Early in the fourth quarter, armed with a 22-17 lead over Minnesota, Green Bay head coach Matt LaFleur made a couple of decisions.
The result of those choices proved to be disastrous and allowed the Vikings to come away with a 39-22 victory to open the 2026 season.
On fourth-and-6 from Minnesota’s 22-yard line, Packers rookie Trey Smack hit a 40-yard field goal to give Green Bay an eight-point, 25-17 lead. But the Vikings were flagged for an offside penalty.
That induced LaFleur’s first choice — taking the field goal off the board to go for it on fourth-and-1.
The second choice was LaFleur’s play call: A QB sneak.
But quarterback Jordan Love…
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