The Green Bay Packers offense is still in search of that elusive consistency, oftentimes going from hot to cold quite quickly this season. But when they’ve been moving the ball well, it’s in large part due to their success with the quick passing game on early downs.
To begin the season, this Packers offense has not been very willing to push the ball downfield through three games. Rodgers has only nine downfield attempts – or passes of at least 20 yards – putting him on pace for 51 attempts after having 73 a season ago per PFF.
As always, there are likely a number of reasons as to why, including trying to get the young receivers going with easy touches, not having Sammy Watkins or Christian Watson available, and the offensive line, which in Week 1, left Aaron Rodgers looking uncomfortable in the pocket along with him not seeing the field all that well against a stout Tampa Bay pass rush in Week 3.