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Packers' Aaron Rodgers: 'If we’re starting to freak out after one week, we’re in big trouble'

By Zac Wassink | Last updated 9/16/21

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers still isn't telling fans and other observers to "R-E-L-A-X" coming off last Sunday's embarrassing 38-3 loss to the New Orleans Saints, but it's clear the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player is doing his best to remind everybody not to panic.

"If we’re starting to freak out after one week, we’re in big trouble," Rodgers said during Thursday's media availability, according to Rob Demovsky of ESPN.

Rodgers on why he took the ‘it’s-just-one-game’ approach after Sunday’s loss: “If we’re starting to freak out after one week, we’re in big trouble.” Also said there shouldn’t be ‘some big drastic change’ because ‘we’ve won a lot of games around here, lost a few, but you move on.” pic.twitter.com/vtojclNzyq
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 16, 2021

These comments came after Rodgers pointed out on "The Pat McAfee Show" any "freak out" was coming more so from outside of the team's facility than from inside of the locker room.

"I think it’s just a good learning lesson for us," Rodgers added Tuesday about the loss. "We can’t play like that. We can’t start a game like that. Like I said after the game, our energy level was a little bit low before the game. We have to do a better job responding to adversity. There’s not much to say. We got our a--es beat by 35 points. We’re all frustrated about it, but just move on. We have 16 more to go."

Rodgers and the rest of the Packers can right the ship via a home "Monday Night Football" win over a Detroit Lions team that fell to the San Francisco 49ers 41-33 last Sunday. It's worth repeating every NFC North team enters Week 2 without a victory on its overall record, so Green Bay could be in first place by next Tuesday morning.

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