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Time for Packers offense to simplify and go back to the basics

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In sports, when things aren’t going well, a good step in the right direction usually consists of going back to the basics and simplifying things. This is what the Green Bay Packers offense needs to do over the bye week.

Rather than seeing progress from this unit, the offense has largely been going backwards over the last three games, excluding their fourth-quarter performance against New Orleans. Green Bay has totaled just six points combined in their last three first halves of football.

For three quarters against the Saints, the Packers were shut out. Versus Detroit, the offense averaged 4.