Dan Orlovsky assigns blame for Packers struggles: 'Got to rip the band-aid off'

Dan Orlovsky broke down why the Green Bay Packers have been struggling on offense for the last couple of weeks. While appearing on The Pat McAfee Show, Orlovsky explained what the Packers need to do to improve on offense.

“They’ve got to rip the band-aid off Jordan Love,” Dan Orlovsky said. “They’ve got to rip the handcuff off him. This isn’t a Jordan Love thing. I’ve talked about this offense, the offensive line not being good enough, that was once again the case a little bit. Some of the playcalling, trying to be overly creative.”

Orlovsky then talked about how Love and the Packers played in the 10-7 loss against the Phiadelphia Eagles on Monday night. “When I watched Jordan last night, I’m sitting there going, ‘This is why I hate the term, when people talk about in quarterback context, protect the football.’ I feel like the Packers for the last month offensively are in this let’s live in this protective world,” Orlovsky explained. “It even is impacting the way I feel like Matt [LaFleur] is calling the game. You’re not going to be great by living in this protection world.”

Packers are looking for ‘actual answers’ on offense

The Packers have a 5-3-1 record this year, and have scored no more than 13 points in their three losses. Two of the defeats came in the last two weeks, and Love threw zero touchdowns and one interception in that span.

Entering Week 10, the Packers would be in the playoffs if it began today. But they know that the offense has to get better quickly if they want to be a serious Super Bowl contender when the postseason kicks off.

“We’re midway through the season, we can’t just keep saying, ‘All right, we’re going to address it,'” Packers running back Josh Jacobs said, per ESPN. “We’ve got to find actual answers to our problems. I honestly don’t know what those answers [are]. I feel like everybody’s got to dig deep and have the belief and give more. I mean, it’s not easy. We can’t live off of what we did last year or nothing like that, we’ve got to be in the moment.”