Jared Goff sliced up the Packers’ zone defense

Earlier this week, we wrote about how the Green Bay Packers haven’t been able to cover the middle of the field over the last two games— in part because their linebackers are failing to gain depth in their zones in coverage. Now that people have been able to fully digest the Packers’ loss to the Detroit Lions on Thursday Night Football, even more damning data is coming out.

According to NFL Pro, the league’s tracking data claims that 70 percent of Goff’s production against the Packers came against zone coverage. Not only that, but Goff actually completed 14 of 17 attempts for 152 yards (8.9 yards per attempt) on in-breaking routes, the same routes that travel over the middle of the field…