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The Green Bay Packers' offense sputtered, young players faltered, and a practice squad QB struggled. Discover the three biggest letdowns from a lackluster loss to the Minnesota Vikings.

Well, that's certainly one way to limp into the NFL playoffs. The Green Bay Packers had nothing to play for in Week 18 against the Minnesota Vikings, and they played like it.

The Vikings aren't going to be in the postseason so you could almost excuse them if they came out looking like they were focused on their offseason plans, but it was the Packers who looked listless, unmotivated and uninterested in playing.

Sure, head coach Matt LaFleur sat many starters and he went with a practice squad quarterback in Clayton Tune despite having a healthy Jordan Love on the sideline, who was suited up. Considering the scenario, you can excuse the loss.

To lose in this fashion, though?

To look so bad on offense that getting past the 50-yard line was something worth celebrating? To seemingly be more than okay heading into the playoffs on a four-game losing streak?

That's unacceptable and it screams of a losing culture in Green Bay. 

The whole game was disappointing, especailly if you actually sat through it and watched it, but here were the three biggest disappointments from the Packers' 16-3 loss to the Vikings in Week 18.

Disappointment #3: Clayton Tune is not worthy of being on an NFL roster 

You really can't get too angry at Tune, because he was put into a position to fail by the Packers. He's not an NFL quarterbac,k and he's not really a backup quarterback either.

Despite putting up some great numbers in college at Houston a few years ago, Tune is nothing more than a practice squad player, and that was extremely evident in this loss to the Vikings.

Tune completed 6-of-11 passes for just 34 yards. He didn't throw a touchdown, and credit to him, he didn't throw an interception. He showed zero pocket awareness, though, and seemingly has no idea what to do when the pass-rush is on. He was sacked four times and didn't seem to understand that defenders could actually come at him from his blindside.

Tune is maybe a guy you have in camp as a body, but he does not belong as an active quarterback on the Packers' roster, or anywhere else for that matter.

Disappointment #2: Young Players on Packers' Offense Couldn't Take Advantage of Playing Time

This was a meaningless game, but it could have been used as a developmental opportunity for several players on this team, and especailly on the offense.

Unfortunately, for as bad as the Pack offense looked in this game, much of it was because of these young players being unable to live up to even this moment.

Former first-round pick Jordan Morgan has struggled at guard, but the Packers really selected him to play left tackle. He got his shot to start at left tackle in this game. It's a position he wants to play, and the Packers think he can be the left tackle of the future.

Unfortuntaly, he gave up one easy sack and may have given up another depending on what the blocking assignments were. He looked slow and unprepared on the edge.

Speaking of slow, rookie first round wide receiver Matthew Golden is the opposite of slow, but he has not found a way to get involved in this offense. He had a chance to get some major snaps in this game, but he looked like a shell of the player the Packers thought they were getting out of Texas.

He was targeted three times and he caught just one pass for eight yards. One of his targets was a drop early on in the game, and he never showed the ability to bounce back from that.

Watching two young players taken high in the draft struggle so much, even in a meaningless game, is a massive disappointment for Green Bay.

Disappointment #1: The losing culture Matt LaFleur has allowed

Sure, there's a world in which the Packers catch fire and make a run through the playoffs, but does anyone think this team has the "it" factor needed to do it?

They've got talent all over the roster, but we've seen this team consistently fall short in big moments -- especially after they've been punched in the mouth.

The inability to deal with adversity has been a constant criticism of LaFleur this season, but now we have to wonder what kind of culture he's instilled in Green Bay.

He basically gave this game away before it even started by going with Tune at quarterback. Not only that, but it was clear from the play calling that he had no desire to win that game. Sure, it was meaningless from a playoff perspective, but which coach is okay going into the playoffs on a four-game losing streak?

Momentum means everything the playoffs and the Packers have none. More worrisome, though, is the fact that LaFleur clearly doesn't care about that fact.

Surrendering a game against an NFC North rival is a bad look and it's a losing mentality. 

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