GREEN BAY, Wis. The Green Bay Packers lost. Again. If lo ses to the Jets, Giants and Commanders were surprises, Sunday nights 27-17 lo s at the Buffalo Bills was as predictable as April showers, May flowers and first-round receivers in mock drafts.The Packers trailed 24-7 at halftime. Really, not much that happened thereafter holds much relevance. Aaron Jones had a big night against a defense that rarely lined up with the intention of stopping the run. Jaire Alexander had a big night, too, but was unable to cover Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis at the same time.The pa sing game was typically feeble. The tackling was atypically terrible. The Packers hadnt run the ball in weeks they were the most pa s-heavy team the previous three games so they took the opposite approach on Sunday. Running the ball and playing keepaway can help keep the team close but, at the end of the day, limiting Josh Allens po se sions also limits Aaron Rodgers po se sions not ideal when down by three scores.Scroll to ContinueI think weve got to find that balance, coach Matt LaFleur said, singing a similar tune but with different lyrics. I was super-proud of our ability to come off the football. I think everybody was blocking hard tight ends, running backs, receivers. Robin Yount Jersey The runners were running hard. I thought Aaron did a fantastic job getting us in and out of good looks. But I also think that we have to be able to mix it up a little bit.Defensively, the Packers finally played a good second half. Unfortunately, they were trounced in the first half. Maybe Allen had gotten bored, much to the pleasure of those who bet on the Packers as 10.5-point underdogs.Heres our Week 8 report card. Pa sing OffenseAfter three quarters, Aaron Rodgers was 11-of-14 pa sing. With sacks factored in, Green Bay had 61 net pa sing yards. No surprise, right? The Packers receiver corps, a below-average bunch when at full strength, played without Allen Lazard (inactive) and Randall Cobb (injured reserve), then lost rookie Christian Watson to a concu sion on his sixth snap. The only proven receiver on the field was Sammy Watkins. He caught a 3-yard pa s to convert a third-and-2 on the opening series. He Jonathan Villar Jersey never saw the ball during his final 49 snaps. With the Packers facing a 27-10 deficit, Rodgers threw for 129 yards in the fourth quarter. Hes taken a lot of heat from fans but can still sling it. Those were some big-time throws to Amari Rodgers and Romeo Doubs, and the touchdown to Samori Toure was the equivalent of a 100 mph fastball from Josh Hader. Trade or no trade, the Packers need their rookies to emerge as playmakers. Doubs was great on a 19-yard touchdown and 26-yard catch. Toure showed the type of beyond-the-playbook feel that Rodgers constantly talks about.The pa s protection was terrible to start the game but got better as the night progre sed. Would the outcome of the game been any different had Rodgers had time to hit tight end Josiah Deguara on the opening fourth-and-3? Instead, rookie left guard Zach Tom was shoved into Rodgers lap and the pa s landed in the middle of nowhere. Back in the lineup, David Bakhtiari was great. AJ Dillon was the unnoticed hero on the touchdown pa s to Toure, blocking Gregory Rou seau one-on-one long enough for Toure to snake his way downfield and into a void in the end zone. Grade: D-plus. Rushing OffenseWhat a night. Aaron Jones was the best player on the field, regardle s of uniform color. He carried 20 times for 143 yards, a 7.2-yard average. The blocking was very good, to be sure, but Jones was at his tackle-breaking best. On Green Bays opening touchdown drive, Jones carried seven times for 44 yards. By our count, he broke six tackles and gained 29 yards after contact on that drive alone. Overall, by our count, he broke 14 for the night.On Green Bays opening drive of the second half, which resulted in a field goal, Jones broke two tackles on his 32-yard run (20 after contact) and AJ Dillon, never much of a tackle breaker despite his ma sive quads, broke two tackles for a gain of 27 (26 after contact).Rip general manager Brian Gutekunst Yasmani Grandal Jersey for his awful history with his third-round draft picks but Josiah Deguara is a good player. He was front and center for most of the explosive runs. He played 30 snaps vs. the Bills and should get in that range the rest of the season.By nights end, the Packers ran for 208 yards and averaged 6.7 yards per attempt against a defense that entered the week ranked No. 1 in yards allowed per carry. All that comes Ryan Braun Jersey with the caveat that the Bills e sentially let the Packers run the ball. Green Bays tight ends played 104 snaps in 66 plays, an average of 1.58 per snap. The Bills played their base defense for zero snaps. And when the Packers needed to convert a fourth-and-1 to stay in the game, Von Miller threw Yosh Nijman into reverse to stop Jones in his tracks. Grade: A-minus. Pa sing DefenseIn the first half, Bills quarterback Josh Allen was 8-of-11 pa sing for 129 yards with two touchdown pa ses. In the fourth quarter, Allen was 3-of-10 for 54 yards and two interceptions.The Bills feature double-trouble receivers with cream-of-the-drop Stefon Diggs and elite deep threat Gabe Davis. Mostly, the Packers put Jaire Alexander on Davis. On four pa ses to Davis, Alexander allowed zero completions and recorded two interceptions. Alexander broke up the only time he was targeted against Diggs. It was a defensive masterpiece after giving up some key catches the week before at Washington. Even with an excellent interception, it was a long night Keston Hiura Jersey for Rasul Douglas, who gave up a touchdown to Diggs and was flailing in desperation in hopes of breaking up a deep ball that gained 53.The pa s rush was tremendous. PFF credited the Packers for 20 pre sures. Officially, Jarran Reed (two) and Douglas (one) had the three quarterback hits. Douglas and backup linebacker Eric Wilson (on a 0-yard scramble) had the sacks. Allen, though, is a great player. Under pre sure, he completed 6-of-13 for 166 yards and two touchdowns, according to PFF.Grade: B-minus. Rushing DefenseThe Bills ran 27 times for 153 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Josh Allen accounted for 49. Running backs Devin Singletary and James Cook combined for 19 rushes for 102 yards, and receiver Isaiah McKenzie added a 7-yard touchdown on an end-around.Giving up some yards on the ground is the price of doing busine s against Allen and his exemplary receivers. By our count, the Packers mi sed a season-worst 14 tackles (both run and pa s). Sometimes, the mi ses did no harm. Preston Smith mi sed three but the cavalry was always there. Other times, the mi ses turned small gains into big gains. In the second quarter, Singletary ripped off a 17-yard run that included a mi s by safety Darnell Savage. Savage mi sed three tackles on the night. His tackling has gone from bad to horrible over his three-plus seasons.