Matt LaFleur finally unleashed Jordan Love, and Packers must keep it that way

The Green Bay Packers finally looked like themselves for the first time all year.

In a 31-7 win over the Chicago Bears, the team also showed coach Matt LaFleur exactly why he should continue believing in what got them their success.

Heading into the Bears game, much had been said about the Packers' style of play-calling. The insistence on leaning on the passing game and more. During the game, whether it was due to the very obvious rivalry brewing between Matt LaFleur and Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson, or whether LaFleur finally listened, the Packers finally let Jordan Love and the passing offense cook.

The result? A five-star meal. Love finished with 367 passing yards and two touchdowns, with just six completions. His 95.2 QBR and 137.5 quarterback rating were season highs, and he absolutely feasted on the long ball, finding Christian Watson, Matthew Golden, and Tucker Kraft for passes of 53, 50, and 46 yards, respectively.

Packers' offense has to go through its passing game going forward

While the Packers did generate some positive rushing plays, it was all Love and the passing offense as to why they won. Until Josh Jacobs returns, at the very least, it should be a giant flashing sign of how the Packers should be playing every single game.

For the first time in what felt like ages, the Packers played a football game in a style that suggested they wanted to win, and win by a lot. For a very brief time when the team was up 14-0, it seemed like they would be sliding into their comfortable ways of just coasting through a game with a big lead. However, after halftime, all of that changed.

The Packers kept going for big plays and showed a style of aggressiveness we frankly have not seen in some time.

After going up 20-7, they never looked complacent and kept pouring it on at every turn. Most of that was also due to how comfortable LaFleur felt going to the passing offense. While the first half featured a lot of traditional "Packers-y" plays, complete with negative runs on first and second down, the team changed gears entirely in the second half.

On four of the Packers' six second-half drives (not counting the final two in garbage time), the Packers opened with a pass rather than a run. On all four, the passes were huge plays, going for over 30 yards and instantly putting the Packers in more advantageous positions on the field.

Much of that came down to Love and the receivers clicking, but it was a great window into what allowing them to build momentum and rhythm could do over the course of a game. While not every team will allow that to happen and not every game will feature so many big plays, the Packers' first five games have shown where their bread and butter is, so to speak.

Ultimately, the Packers' game plan likely reflected their opponent. There clearly was/is some bad blood between the two teams, and Green Bay definitely took the Bears players' comments over the week as fuel.

However, the way the game unfolded also showed exactly why fans have been clamoring for a more aggressive style of play-calling, and just how beneficial it could be if LaFleur decides to do away with eking out wins and start going for big ones.

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