I think both of us, in our keys to victory, um, kind of laid out what had to happen in this game to get it done, and in mine part- in particular, was the need to finish and the need to do it in the fourth quarter.
And not because it was a narrative coming out of last season, not because it's something that has been just overemphasized and reiterated this off-season, um, because that's what it was gonna take in that environment.
We felt it a half dozen times already now at US Bank Stadium, what this, what this can be like in there when that team is playing well, when momentum is on the Vikings' side, and you can't stop it.
Now, obviously, uh, as the followers on X would tell you, I, I had certain feelings about how a couple things went during the course of that game, compliments of Ed Hochuli's son.
But, uh, the fact is you still have to find a way to, to, you know, get some stops and, and to get some momentum rallying your way, and I, I just felt like that series, the go-ahead drive by Minnesota, that was the turning point, and Green Bay just was not able to recapture any of its earlier momentum after that.
Yeah, that was, that was really, I guess what I would say was the most disheartening thing about it, is that, um, even with everything that had started to go wrong, you know, you get...
You take the points off the board, you get stopped on the fourth and one, the Vikings go the other way, you have the three third down penalties, and the Vikings take the lead.
But in that moment, it is a three-point game with six and a half minutes on the clock, and Jordan Love is taking the field, having thrown for over 300 yards ar- already at that point in the game.
Anytime the Packers are on the road, down by three, with six minutes on the clock, and Jordan Love has the ball, that's a situation that, as a Packers fan, you should feel pretty good about, and that's a situation where I think the Packers are going to win their fair share of games because of who Jordan Love is and what this offense can be.
And that is, you know, the narrative that this team is going to have to change because now it has carried over from last season, fair or unfair-
All of the comebacks, you know, by the opponents when the Packers have been on the road over the last however many, you know, weeks, months you want to look at it, they've all had their different circumstances.
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