Prior to Sunday’s game against Atlanta, the Green Bay Packers had tallied just a single game with a third-down conversion rate above 50% during the 2018 campaign. With Joe Philbin leading the team out of the tunnel for the first time as interim head coach, the Packers quickly doubled that total.
Green Bay’s last game with such a feat was week four against Buffalo, when the Packers went 11-for-19 in a 22-0 victory. On Sunday, the Packers also burned the Atlanta Falcons on third down, finding success on seven of 13 opportunities in the game. Two of those six unsuccessful attempts came during the fourth quarter with the game relatively wrapped up.