Each the Inexperienced Bay Packers and New England Patriots are three video games away from making the incorrect type of NFL historical past.
New England’s likelihood at infamy is not all that stunning given its lack of star energy, as properly its pitiful total offensive numbers this season. Rotating between Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe at quarterback all yr hasn’t been a successful (or high-scoring system) for head coach Invoice Belichick.
The 2-headed speeding assault led by third-year professional Rhamondre Stevenson and three-time Professional Bowler Ezekiel Elliott has produced modest numbers on the bottom at 51.6 and 37.3 speeding yards per sport, respectively.
Pats followers had low expectations for the crew’s passing sport getting into the marketing campaign and someway, it has been even worse than imagined. Sixth-round rookie extensive receiver Demario Douglas leads all New England gamers with simply 443 receiving yards and wideout Kendrick Bourne (who suffered a season-ending torn ACL in Week 8) paces the group in receiving yards per sport at 50.8.
As a crew, the Patriots have gone over 100 speeding yards 5 occasions this season however, on every event, the numbers have been cut up pretty evenly between Elliott and Stevenson. The closest a participant has come to reaching the century mark on the bottom in 2023 was when Stevenson carried 21 occasions for 98 yards within the crew’s Week 12 loss to the New York Giants. Large receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has come the closest to a 100-yard receiving day for the squad this yr when he had 4 catches for 90 yards in New England’s Week 14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Inexperienced Bay’s spot on this dialog is a little more stunning, given the crew’s center of the pack offense in 2023.
With quarterback Jordan Love below middle, the Packers rank seventeenth in passing yards per sport (225.7) and between Aaron Jones, AJ Dillon and others, the group is twenty first in speeding yards per contest (103.0). Jones is usually the lead again and has one Professional Bowl honor to his credit score however has missed six video games this season as a consequence of harm.
Dillon has come closest to 100 yards on the bottom in a sport this yr, posting 76 yards on 20 carries in Inexperienced Bay’s Week 5 loss vs. the Las Vegas Raiders.
A number of Packers wideouts have gone over 90 yards receiving in a sport in 2023 however have but to succeed in triple digits. Fifth-round rookie Dontayvion Wicks has been the closest to 100, recording profession highs in receptions (six) and receiving yards (97) in Inexperienced Bay’s Week 15 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
