If the Jets can stop the run they can make the Packers one dimensional. The Packers only scored 14 points in the win (14-12). The only win the Packers had without a great rushing attack was a 67 yard effort against the Buccaneers. They also destroyed a good Bears defense in a win with 203 yards rushing. They annihilated the Patriots in Week 4 with 199 yards on the ground. The Packers have been dominant in some games on the ground. The Packers are a team that now uses the run to set up the pass which is a switch from a few years ago. The Jets would be wise to play some zone coverage (not soft coverage) but also bring a safety down into the box to help against the run. So how do the Jets defense stop the Packers offense? He is averaging only 1.1 yards a carry and appears reluctant to do so. This year Rodgers (in 5 games) has run only 8 times for a total of 9 yards with a long of 7 yards. Two years ago that average dropped to 3.9 and then last year to 3.1. Not so much any more.īack six or seven years ago Rodgers would run at least three or four times a game for an average of five or six yards a carry. He was never a talent like Lamar Jackson, but he always had escape ability from the pocket. Rodgers was always able to keep drives alive by a timely run from the pocket for a first down. He is no statue like Joe Flacco, but his movement skills have been diminished in recent years. Time has also slowed Rodgers as he is not as nimble in the pocket as he once was. Rodgers averages just over 230 passing yards a game which is the lowest per game average of his career since he became the starter back in 2008. Still if you look at passing stats, Rodgers in 2022 ranks 17th in passing yards behind the likes of Trevor Lawrence, Geno Smith and even Carson Wentz. The only difference is a QB who probably ranks in the top 10 of all the QBs in the history of the NFL that of course is a huge bonus. In fact the Jets offense has far more big play ability. Again this is not the great downfield passing attack that you have seen for the last decade and a half. Yet for a team that prides itself on offense, they have scored a single point more than their opponents through 5 games. The Packers offense helps their defense by putting together long drives that keep the opposing offense off the field. The Packers have always have had one of the best screen games in the NFL.ĭefensively the Packers are tough allowing only 278 yards of offense a game. They also have 23 receptions for 167 yards and a TD in 5 games. The Packers do have two very good running backs in Aaron Jones and AJ Dillion who have a combined 635 yards rushing on 124 attempts, which is over 5 yards a carry. Watkins is also out for this game as he was put on IR. Those three (minus Cobb) have a combined 44 receptions for 533 yards and 5 TDs in 5 games. That leaves rookie Romeo Doubs (great name), Allen Lazard, and Sammy Watkins as his wide outs along with Cobb out of the slot. He is now out against the Jets with a hamstring injury that could land him on IR. His rookie Christian Watson missed most of the offseason and minicamps with a knee injury. He gets by on intelligence and experience, but he is no longer a gamebreaker.Īaron Rodgers has been less than pleased by the talent he has to work with. Cobb is a former college QB who morphed into a WR but is now 32 years old without the speed and quickness he had a few years ago. Cobb played 8 seasons with the Packers before he left to play with the Cowboys then the Texans before coming back to the Packers last year. The 2022 Packers leading receiver is Randall Cobb who has 17 receptions for 249 yards with zero TDs. You won’t find Donald Driver, Davonte Adams, Don Hudson, Sterling Sharpe, or Jordy Nelson. How do the Jets (not Zach Wilson) beat the Packers on their home turf?įor the Jets to win on the road they have to look at the Packers of today, not the Packers of a few or many years years ago. It would just be a bonus he does it in Rodgers’ home stadium of Lambeau Field. That in and of itself would be a resounding affirmation of him as a true NFL QB. He doesn’t have to outplay Rodgers (although that would be sweet) but just play well enough to make Rodgers take notice of his talent. He has probably focused all week on game tape. He will look to be at his best in front of NFL royalty. When the NFL schedule came out Wilson probably circled this date immediately. The once in a lifetime chance to match abilities with a sure fire first ballot Hall of Fame player is something any young QB would relish. I’m sure this is a day that Zach Wilson will remember the rest of his life. The Jets face a future Hall of Fame player in Aaron Rodgers likely for the last time Sunday.
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