After every Green Bay Packers game, we will talk about three points that defined the matchup.

The Green Bay Packers finally won a game after four consecutive losses, but it wasn't pretty at all. They beat a Brett Rypien-led Los Angeles Rams 20-3, and the offense was up and down once again.

It's clear that this team isn't equipped to win many games now, and it's been hard to evaluate so many young pieces on the offense at the same time. At least, the defense played really well — but it's impossible to know how sustainable this is considering Matthew Stafford didn't play.

Let Love play

Pay attention to what they do, not to what they say. This is supposed to be an evaluation season, but the Packers coaching staff seemed unwilling to truly evaluate Jordan Love. The volume was so low, and always trying to ease plays for him. The idea changed in the second half, and Love delivered a solid overall performance.

The Packers need to know if Jordan Love is the answer or not. At this point in the season, meaningless wins don't matter as much as finding out how good Love is and if he can or can't be the long-term starter. When LaFleur allowed Love to look for bigger plays in the second half, the offense performed better, completing 11 of 12 passes. He finished the  game with 20/26 for 228 yards and a TD.

In the first half, however, there was basically only one deep throw. And it was another underthrow to Christian Watson. After that, the Packers limited deep throws for Love, and Watson wasn't a part of the game at all — something particularly concerning for a player who was expected to be the best receiver on the roster entering the season. Right now, he's behind Romeo Doubs, Jayden Reed, and Dontayvion Wicks.

When the Packers were finally willing to test the Love-Watson connection once again, it worked in a critical moment of the fourth quarter, and they executed a big play with less than five minutes left.

And when they found ways to put the ball in the hands of their top playmakers, they had good results — like the deciding touchdown, the first one of rookie tight end Luke Musgrave's career.

Offensive line hope

The Packers finally moved on from Rasheed Walker, and the impact was significant. With Yosh Nijman at left tackle, the offensive line was much better and more effective. Jordan Love was able to operate with more time and cleaner pockets.

During the first half, Jon Runyan went to the injury tent for a drive. Sean Rhyan played at right guard, and his run blocking made the entire line look better. It was the touchdown drive.

But Nijman left the game at halftime with a knee injury, and Runyan came back after one drive. The offensive line lineup was the old one again, and the offense stopped with as much ease.

At this point, the coaching staff has already lost the benefit of the doubt with its offensive line choices — which has included since 2019 Lane Taylor over Elgton Jenkins, Rick Wagner over Yosh Nijman, and Nijman over Zach Tom.

Penalties

Once again, the youth of the offense was clear, and nothing was more impactful than a crazy amount of penalties. The Packers "lead" the NFL in penalties, and two of them in the first half were especially hurtful: two offensive offsides by Jon Runyan — one of them was wrongly called on Nijman — on fourth and ones killed two drives.

False starts and holdings have also affected the offense's ability to sustain drives, and Jordan Love was frequently put in disadvantageous positions.

When the offense isn't able to be solid, the last thing they need is self-inflicted mistakes.

Packers DT Kenny Clark is carted to locker room with shoulder injury

Clark was ruled out