According to the Associated Press’ Josh Dubow, there had never been an NFL team that lost three individual games in a single season without having to punt in them. That was until Saturday night, when the Green Bay Packers lost to the Baltimore Ravens.

Per Dubow, only two other teams in the Super Bowl era have lost two of these games in a single season: the 2021 Los Angeles Chargers and the 2024 Cincinnati Bengals. I’m sure this will increase with the amount of fourth-down attempts that teams are taking now, but for right now, Green Bay has pulled off an NFL first.

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Here is the Packers’ path to their unique season.

Carolina Panthers @ Green Bay Packers

The Packers had two turnovers in this game, a Savion Williams fumble on the 15-yard line on the team’s opening drive of the game and a Jordan Love interception. Between those two drives, the Packers attempted three field goals and hit two of them.

In the fourth quarter, though, Green Bay turned it over on downs on the 13-yard line. They responded on the next drive by scoring their lone touchdown of the day, giving them a 13-13 tied score, before the Panthers drove 40 yards to kick the game-winning field goal as time expired.

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Green Bay Packers @ Chicago Bears

The only true turnover of this game was Josh Jacobs’ fumble near the goal line. With that being said, the Packers were particularly bad in the red zone in this game, as they went into the red zone five times but never came away with a touchdown.

Green Bay turned the ball over on downs on the first drive of the game and the lone drive in overtime. They also allowed the clock to expire in both the first and second halves of the game.

Baltimore Ravens @ Green Bay Packers

Despite Malik Willis playing well as Jordan Love’s replacement starter, Green Bay just wasn’t able to stop the Baltimore rushing offense. Even though the team scored 24 points, which usually is enough to be at least competitive in most NFL games, the Ravens dropped 41 on the Packers.

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Green Bay turned the ball over on downs twice, once in garbage time when Clayton Tune was already under center, fumbled once when the snap from Sean Rhyan came too early while Willis was attempting to audible, Tune threw an interception and the Packers also ran out the clock to end the first half. But no punts!

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Going into the playoffs, the only Green Bay player who is well-rested is punter Daniel Whelan. What an odd season.