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Packers rookie wideouts need time to develop but might contribute early as deep threats

Aaron Rodgers, and the Packers generally haven’t really had a good deep passing game since 2014, and it’s been a disturbing trend over the last three seasons. Before 2015, Aaron Rodgers never had a yards per attempt (YPA) below 8 outside of his first year as a starter, but over the past three seasons, he’s struggled to crack 7.0 YPA. In their primes, Jordy Nelson, Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, James Jones, and Jermichael Finley were all outstanding deep threats, but after Nelson blew out his ACL, that dimension has been completely absent in Green Bay.