"GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Here's the formula for the Green Bay Packers to stifle their own offense: Make a questionable fourth-down decision, commit mistake after mistake in the red zone and then lose perhaps the most productive player in the passing game. Check, check and check. That trifecta came to fruition in Sunday's unsightly 16-13 loss to the Carolina Panthers, who came to Lambeau Field as a 13.5-point underdog."
"The Packers converted only one of their five trips to the red zone into a touchdown -- one of those a curious decision by LaFleur on a fourth-and-8 play from the Panthers' 13-yard line -- and looked nothing like the offense that came in ranked tied for fifth in the NFL in points scored. "It's going to be tough if we can't figure s--- out and score in the red [zone]," LaFleur said. "It's just going to be tough to win football games like that.""
The Packers lost 16-13 to the Carolina Panthers after a sequence of self-inflicted problems: a questionable fourth-down decision, repeated red-zone mistakes and the loss of tight end Tucker Kraft to a likely torn ACL. The Panthers entered Lambeau Field as 13.5-point underdogs, yet the Packers converted only one of five red-zone trips into a touchdown and looked unlike their top-five scoring offense. Coach Matt LaFleur warned that continued red-zone struggles would make winning difficult. The team also finished without rookie receiver Matthew Golden due to a shoulder issue, and Sunday's problems began with Savion Williams' fumble.
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