Aaron Rodgers gives concerning quote about Packers after loss to Vikings

After losing to the Vikings, maybe Packers fans should be concerned

Even Aaron Rodgers doesn’t sound so optimistic after the Packers lost to the lowly Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon. Green Bay’s defense was shredded by All-Pro running back Dalvin Cook, proving once again that the Packers can’t be trusted against the running game. Just like in the NFC Championship last postseason, and several times since, the Packers couldn’t make in-game adjustments defensively despite the fact that they knew what was coming.

A loss to a lesser opponent shouts trap game, and it’s quite possible the Packers overlooked the Vikings with a Thursday Night game against the 49ers looming. A chance at redemption from that very playoff embarrassment is appetizing.

Rodgers said the Packers didn’t play with the right energy

“I don’t think we overlooked anybody,” Rodgers told reporters. “I don’t know if we handled the elements as well as we have in years past. It was obviously cold and windy. I don’t know if we played with the same type of energy that we needed to. We had fans the last two weeks, no fans this week. I don’t know if that had something to do with it, but I didn’t feel like we played with a lot of energy today.”

Rodgers called the team’s tough loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers an anomaly, but it’s pretty obvious he can no longer shrug off defeats to teams Green Bay ought to beat. The Packers were, supposedly, the second-best team in the NFC at the end of last season. At first in the NFC North, one small setback at the hands of the Vikings won’t displace them from their ultimate goal, but it does signal further problems which lie ahead.