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

The Green Bay Packers had another bad game. After a 24-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings, the team fell to 2-5 in the season, and it's not trending like it's going to get better this year. Let's talk about the reasons for it, and look at the future as well.

They should be honest with themselves

The most important quality for a football executive is the ability to effectively and truthfully evaluate the phase of his team and operate accordingly. It's time for Brian Gutekunst to do so and be aggressive, because the current version of the Green Bay Packers is flat out bad. And the more time Gutekunst takes to admit that, the more time will take for them to be good again.

The Packers have two days to make trades. And they should be sellers at the trade deadline on Tuesday. They should be aggressive sellers. There's no real reason to keep players on expiring deals, because at this point this season won't serve as a real evaluation season as expected.

Things are so bad, especially for an older defense, that they should just add as much draft capital as possible for players like De'Vondre Campbell, Keisean Nixon, and Preston Smith. They should be more concerned about adding capital and freeing up cap space for future years than with culture, because their culture hasn't worked anyway.

How to evaluate Jordan Love?

Getting to the end of the season without knowing if Jordan Love is a good quarterback or not is the worst-case scenario for the Green Bay Packers. And that's how the situation is trending so far. Love hasn't been great, don't get me wrong. But there are so many mistakes around him that the young passer is in an impossible situation. Drops, bad blocks, penalties, unfavorable situations. Even the things that were expected to be good before the season are just bad — playcalling, offensive line, run game.

All wide receivers combined for 24 yards in the first half. The interception was a good pass that Jayden Reed couldn't hold on.

At this point, it's impossible to determine if Love is a long-term answer. So the Packers will have to operate as if he wasn't. If there's a good quarterback prospect available in the draft, especially if Green Bay picks high, they should take him.

Love is under contract through 2024 for a reasonable amount of money, so the path is to keep him at least as a bridge quarterback for next year while the new passer develops. If Love is good, great. If he isn't, there would be another option ready to take the reins.

Less than the sum of their parts

The offense is bad, for sure. But it's a completely new unit, so nobody knew how these players would perform. The defense is bad, and they should be better. There are players with a proven track record: Rashan Gary, Jaire Alexander, De'Vondre Campbell, Kenny Clark, Rasul Douglas. And it's still the same issues for three years.

When the entire unit is playing below expectations, that's coaching. It may be the system, the individual development, or both, but either option is a coaching responsibility.

Jaire Alexander, for instance, is playing the worst football of his career. The cornerback was beat by rookie Jordan Addison multiple times, and there was no answer. Going back to the first topic, and considering Jaire's price tag, it wouldn't be absurd to consider a trade.

Packers searching for answer to key question after loss to Vikings

It’s a microcosm of their season, so far.