The head coaching career of Matt LaFleur has gotten off to a historic beginning. Three consecutive thirteen win seasons in his first three years at the helm is unprecedented. But the Packers under LaFleur have one worrisome trend that they can’t seem to break. They are notoriously slow starters.
In the 2021 regular season, Green Bay was outscored by its opponents in the first quarter by a collective total of 84 to 51. The team failed to score in the first quarter in nine of its seventeen games. They were either tied or trailing their opponent at the end of the first quarter in thirteen contests.