You would be correct if we were a power running team. We are not. We have a power back, but we are not power running team. Our OL is predicated around Aaron Rodgers and the passing game. They are better at building walls in front of Aaron Rodgers than they are opening holes to run through. That is just the nature of our offense. Hell, one of the main reasons we drafted Lacy is for his size and ability to gain yards after contact because we knew our OL would never be elite in man blocking. As a matter of fact, we have pulled teeth trying to incorporate more man blocking and less zone blocking, with the running game. That OL leans just as much on the offenses ability to make defenses respect the passing game thus spreading the line of scrimmage and naturally opening up holes for them, than it does their ability to open said holes themselves. 6 men committing to the box against GB means we aren't doing enough in our passing game. I fully expect 4 down lineman and a spy, when Rodgers & Co have defenses on their heels.
i know we can't run on 6, that's our problem. 6 in the box still leaves 5 guys to cover our 3WR and if they blitz a LB, then we have to find the TE or RB because there must be an area he vacated, but that is still 5 guys to cover 3 on the backend and still leaves 4-5 rushing the passer. Our problem isn't that we don't have a deep threat because they'd still have 5 covering our 3 or 3 covering 3 and 2 roaming an area or deep threats, giving bracket help, shading to Cobb, whatever. Either way, if we can't keep the rush off our QB, a deep threat won't matter. and that's our issue, we can't stop 4 or 5 guys rushing and we can't beat 5 or 6 guys in the run game. when you aren't doing either, you have nothing. 6 guys in the box should be a 4 yard gain or more every time. If a team is requiring to see 4 and 5 man boxes to run the ball, they don't have a run game. and that's fine...IF you can keep your QB clean and can have success passing
I think Adams is athletic enough to catch passes, I think Cobb is quick enough and fast enough to get deep, or take a short one long. If we can get them in space we can move. But if we can't run on 6 guys and we can't contain 4 or 5 in a pass rush, i don't care who is on the field at the skill positions, it won't matter.
