Packers excuses

Excuse 1

"It’s just one game. Relax."

Excuse 2

"We always start slow."

Excuse 3

"January is what matters."

Excuse 4

"We’re testing new plays."

Excuse 5

"The refs missed three holding calls."

Excuse 6

"That wasn’t a catch."

Excuse 7

"We beat ourselves."

Excuse 8

"It’s a reload, not a rebuild."

Excuse 9

"We’re saving the real playbook for playoffs."

Excuse 10

"Cold weather team, warm weather game."

Excuse 11

"We still own the North."

Excuse 12

"Historically speaking, this means nothing."

Excuse 13

"We’ll see you at Lambeau."

Excuse 14

"They played their Super Bowl today."

Excuse 15

"We’re just being generous this season."

Excuse 16

"The defense will adjust."

Excuse 17

"That tipped pass changed everything."

Excuse 18

"Division games are weird."

Excuse 19

"We needed a wake-up call."

Excuse 20

"The analytics say we should’ve won."

Excuse 21

"We’re still ahead all-time."

Excuse 22

"We’ve got more rings."

Excuse 23

"This builds character."

Excuse 24

"Just wait until next year’s draft."

Excuse 25

"We don’t panic. We reload."

Excuse 26

"We let them have one for morale."

Excuse 27

"The vibes were off, but the trophy case is still fine."

Excuse 28

"We were experimenting with humility."

Excuse 29

"The refs confused confidence with holding."

Excuse 30

"Lambeau math says we still won spiritually."

Excuse 31

"We were due for a weird division game."

Excuse 32

"The real season starts next week."

Excuse 33

"We didn’t lose momentum, we loaned it out."

Excuse 34

"Our standards are just higher."

Excuse 35

"That was a scheduled reality check."

Excuse 36

"We were protecting the playbook."

Excuse 37

"The football gods wanted drama."

Excuse 38

"We still have the better Wikipedia page."

Excuse 39

"That was just a plot twist."

Excuse 40

"One loss doesn’t erase decades of receipts."

Excuse 41

"The cheese curds weren’t fresh enough."

Excuse 42

"We were playing the long game."

Excuse 43

"The scoreboard was being overly literal."

Excuse 44

"We gave Bears fans content for once."

Excuse 45

"The division still runs through Green Bay."

Excuse 46

"Our bad games still come with history attached."

Excuse 47

"The film room will fix it."

Excuse 48

"We were stress-testing the fanbase."

Excuse 49

"That loss had preseason energy."

Excuse 50

"We reload faster than they rebuild."