Through five games, the Green Bay Packers have an offense dependent on a highly efficient run game and the quick, RPO-based passing game. It has worked for stretches, but Aaron Rodgers and the Packers need the deep passing game to come alive for the operation to hit its stride and become more consistent.
A condensed, horizontal passing game only works consistently if the threat of the deep ball is there. And after five games in the post Davante Adams and Marquez Valdes-Scantling era, the Packers just haven’t been able to hit the deep shots, and now defenses are daring them to try it.
