Everyone knows the Green Bay Packers’ passing attack, after years of reliability, fell apart last year. But after nearly eight months of offseason and preseason focus, the result on Sunday – 199 passing yards against a seemingly average defense – was disappointing.
From 2010 through 2014, the Packers never averaged below 253 yards per game in a season. Even in 2015, the team did better than on Sunday, with a 219 yard passing average. Only in three games last year did the Packers fail to gain at least 200 yards. Consider the 200-yard mark equivalent to the Mendoza Line – a major league baseball batting average of under .