Frustrating, yes, but ‘bigger picture’ not looking too bad for 2-1 Packers

Tampa Bay's defense is one of the best, if not the best, in the league, but the Packers also know they had more chances than the scoreboard indicated.

In particular, Rodgers lamented an incomplete pass late in the fourth quarter, two plays after Allen Lazard hauled in a 26-yard blitz beater to get the Packers across midfield.

Needing maybe one more first down (or close to it) to give kicker Mason Crosby a high-percentage shot at three more points, a double-crossing route went awry when the two receivers bumped into each other and Rodgers' pass went to no man's land.

Rodgers explained one receiver was supposed to run his route over top of the other one, but the underneath receiver ran his route too high, and Juwann Winfree got tripped up rather than head toward the vacant area.

If only it were that easy. But those are the kind of mistakes that are holding the Packers back in the early stages of this season.

"Offensively we're young, and we're struggling at times to finish things off," said Rodgers, who also regretted not giving Jones a better throw on the play he fumbled rather than scored. "It's happened obviously in both of our wins."

But the last two have been wins, and there's something to be said for being 2-1 after three weeks when two road games were against the biggest divisional competition and a playoff contender QB'd by Brady.

In some ways, this is how the Packers were expected to have to win early, as an offense going through a transition at receiver figured some things out.