11/9/2007
Offense Still Striving To Improve
The progress the Green Bay Packers' offense has made in the past two weeks certainly bodes well for the second half of the season. In difficult road victories at Denver and Kansas City, the Packers found some production in their running game and have proven to be a threat with their vertical passing game. But if there's one thing that keeps the 7-1 Packers hungry and working hard, it's that they know there's still plenty more progress to be made. As Head Coach Mike McCarthy has said often, this team hasn't played its best football. That's particularly true on the offensive side when, as tough as Invesco Field at Mile High and Arrowhead Stadium are to visit, the team left so many opportunities on the table in the two wins. [More]
Favre's deep passes bring wins
But short stuff still the Packers' foundation
Brett Favre earned rave reviews for his patience in the first half of the season as he carefully picked defenses apart with low-risk short passes -- "dinking and dunking," as he likes to call it. But with the game on the line in each of the past two weeks, Favre has gone from dinking and dunking to deep and decisive. The Green Bay Packers have suddenly rediscovered the long ball, as Favre found wide receiver Greg Jennings for late scores in victories at Denver and Kansas City. Favre said Wednesday that while short passes are still the foundation for the Packers' offense, it's only natural that opposing defenses are becoming so worried about stopping receivers from running wild on slants and crossing routes that they lose focus on long passes and the running game. "We've been able to shift gears a little bit but still be effective," Favre said. "And I think by throwing the ball down the field a little bit, and having some success doing it, it's opened up our run game a little bit. So you can see how they go hand in hand." [More]
Packers' guard spots up for grabs
For a team with a 7-1 record and one of the league's most productive offenses, the Green Bay Packers are having a surprisingly hard time sorting out the middle of their offensive line. Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Wednesday that the team is rotating three players -- Daryn Colledge, Jason Spitz and Junius Coston -- at both guard spots in practice this week and will wait until the end of the week to decide who will start against Minnesota on Sunday. [More]
Published by PackerPundit On Friday, November 09, 2007 at 5:15 AM.
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