I don't care if Adams gains 200 yards or 20 yards if it's a win. Yes he's getting a lot of targets but considering the coverage he commands, that's a compliment to Rodgers and Adams that he's still getting big yards and Rodgers has so few picks.
i think you could make a case that jones was pretty open - depending upon where rodgers placed the ball.
That was my initial thought when I looked at that screen shot as well. However, I also don’t think I see anything that makes me think that throwing to Adams was a bad choice either.
I miss the days when the announcer said " Aaron Rodgers has completed 16-20 passes to 8 different receivers. Bet that will never happen as a Packer any more.
is 17-22 passes to 8 different receivers close enough, or does it have to be 16-20?
He did and you are correct. But I do not see that most weeks. And when Adams gets 11 you see the trend. In 2011 he had so many pass catchers it was like trying to find enough candy for the tricker treaters.
You conveniently took this screenshot about half a second too early, but I give you credit for trying. You can already see the safety running forward to try to help on Adams. As of the moment of this screenshot, Rodgers should have seen that too. The result was Lazard about to be open. Rodgers has been around long enough he should have seen that coming. The safety wasn't reacting to the throw, he was already reacting to Adams. Rodgers is still holding the ball here and hasn't even begun to **** his arm yet.
I think he's referring to better overall distribution. Not one guy with 10+ catches and 7 guys with 1 or 2.
so today against da bearz, he was 17-23 with completions to 7 players. but if the refs get the call right, he was really 18-23 with completions to 8 players.
Lazard (at the 14-yard line near the hash marks) has a step on his man and inside position. If Rodgers had hit him in stride the defender would have had a slim chance at best of making any play on the ball.
Even if you're right (highly debatable), it's really amusing how some expect Rodgers to be perfect at his job and never miss a read, never throw to the wrong guy, never miss a check, etc.
Good way to put it. I've been trying to put my fi nger on this and you summed it up well. It's a catch-22 with "yeah Davante is THE man, but what else do we have?" Not much different than last season, except Tonyan was more in the mix. I hold my breath anytime is see Davante being tackled....just not going to go there and jinx it.
I think the point is, the Packers don't have a top second WR. Cobb maybe, MVS possible, Lazard...not yet. The difference in talent between Davante and the rest of our WR's is currently...HUGE.
So to make your complaint valid you want to take catches from Davante Adams? That makes zero sense to me.
Actually, I think the surprising thing and a bit disappointing as well, is that with as great as Davante is, defenses are having to really focus on him. Normally, that should give your other receivers more and better opportunities, but for now it doesn't really seem to be the case. Some of that goes back to my other point, we just don't have a ton of talent at WR beyond Davante and perhaps Cobb. Maybe once the OL is healed up and MVS is back, we see MLF, Rodgers and the Packers offense bust loose.
