After Brian Gutekunst dismissed the idea that scouting potential draft picks would change under Matt LaFleur, the Green Bay Packers' new head coach could have gone up the podium in Indianapolis and repeated how similar everything would be in 2019. He didn’t. And while he didn’t explicitly say, “We’re going to look different this year,” the implication of his words, about the importance of running the ball and stretching the field off that, run counter to the offense we’ve seen in Green Bay the last few years.
In 2018, the Packers were among the least balanced teams in the league, particularly on first down.