Packers Waiting for Jordan Love, Christian Watson, Aaron Jones to Erupt
GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Green Bay Packers haven’t had a 300-yard passing game from Jordan Love. That would be OK if the Packers were running the ball effectively, but they’re not doing that, either.
Entering Sunday’s Week 8 home game against the Minnesota Vikings, the Packers haven’t had a 300-yard passing game, 100-yard receiving game or 100-yard rushing game. They are the only team in the NFL without one of those attention-grabbing offensive performances.
Through Week 7, there have been:
- 45 games of 300-plus passing yards by 25 quarterbacks on 25 teams.
- 32 games of 100-plus rushing yards by 21 running backs on 19 teams.
- 73 games of 100-plus receiving yards by 28 receivers on 25 teams.
That’s 150 games of 300/100/100, or almost five per team. The Packers have zero.
Love hasn’t gotten close to 300 passing yards. His high-water mark came in Week 3, when he rallied the Packers past the Saints. Love threw for 259 yards in that game but has fallen short of 200 yards each of the last two weeks.
Romeo Doubs caught nine passes for a career-high 95 yards in Week 4 against Detroit, though a lot of that was third-and-long fluff. The last two weeks, he’s been limited to three receptions for 34 yards. Christian Watson caught three passes for 91 yards against Las Vegas, highlighted by a 77-yarder. His other seven catches this season have gained 66 yards.
Because of a hamstring injury, Aaron Jones doesn’t even have 100 rushing yards this season. AJ Dillon had a season-high 76 yards at Las Vegas. There have been 59 individual performances better than 76 yards this year.
Last year, Jones had five 100-yard rushing games and Watson had three 100-yard receiving games during the final eight weeks.
“Our main guy on our offense is 3-3,” Love said of Jones. “We want to get him the ball as much as we can, because good things happen when he has the ball. In the receiver room, Christian, (Dontayvion) Wicks, those are both guys that can make people miss, and they’ve got that playmaker ability. Samori (Toure), Rome, everybody.
“I’m confident in our receivers and when we get the ball on the perimeter, get the ball in their hands, they’re going to go out there, make those guys miss and make plays.”
The Packers haven’t had an individual 300-yard passing game since Aaron Rodgers torched the Bears for 341 yards on Dec. 12, 2021.
They haven’t had a team game of better than 300 net passing yards (passing yards minus sacks yards) since Rodgers (288 yards) and Love (19) combined for 307 vs. the Vikings on Jan. 2, 2022. That’s a streak of 24 consecutive games, the third-longest active streak in the NFL behind Chicago (30) and Arizona (28).
Overall, here are the team leaders and their league ranking: Love is 22nd with 1,263 passing yards, Dillon is 34th with 255 rushing yards and Doubs is 62nd with 258 receiving yards.
Packers RB Aaron Jones runs into a brick wall at Denver.
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300/100/100
Here is the team-by-team breakdown of games of 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards and 100 receiving yards.
L.A. Rams: 3 passing, 2 rushing, 7 receiving. Total: 12.
Miami: 3 passing, 5 rushing, 4 receiving. Total: 12.
Philadelphia: 2 passing, 2 rushing, 7 receiving. Total: 11.
Buffalo: 2 passing, 1 rushing, 6 receiving. Total: 9.
Detroit: 2 passing, 2 rushing, 4 receiving. Total: 8.
Minnesota: 4 passing, 0 rushing, 4 receiving. Total: 8.
San Francisco: 1 passing, 3 rushing, 3 receiving. Total: 7.
Indianapolis: 2 passing, 2 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 6.
Kansas City: 3 passing, 1 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 6.
L.A. Chargers: 2 passing, 0 rushing, 4 receiving. Total: 6.
Atlanta: 2 passing, 2 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 5.
Chicago: 1 passing, 1 rushing, 3 receiving. Total: 5.
Houston: 2 passing, 0 rushing, 3 receiving. Total: 5.
Jacksonville: 1 passing, 1 rushing, 3 receiving. Total: 5.
New Orleans: 3 passing, 0 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 5.
Carolina: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 3 receiving. Total: 4.
Cleveland: 0 passing, 2 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 4.
Seattle: 2 passing, 1 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 4.
Cincinnati: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 3.
Dallas; 0 passing, 1 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 3.
Denver: 2 passing, 0 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 3.
Tampa Bay: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 2 receiving. Total: 3.
Baltimore: 1 passing, 1 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 2.
Las Vegas: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 2.
N.Y. Jets: 0 passing, 2 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 2.
Tennessee: 0 passing, 1 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 2.
Arizona: 0 passing, 1 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 1.
New England: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 1.
N.Y. Giants: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 1.
Pittsburgh: 0 passing, 0 rushing, 1 receiving. Total: 1.
Washington: 1 passing, 0 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 1.
Green Bay: 0 passing, 0 rushing, 0 receiving. Total: 0.
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