Green Bay’s loss to Cleveland exposed something unexpected, if not unsettling: a Packers’ offense that seemed more cautious than calculated — perhaps even worried. Translation: the piss was not hot.

Matt LaFleur’s game plan Sunday lacked aggressiveness and allowed the Browns to seize momentum when it mattered.

From the start, the offense was on eggshells, with seemingly no plan to push the ball downfield at all. Sure, the Browns boast one of the best defensive fronts in football, but so do the Packers — and that didn’t stop a 40-year old Joe Flacco from throwing beyond the sticks.

Instead, LaFleur seemed content to call a game consisting of checkdowns and short gains. The run game never got going (81 yards on 31 carries) and with the pass protection breaking down, Jordan Love was under

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