This comes as no surprise. Veteran receiver James Jones suggested the Green Bay Packers don’t believe in each other after Sunday’s loss to the Vikings.
“We’ve got to get back to work,” Jones said. “We have everything we need in the locker room. We just need people to believe in each other and once we get it rolling, it’s going to be hard to stop us.”
We love Jones’ optimism there, but the underlying statement is that the Packers have the talent (debatable), but they just aren’t on the same page (of course).
Frankly, this is one of the most disjointed football teams we’ve seen. It’s not quite Cleveland Browns-like dysfunction, but it’s moving in that direction.
You’ve got a head coach and a star player who seem to be working against each other and that’s where it starts. The rest of the guys are essentially left to pick a side and no one wins when that happens.
The Packers have gotten by with having more talent than other teams for a while. This season, they don’t have that luxury and so you either come together as a team through strong leadership or your flounder around until you die.
The Packers don’t have the leadership to overcome their lack of talent, not on the coaching staff or in the locker room.