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The Green Bay Packers found the offensive gear they had been missing in Sunday’s 31-7 win over the Chicago Bears. The question now is whether it travels beyond a rivalry game. Green Bay hosts the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night, Oct. 18, with a chance to turn one dominant performance into a more reliable identity.
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Locked On Packers host Peter Bukowski argued that the emotional edge Green Bay carried through Bears week should become its weekly approach. Bukowski pointed to head coach Matt LaFleur’s willingness to keep attacking downfield, including after a disputed deep-ball incompletion to rookie wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant, rather than settling for conservative calls.
The tape and the box score supported the larger point. Wide receiver Christian Watson caught six passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns, including scores of 42 and 53 yards. Matthew Golden added six catches for 123 yards, giving quarterback Jordan Love two dangerous options when LaFleur pushed the ball vertically.
Watson has 26 catches for 474 yards and six touchdowns through five games, while Golden has 24 receptions for 397 yards and two scores. Those totals give Green Bay real evidence for the pass-first, explosive style Bukowski wants to see continue, even if his comparisons to all-time receiver production were clearly framed as a measure of early-season output rather than player legacy.
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LaFleur made a similar point after the Bears game, saying the Packers cannot deliver that type of performance only once. The Cowboys are the immediate test. Dallas comes to Lambeau Field before Green Bay travels to face the Detroit Lions in Week 7, so the Packers do not have much time to decide whether the Bears performance was an outlier or the level they can sustain.
Bukowski’s argument is not that Green Bay needs a rivalry to play with urgency. It is that the Packers should keep the same aggressive calls and downfield intent when the opponent is Dallas on Oct. 18. The Cowboys game will show whether the Bears week version of the offense is an identity or simply one strong afternoon.
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This story was originally published October 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM.