There was an absolute moment of excitement in Green Bay last night, which lasted until they caught the squirrel that invaded the field, and entertained a worldwide audience for a few seconds there.
Other than that, the Packers were pretty flat, and Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know why.
Via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com, Rodgers was troubled by their “uncharacteristically low energy for whatever reason” they displayed in a loss to the Colts which dropped them to 4-4.
He said they had to be “mentally tougher,” calling the effort “just unacceptable.""
“I don’t understand it,” Rodgers said. “I mean, this is what we get paid to do, is to bring it every week, and I hope the guys would say I bring it every week. I mean, I love this game and I bring energy. I’m not a rah-rah guy, but I’m a focused, enthusiastic player, and I don’t know what the lack of juice was. You kind of felt it over the entire sideline. We didn’t have the same kind of enthusiasm and encouragement that we had the previous two weeks.
“So we’ve got to look deep in the mirror there, because that’s just not acceptable.”
It was the third loss in four games for the Packers, who have operated in fits and starts all season. Packers coach Mike McCarthy said it came after “our best week of preparation,” which may say a little something too.
Whatever it was, Rodgers was disgusted.
“We have to respond better, like we did to close out the game, [and] get the crowd involved more than just the squirrel on the field,” Rodgers said.
Either that, or sign the squirrel.
