1. The storyline all summer was the marriage between Aaron Rodgers and Matt LaFleur. And it didn’t go away after the slow start for the offense. Or the midseason slump. Or the late-season struggles. As the Packers prepare for their first January game the question remains: Will the offense do enough?
Let’s step back and consider what’s actually wrong with the Green Bay offense the last two years. It probably wasn’t Mike McCarthy; as Kalyn Kahler’s piece pointed out 14 months ago, McCarthy ran an offense that Rodgers was most comfortable in. That means static before the snap and heavy on iso-routes so that Rodgers can do his work at the line and on second-reaction.