Packers fall to Chiefs in Love’s first start: The good, bad and grade

The Green Bay Packers fell to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in a lackluster offensive performance with Jordan Love at the helm for his first start. Although the offense was uninspiring, there were a number of positive takeaways to have from the contest.

As we’re scouring through yesterday’s game, let’s talk about the good, the bad and hand out grades for the Packers’ offense, defense and special teams.

As the Green Bay Packers lose to the Chiefs in Jordan Love’s first start, here is what went well, what flopped and the grades for each Packers’ unit.

Packers loss to Chiefs: The Good: AJ Dillon, Inside linebacker play, Rashan Gary, entire defense

Starting with the offense, AJ Dillon is quietly making a case for a lot more playing time over or with Aaron Jones. He ran for 46 yards on only eight carries and had another four receptions for 44 yards. Dillon continues to be fantastic this season while Jones is spinning in the mud a bit. There’s definitely enough room in this offense to use both of them, but it’s getting harder and harder to keep Dillon off the field.

That’s about all for the offense.

Defensively, it was really the entire unit that came to play in holding Kansas City to 13 points (six off turnovers and their only touchdown drive came on a short field). De’Vondre Campbell, Krys Barnes and Oren Burks each had their moments filling gaps, flying around the field and making key stops. Rashan Gary also pressured Mahomes in his usual way and brought him down one time for a sack. The defense did far and away enough to win.