Jordan Love Opens Up About Packers' Latest Choke Job to Vikings

The last time the Green Bay Packers played a meaningful game, they blew a 21-3 lead to the Chicago Bears in the wild card round of the 2025 playoffs. 

All offseason, the Packers players and coaches talked about learning from that game and making sure it didn't happen again. 

It turns out that talk was cheap, as Green Bay blew a 22-10 lead against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1 of the 2026 season and lost by a final score of 39-22.

"All these games find ways to be close at the end," Packers QB Jordan Love said. "We've got to find ways to be at our best. We've talked about it time and time again, and I think we'll keep talking about it until we figure it out and do something about it."

The Packers were outscored 22-0 in the fourth quarter by the Vikings and gave up 29 unanswered points after being outscored 25-6 in the fourth quarter of their playoff loss to the Bears.

"We were playing well, but in the fourth quarter, it took a turn with a couple unfortunate plays," Love said. "We weren't able to overcome some of those."

Love finished with 387 passing yards and two passing touchdowns.

However, he threw one interception and was sacked four times. 

The Vikings had a pass rush win rate of 90.6% against the Packers, the highest by any team in a game since 2022, according to ESPN Analytics/NFL Next Gen Stats.

"That's what they want," Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said. "They want you to play 11 personnel (with three WRs), get you behind the sticks, and they're lining up everybody at the line of scrimmage. That's tough to deal with. I thought we had some good answers early."

The Packers haven't won a game since December 7, 2025. They face the New York Jets in Week 2.

"It's get back to work," LaFleur said. "It's (time) to be critical of the tape. … We've got to rebound. We've got to pick up the pieces."

Green Bay signed LaFleur to an extension in January.

That may have been the wrong move.