1. Matt LaFleur fell on the sword for the Packers' Week 1 performance, but Aaron Rodgers preached patience after the Vikings' 23-7 win in Minnesota.
2. LaFleur gave a blunt assessment of his own performance as a play-caller in a game in which the Packers averaged 6.7 yards per pass attempt
3. And appeared to get away from the one productive unit -- the run game -- too early.
4. "Obviously, it wasn't very good," LaFleur said. "That starts with me. I have to have a better plan for the team and get the guys prepared."
5. LaFleur even threw a few logs on his own fire when it came to the offensive distribution.
6. "Anytime Aaron Jones comes off of a game with eight touches, that's not good enough," LaFleur said.
7. But Rodgers, who was visibly upset on the sideline as the Packers stumbled out of the gate offensively, seemed to have mellowed a bit by the time postgame rolled around.
8. "We had a lot of chances today," Rodgers said.
9. "Not taking anything away from (the Vikings') defense, but we hurt ourselves many times, myself included.
10. I had a lot of opportunities to score a lot more than seven (points)."