ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Free plays have cost the opponents of the Green Bay Packers a fortune.
In the Packers' first six games, Aaron Rodgers has drawn opponents offside nine times, and he's treated those infractions as an opportunity to take deep shots, firing downfield eight times when given free plays.
All Rodgers has done is complete six of those eight attempts for 210 yards and two touchdowns. Of Rodgers' 15 passes for more than 25 yards, five were on free plays -- an average of one deep connection every 1.6 attempts, compared with one every 17.