LaFleur: Packers' offense 'took a dive' to close season
Packers head coach Matt LaFleur acknowledged his offense didn't perform well enough to end the season as Green Bay bowed out in the opening round of the playoffs.
"Collectively, we have to be better, and I expect better," LaFleur told reporters in his season-ending press conference Tuesday. "We performed at a pretty high level a majority of the season and then took a dive."
He added, "It doesn't feel good when you end like that. That's the best way I can put it, just, it felt choppy at the end of the year. And I mean, the results say the same."
Green Bay lost 22-10 to the Philadelphia Eagles in the wild-card round Sunday after falling to the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears to finish the regular season.
The Packers ranked fifth in total yards per game this season, averaging 370.8, but fell below that mark in their three straight losses.
Quarterback Jordan Love threw three interceptions in the wild-card round as Green Bay finished the game without its top three wide receivers. Christian Watson tore his ACL in the regular-season finale, while Romeo Doubs and Jayden Reed exited the Eagles matchup with a concussion and separated shoulder, respectively.
LaFleur noted the offense was overly reliant on big plays and struggled to move the ball when it couldn't produce chunk yardage.
"If there's something from that it's, if you're not generating those explosive plays, you better be extremely efficient," he said.
The Packers will go back to the drawing board this offseason without longtime quarterbacks coach Tom Clements, who retired after the campaign.