Matt LaFleur spent the offseason talking about the play-action game at the core of his offense. He must have left it in the overhead bin on the flight to Chicago because we didn’t see much of it on Thursday night despite the Green Bay Packers prevailing 10-3. Even more startling, when Green Bay did bust it out, Rodgers found the few moments of rhythm he had all night. Myriad reasons could be offered as to why this happened, but the expectation should be to see more of it in the coming weeks.
The only remarkable offensive play from Week 1 came off play-action, yet it was something the Packers called just six times compared to 30 straight drops.