LOS ANGELES – The Green Bay Packers had the opportunity to get their season moving.

The best NFC team was on the ropes in their own stadium, although there may have been more Packers fans than Rams in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Sunday afternoon.

And then, with the online game, they blinked.

Their defense has done enough to win. And of course, Ty Montgomery will have to assume a great deal of responsibility for escaping the Packers chances of winning the game in the last two minutes.

But in reality, the attack on Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers had to win this game for the Packers and they did not succeed. They had their chance in the fourth quarter, with the ball to their own 21, 18:49 to play and a lead of 27-26.

Their defense had done the job with a huge stop. Now, they needed points. Even a goal on the pitch would have given them some light and a touchdown would have really put the pressure on the undefeated Rams.

Instead, the Packers went three-and-out. It started with McCarthy's dubious decision to kiss Montgomery instead of Aaron Jones. Jones had a big day and if there ever was a time to have the threat of a gambling action, that's all. Instead, the reader started with an incomplete arrival in Montgomery.

Jones has collected four yards in one race next time. And then, in case anyone wonders how much the great players in this league are valuable, and especially the big passers, Aaron Donald has come forward. He destroyed Lane Taylor and sacked Rodgers to end possession.

For my money, it was the best chance for the Packers to win this game. They did it with the offensive, that's the way they were built and the game was in the hands of the offensive.

"I'm disappointed because our defense played really well," Rodgers said. "We were really slow in the first half and we could not do a lot of things. By the time we got back on top, we had only one disc left to finish the match and we did not succeed. "

Do not get me wrong: Montgomery's blunder was huge. Why he decided to return the return of a few meters deep in the end zone does not fall to anyone. McCarthy said the man of the return was instructed not to – you would not want to waste precious time in the last two minutes to return a ball where he would be lucky to arrive on the 25th anyway.

So of course, the lost Montgomery fumble has settled the matter. We can not deny that. Brandon Bostick's decision to hit the back of the NFC championship game a few years ago has stung the market. It cost the Packers a trip to the Super Bowl. It cost Rodgers the chance to come back at the last minute and defeat the Rams.

But no matter how bad Montgomery's mistake, it takes points to win in this open-cap league and the Packers, an offensive team if any, did not get a score when they needed it. .

So they pulled out of their 29-27 loss to 3-3-1. No surprises there. They qualified as outsiders at 9 and a half points and played their best game, the most complete of the season. Given how they played their first six games, they may in some ways consider this a step forward.

Their defense, even giving up 27 points, was sufficient. Their young cornerbacks have shown that when they are healthy, they can really cover themselves. Alexander's jair (breaks of five assists) has gotten as good a match as a corner half can have without being intercepted. To win in this league, you need guys who can cover great athletes in an open space, and Alexander played that after game.

Similarly, Aaron Jones proved once again that he was an explosive runner. He averaged 7.2 yards on 12 carries, which is reason enough to do more on the field, and a fake game allowed him to free Jimmy Graham for a 21-yard start-of-play pick in the middle. which allowed the Packers first touchdown. He may not be protecting Rodgers as a blocker, but as a runner.

After watching Montgomery try to score a hole in his two runs of the day, it's time to reduce the rotation of the halfbacks to two, Jones and Jamaal Williams. Nothing wrong with putting Montgomery on the third try, or for a play here and there. But there is no reason to give it an entire series unless it is in two minute mode.

Whatever it is, there is no moral victory in the NFL. This one goes in column "L". After spending the moment and playing on what was really a neutral ground, the Packers were lucky to get excited and did not succeed.

"The urgency must increase, so maybe (this game) does that," Rodgers said, "but nothing gives the momentum of a loss, in my opinion." We can play with n & rsquo; No matter who, but we knew it before that game It was not like there was a revelation: "Oh, OK, now, yes, we can probably play with the Rams." No, we can play with anyone. "

In all the games that take place in this way, you can choose an expensive piece or decision. Of course, one of the Packers killers was the security at the end of the second quarter, which effectively wiped out their excellent first half and their 10-0 lead.

You have to wonder why McCarthy, of his own game 1, has directly hit the defenses of a defense including Aaron Donald and Ndamukong Suh, although Bryan Bulaga also blamed him when he dubbed his defensive team, Michael Brockers, rather than seeking linebacker Mark Barron fill the gap.

Of course, the Rams could undoubtedly get through and find mistakes that cost them too.

But when it comes to the goal, the Packers must win in attack and that day, against a good team, when they really needed a score, they did not get it. It was really that simple.