If you watched the first half of the Green Bay Packers’ week one game on Sunday afternoon and thought it was last year’s opener against the New Orleans Saints, you could be forgiven. Instead of the Saints giving a listless Packers team a 38-3 drubbing on a hot Jacksonville September day, it was the Minnesota Vikings and Justin Jefferson running free through the Packers’ secondary constantly for the first 30 minutes.
Jefferson torched Green Bay’s defensive backs, posting a career-high 184 yards along with two touchdowns on nine receptions. The Packers’ inability to find an answer for Jefferson put them in a hole that another ugly offense performance could not pull them out of.