NFL News NFL News, Reports and Updates
It’s June. No one has nor does anyone need “the answers to the test” yet — to use a silly analogy that somehow makes the very unserious pursuit of understanding and projecting NFL teams and players seem like some profound quest.
We’re writing thoughts in pencil and merely take-shopping, for now.
This embedded content is not available in your region.
That makes for a perfect backdrop to discuss one of the most difficult puzzles to solve with the current, limited offseason information we have: How will the Green Bay Packers wide receiver room play out?
The Packers offense finished the season on a strong note and the general consensus has seen enough of Jordan Love to push him up the league-wide quarterback rankings.
We should want a piece of this offense. But a unique “problem” makes that a trickier endeavor than you’d think.
Green Bay has drafted four wide receivers in the last two drafts combined and, to varying degrees, they’re all good players who should command playing time and volume. However, there’s just no way four wide receivers on the same team can all hit a statistical ceiling. Even if Love pushes for a historic passing season, someone here will get left out in the cold and the Packers aren’t going to run an offense with four wide receivers on the field very often.
With that in mind, let’s review the information we have available and attempt to take-shop this room. As is always the case with these situations, relevant data, intra-positional role designation and how good these players are at the game should be tools to solve the puzzle.
Let’s talk about Jayden Reed, the second-year wide receiver for the Packers, who led the team with 912 yards from scrimmage and 10 total touchdowns. If we were to conduct a poll, a significant majority would likely predict that Reed will be the Packers’ top wide receiver this season. This prediction is not unfounded, especially if we consider fantasy football ADP as a “wisdom of the crowd” tool….
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy-football-take-shopping-how-to-break-down-the-packers-wr-puzzle-185135224.html
Author : Yahoo Sports
Publish date : 2024-06-05 18:51:35
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
