Offensive success for Green Bay is predicated on spreading the ball around.

The Packers find themselves at 7-2 through the first nine weeks of the season, not the best but certainly not bad at all. They’re in first place in the NFC North and are currently the 3-seed in the NFC. After that embarrassing loss in LA last Sunday, Green Bay looks to bounce back in a big way this week against the Carolina Panthers at home. One way they can do that is by spreading the ball around on offense. Of the Packers’ nine games they’ve played thus far, seven were won with at least two players scoring touchdowns. The other two losses came when the focal point of the offense was singling out star WR Davante Adams on pass plays.

The simple fact is, Green Bay is much more successful as a team when they spread the ball around instead of zoning in on a certain player (in this case Davante Adams). Yes, I understand they want to get him involved in the offense right away but they also have to realize that immediate success won’t happen right away with him; especially coming back from turf toe. They need to focus on folding him into the offense gradually rather than singling him out game after game. We all know Adams is a great receiver and player but constantly trying to get him the ball isn’t working so far. Again, they’re 0-2 this season when he’s the focal point in the passing game. Getting the ball to other receivers including Adams will not only get Green Bay back on the winning track (hopefully against Carolina and beyond), it will also boost the overall morale of the team and in turn, get them into the championship-winning mindset — something that is crucial at this point. 

In Green Bay’s seven wins (when spreading the ball around), the offense saw 12 different receivers score touchdowns, in their two losses (when Adams was the focal point), just 3 touchdowns were scored. It’s a huge difference and it was unfortunately to Green Bay’s detriment that the offense was exceptionally worse when Adams was the focal point of it. Hopefully the narrative changes against the Panthers and beyond, Green Bay needs to get some momentum going again — especially this late in the season.

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