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This still baffles me at times. Why do fans blame the best QB in NFL history for targeting Adams? Why don't fans use that hyper-targeting as evidence that maybe, just maybe, the other receivers aren't very good?
Which is more likely? That the best QB in the league is wrong or that the crap-shoot that is the NFL draft (especially late-round NFL draft) isn't a sure-fire way to build the receiver room?
Well I would never want to rob a guy of a good baffling, but it turns out that these two ideas aren't contradictory.
Adams was head and shoulders the best target on the team, so it made sense that he would lead the team in targets by a wide margin. I've never seen or heard of anyone blaming Rodgers for targeting Adams more than everyone else.
But Rodgers still over-did it at times to the detriment of the entire offense, and that would explain why the offense was still strong without Adams-- spreading the ball around within the context of the scheme proved very effective.