Important lessons Packers can take into Week 4 game against Vikings

Week 4 is fast approaching, but as the Green Bay Packers prepare for a crucial NFC North battle with the Minnesota Vikings, I wanted to take one last look at the win against the Tennessee Titans.

By rewatching the game and knowing the outcome, it removes the uncertainty and emotion, and acts as a fan film study.

With that said, "After Further Review", let's take a look at the takeaways from Packers vs. Titans in Week 3.

What can Packers learn from their Week 3 win over Titans?

1. Packers need to clean up the penalties

Committing 10 penalties for 75 yards makes it really hard to win football games. Luckily for the Packers in Week 3, the penalties did not take points off the board. Offensively, Green Bay did not commit its first penalty until the team's final drive of the first half. On this drive, the team did commit three infractions: a holding and illegal hands to the face by Rasheed Walker, and Bo Melton's illegal shift.

Eight of the 10 penalties came from the offense and is definitely something that needs to be cleaned up as Green Bay faces tougher opponents.

Perhaps even more shockingly, especially when looking at last season, the defense was only responsible for two penalties, both of which were offsides penalties in the first quarter. Last year, it felt like there was something always keeping the defense on the field, whether it be Joe Barry's "bend but don't break" scheme or a defensive holding that was only 5 yards, but an automatic first down. Credit to this unit for cleaning things up drastically.

2. Jeff Hafley is already making a difference

It goes without saying that the last two weeks were a Matt LaFleur masterclass on offense. But this game should also be remembered as the Jeff Hafley welcoming party. The Titans marched down the field on a 10-play, 70-yard touchdown drive to start the game, but the Packers had their way after that.

While watching this in real-time on Sunday, countless Cheeseheads had the same feeling of panic as watching this team in years past. Surely, Will Levis would pick apart the soft zone Green Bay presented on its first drive for four quarters, and the game would be destined for a 45-42 type shootout.

However, we were happily wrong. The next Titans possession lasted all of one play, with Jaire Alexander perfectly reading Levis's eyes for his first career pick-six. The defense made eight sacks, their most in nearly two decades. Xavier McKinney made his third interception, giving the team a total of seven on the season, which matches the team total from all of last season.

Overall, it was certainly a launching point for what the future holds in Green Bay.

3. The receivers are fully bought in

One thing that came out of the last two games, especially this game in particular, was how bought-in this receiver group is on the game plan. The old adage that receivers are "divas" and "soft" may be the case in other NFL cities, but not in Green Bay. It would be easy for these guys to get frustrated while passing attempts and individual targets are down with Malik Willis, as opposed to Jordan Love being under center for the Packers.

Instead of getting frustrated or phoning it in, these guys dug in and bought back in and blocked their butts off.

Receivers blocking confuses so many analysts, and guys like Allen Lazard and Jake Kumerow made careers out of being willing blockers who would also catch passes. If you look at someone like Christian Watson or Jayden Reed, nothing about them physically screams blocking force. However, in watching this game, both were instrumental in the game plan in blocking downfield for the backs and Willis, especially Reed on the Willis touchdown run on the first drive.

4. Packers football is about to be a lot of fun

When Love comes back, potentially this week against the Vikings, this team is going to be a lot of fun to watch.

If the defense continues firing on all cylinders, and this isn't just an anomaly performance, getting off the field with the turnovers and punts will give Jordan Love and company shorter fields and more possessions.

From what we saw from Matt LaFleur and the Packers, the offense is even more exciting. The playbook is wide open, and Love, when healthy, is certainly athletic enough to run most of these option-type plays. Teams will have to game-plan for the motions and run looks we saw from the Week 2 and Week 3 wins, while also defending the aerial assault that Love and this dynamic receiver group can open up.

More Packers news and analysis