Packers Tie NFL's Worst Blown-Lead Record Without Parsons — SkimNews
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- Green Bay Packers have lost six straight games since Micah Parsons tore his ACL in Week 15 of last season — their longest losing streak since the pre-Brett Favre era in the early 1990s.
- Four of those defeats came after leading by two or more scores in the second half, tying the 2000 San Diego Chargers — a 1-15 team with Ryan Leaf at QB for three of those collapses — for the longest such blown-lead streak in NFL history.
- During the six-game skid, the Packers have been outscored 90-15 in the fourth quarter and overtime, a -75 differential that ranks among the five worst in any six-game span in NFL history, and were shut out 22-0 in the fourth quarter of Week 1 — their worst final period in 45 years.
- Head coach Matt LaFleur faces mounting scrutiny as the Packers are 0-for-8 converting potential game-tying or go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter and overtime during the losing streak, a mark the source argues rests on the coach, not the absent Parsons.
- Quarterback Jordan Love has thrown just one touchdown in the fourth quarter/OT of the skid and missed on roughly a quarter of his passes in those situations, while Green Bay still lacks a true No. 1 receiver since trading Davante Adams in 2022.
- Micah Parsons, on the PUP list and sidelined for at least the first four games, has seen his value surge: the Packers rank second-worst in defensive EPA and sack rate (4.2%) since his injury, trailing only the Dallas Cowboys — who have fielded the league's worst defense since trading him to Green Bay.
Why it matters: A team viewed as a Super Bowl contender has been outscored 90-15 in the fourth quarter and overtime across six games, is 0-for-8 in clutch drives, and faces at least three more games without Parsons on the PUP list — putting Matt LaFleur's job security in immediate question and putting Green Bay in the same historically bad company as the 1-15, Ryan Leaf-era 2000 Chargers.
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