GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers aren’t striking gold as often as before whenever they get near the goal line. It’s been an entirely different story for Packers opponents.
Green Bay boasted the NFL’s best red-zone offense last season, though the Packers call that area the gold zone instead as a nod to offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett’s love for the Mike Myers movie “Austin Powers in Goldmember.”
This year, they’re not capitalizing nearly as often when they get inside an opponent’s 20-yard line. The Packers are scoring touchdowns on 55% of their red-zone possessions – down from a league-high 76.