One week ago in this column I predicted the key to the Packers season opening game against the Vikings would be how well Aaron Rodgers threw the ball on third down. What I didn't anticipate was that the offense would perform so efficiently that, by and large, they wouldn't even need third down.
Green Bay rolled up 31 first downs against the Vikes, but only six of them came on third down conversions. The Pack was 6 of 11 on third downs. That's not bad, but the real damage was done before the yardstick even flipped to third down.