THE STATE OF THE PACKERS — WHAT DO WE REALLY HAVE? Every Position, Every Key Player & What's Next

Alright, Packers fans.

Cal Hutson here.

And today we're going to do something a little different.

We're going to take a step back.

We're three games into the 2026 season.

The Packers are 1–2.

We've seen the good.

We've seen the bad.

And then Thursday night against Atlanta...

we saw the ugly.

Really ugly.

Thirty-five to fourteen.

At Lambeau Field.

The Falcons came into Green Bay and absolutely controlled that football game.

Atlanta finished with 498 total yards compared to Green Bay's 328.

They dominated time of possession.

They ran for 242 yards.

Green Bay ran for 17.

The Packers scored on their second possession and then basically disappeared offensively for stretches of the rest of the game.

They allowed 27 consecutive points.

And Matt LaFleur described it afterward as a "humbling night."

I think that's fair.

But here's why I wanted to do this episode.

Because I don't want to spend another hour yelling about Atlanta.

Atlanta happened.

It's over.

We can't change it.

What we CAN do is ask:

What exactly do we have here?

Who are the Packers?

What are their strengths?

What are their weaknesses?

Which players do I trust?

Which players make me nervous?

Which positions do I think are good enough?

Which positions need to improve?

And most importantly...

Can this team still become what we thought it could become?

Because I don't think we know that yet.

Three games is enough to identify problems.

It isn't necessarily enough to determine the final identity of a football team.

So let's go through this thing.

Position by position.

Player by player.

And I'm going to give you my opinion.

Not what Twitter thinks.

Not what ESPN thinks.

Not what some guy with a profile picture of a cheesehead and 47 followers thinks.

My opinion.

Let's get into it.

QUARTERBACK

Jordan Love.

Let's start with the biggest one.

Because every Packers conversation eventually comes back to the quarterback.

Jordan Love has shown me enough that I'm still completely comfortable saying:

He's our guy.

Now...

Has he been perfect?

Absolutely not.

Against Atlanta, Love threw 53 passes.

He completed 28 of them for 312 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.

There were good throws.

There were bad throws.

There were missed opportunities.

But here's what I don't want to do.

I don't want to look at a game where the Packers ran for 17 yards and conclude:

"Jordan Love is the problem."

That's too simplistic.

The quarterback cannot fix everything.

If you can't run the football...

if the offensive line is banged up...

if you're constantly behind...

if you're playing from long-yardage situations...

the quarterback's job gets harder.

That doesn't mean Love gets a free pass.

He needs to be better.

He needs to be more consistent.

And he needs to stop having stretches where the offense completely loses rhythm.

But I'm still firmly in the camp that says:

Jordan Love is good enough to win with.

And I think he's capable of being better than what we've seen so far.

My grade right now?

I'd give Jordan Love a B-minus.

Not because I think he's bad.

Because I think he's capable of playing at a higher level.

And I expect him to.