In my blog post last week titled “Bye week thoughts: Four takeaways for four games,” the last takeaway I wrote down was “Don’t overreact.” Although I meant it in a positive way about how I should calm down my excitement, I’m now turning it around and telling myself not to overreact to a bad loss.
But it’s really hard not to.
After the game on Sunday started off hot and the Packers held a 10-0 lead, Aaron Rodgers threw a pick-six and the Packers just never looked the same.
Aaron spent the rest of the game seeing ghosts, the normally-stout offensive line couldn’t pass protect against an expansive Tampa Bay blitz package, and Mike Pettine’s defense looked about as enthused to be playing in this game as I was watching it.