Game one of the Matt LaFleur in Green Bay will answer many questions, but perhaps the biggest and most important for the future of the Packers centers on the offensive side of the football. After all, offense is exactly why LaFleur was brought to Green Bay, despite his small resume.

LaFleur was hired to get the most out of Aaron Rodgers and make the superstar quarterback’s life easier as a passer through innovative schemes – something Mike McCarthy failed to do towards the end of his tenure.

Any first year unit is going to have its growing pains and setbacks and LaFleur will likely get some modicum of patience from the Packers' front office in that regard. With that said, when the rubber meets the road against the Bears, Green Bay’s offense may not get a ton of grace period. They’ll be kicking things off against likely the top defense in the NFL, remember, so any slow starts or miscues are likely to be exploited by Khalil Mack and company.

To make things even more urgent, things aren’t expected to get any easier in Week 2 when the Minnesota Vikings head to Lambeau Field. While not quite Chicago, it’s very likely the Vikings’ defense will be a top 10 unit in 2019.

An 0-2 start to the season would be a tough road for LaFleur to navigate and though Mike Pettine’s defense is expected to be much better, we all know that Green Bay goes as Rodgers and the offense goes.

That’s what makes a hot offensive start to 2019 vitally important for Green Bay.

For their part, the players seem to be tempering expectations a bit. Should that be concerning for Green Bay fans heading into Chicago? Not necessarily, but it’s worth noting that even Rodgers believes that the offense will evolve to a “greater” form over time.

Here’s what he told Jim Owczarski:

“Everybody needs to understand this is going to be the first iteration of our offense and because it’s a new scheme and there are new pieces, this is going to grow from this point,” quarterback Aaron Rodgers said. “I’m excited about the stuff we have in and the stuff we’ve been working on in camp. There’s going to be even more. I think that’s the exciting part. I like the foundational start for this offense. I think it could be tough to stop because of the stress it puts on the defense with their eye control and pattern-reading and reading the alignments.”

Wide out Marquez Valdez-Scantling hit that point home as well.

“It’s a whole new identity that we’re building. But it’s not going to be built in Week 1. We have a basis of what we like to do and who we are, but we won’t be able to see what works until we actually get into a game. Obviously, it’s going to be different from Week 1 to Week 8 because by that time we’ll know exactly what we’re really good at and what we’re not so good at. That first week we’re going to figure out what’s been working in camp, what things can beat this defense and go from there. But it’s definitely going to be different down the road when we know our identity 100%.”

On the surface that doesn’t appear to be great news for Packers fans hoping for a win in Week 1, but pull back the layers of these statements and there’s still reason for hope.

The Packers may not know their full offensive identity in Week 1, but neither will the Bears – or any other team for that matter.

No matter how much you practice, scheme, and implement, a team’s true identity and comfort comes from experience over time. That’s something this unit really doesn’t have much of, but in terms of the 2019 season and all the new units across the league, again — nobody has it. Even Chicago, in its second season under Matt Nagy, has question marks offensively. Is David Montgomery the real deal? How will Trey Burton’s injury impact the beginning of this season? Will Mitch Trubisky be able to step up?

Chicago’s offensive questions are similar to Green Bay’s. Can Aaron Jones be a work-horse running back? Will Jimmy Graham produce more this season? Will last season's somewhat “off year” for Rodgers be an anomaly or the new normal?

All 32 teams have questions that need to be answered in Week 1, it’s just more important to answer those questions positively for some than it is others.

For Green Bay, a hot start is vital. The scheme may not need to click 100 percent just yet, but the talent has to.

The Packers need Rodgers to return to MVP form and Davante Adams to become a true top-three wide out in the NFL. They need Jones to grab the reigns of the running game and players like Valdes-Scantling and Geronimo Allison to step up and live up to their potential. They need LaFleur to be the offensive wiz-kid he was billed to be.

Anything other than that could derail this hype train before it really gets rolling. The scheme can take some time. The offense as a whole needs to live up to the hype as soon as possible.