The Green Bay Packers couldn’t finish the job in Week 4.
Despite being road favorites against the undermanned Dallas Cowboys, they settled for a tie.
Nevertheless, Gary Davenport of Bleacher Report seemingly was impressed with what the Packers were able to do, and he moved them up from No. 6 to No. 5 in his weekly NFL power rankings.
“Over the first two weeks of the 2025 season, the Packers looked like the best team in the NFC after beating the [Detroit] Lions and the [Washington] Commanders. But then Green Bay had to take the show on the road, and the shine started coming off fairly quickly. Against the Cleveland Browns in Week 3, the offense imploded in a 13-10 loss, and while the Packers racked up a whopping 489 yards of offense Sunday night, they settled for a tie with the Cowboys because their dominant defense wasn’t. Are the Packers playoff contenders? Of course. But the Micah Parsons acquisition aside, until a cluttered wideout corps clears up, Green Bay is also still the second-tier team in the NFC it was a year ago,” Davenport wrote.
The Packers entered the season with Super Bowl aspirations, and adding Parsons to the mix only made them more dangerous.
Considering that, their 2-1-1 record is fairly disappointing, but struggling against the Browns’ top-tier defense is nothing to be overly concerned about.
Quarterback Jordan Love is posting MVP-caliber numbers behind a banged-up offensive line that should improve once it’s back to full strength.
Running back Josh Jacobs finally broke out with a big game, and the defense should be much better than it was against Dallas.
Green Bay is still without a loss in the NFC, and having time to rest and regroup during the bye week, expectations will be quite high when it plays the Cincinnati Bengals at Lambeau Field in Week 6.
