Jeremy from Evansville, IN

The way I see it, Coach would love to give Jones the ball more often, but it's hard to keep a running back on the field who struggles in passing situations and you're down by 24 points at half. Also, by my count in the first half, Rodgers spotted them 10 points on turnovers, the kicking unit left nine points on the field and the return team gave them seven points. That's a 26-point swing in the first half, and if you just have half of those back, we'd be able to run the ball more.

That's a pretty good summation. I also addressed this in my mid-week chat.

Tyler from Riverside, CA

I really like the idea of throwing checkdowns to running backs. It seems great offenses do it all the time.

A collective five catches for 61 yards by the backs in Detroit wasn't bad, and that was without at least two screen attempts that were unsuccessful.

Bob from Melbourne, Australia

Spoff, living with sycophantism would be very wrong. Sycophancy, on the other hand, would reinforce your wisdom and your greatness.

So I got that going for me, which is nice.

Richard from Madison, WI

Sure, the Pack's record is a disappointing .500 so far. But let's look at compared to what. Five weeks in, and there are zero winless teams and only the Chiefs and Rams are undefeated. Everyone else is clustered in the middle. Even last year's Super Bowl teams are a combined 5-5. It looks to me like this is still anyone's league for the taking, with odd bounces, the weather, and head-scratching referee calls making the difference more often than not. Isn't this basically good news for the Packers?

In the AFC, with a first-year starting QB leading the current top team, anything can happen. In the NFC, it's hard to argue the Rams and Saints aren't staking an early claim to favorite status, but both have their share of challenges on the schedule, including a game against one another in less than a month. Get back on track, play 'em one at a time, and see what happens.

David from Minneapolis, MN

Longtime reader, keep up the great work. Can you please just direct anyone calling you guys homers or stooge employees to your "Packers Unscripted" from Monday? No one should be able to listen to you guys throw out mountains of information and be quite critical about the Packers' performance and still continue to believe you are homers. It was a refreshing podcast that echoed many of the collective fan frustrations.

Thanks for listening. We're not going to call for anyone to be benched, cut or fired. That's not our purview. If that's all that counts as an analysis or critique these days, our coverage is not for you.

Amir from Milwaukee, WI

Leave it to Nic from London to make an astute analysis of American society.

Outside perspectives help us learn.

Matt from Chicago, IL

Sitting in the NICU holding my day-old son, our first. This is the most perspective I've had in my lifetime, and it's wonderful. I'm excited about taking him to his first game at Lambeau, walking through the concourse and finally out into the bowl to hear all the sounds and see all the sights. Football is a game, and losing isn't fun, but there's plenty more to it than that. Thanks for keeping me entertained while feeling like I can't move for fear of waking the little guy up.