Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur always says this league will humble you quick. On Sunday, the Packers got a brutal reminder of just how true that is in Cleveland.

The Packers were 7.5-point favorites heading into the matchup with the Browns. Coming off two solid performances against the Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders, this was a game they should naturally win. Instead, they got a reality check and showed just how many issues still need fixing.

According to Pro Football Focus, the Packers gave up nine pressures in the first half alone. For context, they allowed five all game against the Lions and 11 against the Commanders. Jordan Morgan and Sean Rhyan each gave up three pressures, Anthony Belton and Elgton Jenkins gave up two apiece, and Aaron Banks, Rasheed Walker, and Tucker Kraft each allowed one.

It was a particularly tough game for Jordan Morgan. Along with the three pressures he allowed, he gave up two QB hits, a sack, and committed three penalties.

"It felt like, my perspective, that he was under duress for the majority of the game. We have to look at some of the things we're asking our guys to do,” LaFleur said after the game.

Overall, the Packers committed 14 penalties, gave up five sacks, threw an interception with a 10-3 lead late in the fourth, and had a game-winning field goal blocked. The defense did everything they could to keep the team in it, but the offense struggled with poor play calling, the special teams let them down, and there were just too many self-inflicted mistakes.

“One thing we have to get corrected is when you have 14 penalties in a game, it’s going to be tough to overcome that,” LaFleur explained. “We have to do a much better job of coaching the fundamentals, the details, and then lock in at a higher level in regards to some of the controllable penalties, whether it’s false starts or offsides. Ultimately, this is a total team sport. I thought we played well enough defensively to win the game and didn’t do a good enough job on offense and special teams.”

"I knew going into this that it was going to be a dog fight, and it was going to be a challenge,” LaFleur added. “What's disappointing is you could argue we lost the game offensively by making a critical error in a critical situation. That's a tough pill to swallow."

The Packers started the season really well, beating two of the four best NFC teams from last year. But on Sunday, they lost to a winless team—a solid reality check that it’s truly any given Sunday in the NFL. Rasheed Walker said earlier last week that he thought Green Bay could go undefeated, and while the mindset has to be to go 1-0 each week, Sunday was a reminder that it’s way easier said than done.