You’d think Week 1 would provide some clarity in the NFL, but sometimes it does the exact opposite. When something happens in the first week of the season that goes against expectations—especially when it’s basically the complete opposite of what you were expecting—you don’t know whether to trust your eyes or not.
Right now, that is the 2021 Green Bay Packers. A shoo-in to win the NFC North a week ago, the Packers dropped the biggest of deuces in Week 1, losing 38-3 to the New Orleans Saints.
Every good team has a bad week every now and then, but this one was particularly bad for the Packers.