“Just play better”
Green Bay Packers 2026 penalty numbers, specifically on all-important THIRD DOWN plays & in the FOURTH QTR of games
The #Packers lead the #NFL in 4TH qtr penalty per game avg, recording historically high numbers in this category
Compounding that, the @packers have off-the-charts numbers surrendering AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS via penalty on THIRD DOWN plays (& primarily in the 4th qtr)
None of this is news to Green Bay players/coaches or fans
Three games in particular this season (@Vikings @Lions & vs Cowboys) were beyond ridiculous w' officiating in the 4th qtr of those contests
There are many numbers I can detail going back two decades but ill use 2021/2025 five-yr data as comparison to highlight the statistical improbablity of the 2026 stats
Green Bay is surrendering 1.71 AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS per game on THIRD DOWN
To put that in perspective, over the past 5 seasons the next highest avg in this category is the 2023 Titans (0.94 per game) & the 2021 #Bills at 0.89 per game
GB is averaging almost DOUBLE per game of the next highest penalized team over past 5 seasons in this category
In the FOURTH QTR, Green Bay is surrendering 1.29 AUTOMATIC 1ST DOWNS via penalty in 2026
The next closest to that the past five seasons is the 2024 Commanders at 0.90 per 4th qtr
The bulk of Packers ROUGHING THE PASSER & UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS & ILLEGAL CONTACT penalties have occurred in the 4th qtr (see clip #GBvsMIN Week 1 w' Shawn Hochuli)
For the record im not a Packers fan, just someone that studies data
But I watch every game & the officiating in some GB contests this season has been diabolical late
The general response is "just play better" so a bad call or calls have no impact on the final outcome
That sounds great & im sure every team would love to be ahead 50-0 in the 4th so an atrocious UNNECESSARY ROUGHNESS penalty has zero impact
But the fact is most games come down to the final 10 mins & if you're on the wrong end of bad calls in the 4th qtr & particularly on 3rd down, its near impossible to overcome
Its up to Matt LaFleur & Packers hierarchy to inform @NFLOfficiating & start calling out the one-sided numbers
The positive would be these numbers can't continue indefinitely & GB does have 6 more games at Lambeau Field, where they historically have received better treatment
#GoPackGo
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Jared Goff on Dan Campbell going for it: "It's exposing of people who think it’s not the right decision"
"It’s guaranteeing us a chance to win the game no matter what, whereas if we punt it, they can do exactly what we did to them on the final drive." audacy.com/971theticket/spor…
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According to Packer fans, only two results can occur in a Packer game: Packers win, or refs screwed Green Bay.
They tried saying Watson/Golden was the best duo in the league 😭😭
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Man...the lions had 2 turnovers while driving. One of them was in the red zone. Went for it on their own 24 and failed. I could very easily make an argument that this game shouldn't have been that close.
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Almost as bad a whiff as Packers fans missing the irony of their whining about the refs when they’ve spent years telling us to play better and that the refs are not an excuse for losing games
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LMAO the entitlement from Green Bay Packers fans & players with the officials is objectively hilarious. They have gotten these calls 99.99999% of the time against Detroit.
The one time they don’t the whole team cries like babies & the fan base can’t handle it. Very telling.
Xavier McKinney said the game was “for sure” stolen from the Packers by the refs:
"We’re not seeing the same calls for our quarterback."
“It’s kinda fucking up the games if I’m being honest.”
"I would rather get fined trying to help my team."
(via @mattschneidman and @RobDemovsky)
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Brought to you by the same fanbase that has said “only losers blame officiating” for years
In my 19 years covering the Packers on a daily basis, I've never written a blame-the-refs story. Yeah, I get it, the Packers beat themselves, too, but what happened at Ford Field was unaccepable, an embarrassment and, to quote Xavier McKinney, bullshit. ⬇️
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Us bathing in the irony.
Packers ripped the officiating after roughing penalties proved costly in their loss to the Lions.
Story via @RobDemovsky: espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/5028…
"maybe hes just good" yeah no shit man
