It was only a matter of time.
Through the bulk of the first quarter of the Green Bay Packers’ 37-30 victory Sunday night in New Orleans, Aaron Rodgers would take a beat to scan downfield before checking it down. Nine yards to Allen Lazard here, 12 yards to Aaron Jones there, nine yards to Robert Tonyan over there …
It wasn't until just before the end of the quarter that Rodgers lofted his first deep ball to Darrius Shepherd, but it had no chance as it was well covered in the middle of the field.
Odds were, however, that the Saints weren’t going to go much longer keeping the air out of the Packers’ downfield passing attack.