Aaron Rodgers, The Packers offense could look different after the start – NFL Nation

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – Aaron Rodgers could look a little different when he comes back from next week after the Green Bay Packers leave.

If all goes well, the quarterback will play his next match without the restrictive corset he has worn on his injured left knee.

Rodgers said he had discussed it with the team's doctor, Dr. Pat McKenzie, right after last night's 33-30 win of Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers.

"Yeah, I just told Doc, I'd love to take off the hug after the start," Rodgers said after the game. "But we will see how I react tomorrow and this week and next week to probably have a new image, but it would be nice to feel good next Wednesday."

What could it mean for a Packers offense that has already relied heavily on his poor quarterback in the first six games?

"Well, I think that's just saying the obvious: If you're [not] Wearing a corset is really, it gives you more freedom, said Packers coach Mike McCarthy on Tuesday. All decisions are medical, we will take care of them. We are just going to see where he is. I'm sure he's looking forward to removing this splint. "

Given what the Packers (3-2-1) will face after this week's bye – four out of five on the road from the Rams and Patriots to the Seahawks and Minnesota after a home game against Miami – any improvement to the knee and Rodgers general health would be welcome.

Monday night's game was Rodgers' fifth in a row with at least 40 passing attempts; He completed 25 of his 46 passes for a total of 425 yards with two touchdowns and a 100.4 pass rating. He is now missing two matches to equal the record of a season with more than 40 consecutive pass attempts, held by Drew Bledsoe in 1995, according to ESPN Stats & Information.

Prior to this five-game series, Rodgers had never attempted as many passes in more than three straight games.

To be sure, the slow beginnings of the Packers put Rodgers in a mandatory shooting situation. It's not quite new, but this season has taken another level. Since 2015, the Packers' point differential is under-91, which ranks 20th in the NFL, but their fourth-quarter differential is over-105, the league's best in this segment.

The pass percentage at the Packers is at its highest level since Rodgers became a starter in 2008. After six games, the Packers' withdrawal percentage is 71.4. This is compared to their mark of 63.4% from 2008 to 2017. The Packers fallback rate has exceeded 66% only once; it was in 2016 at 69.1%. As a result, the Packers ranks fourth for passing yards, but in 17th place for rushing yards per game.

"I think we'd like, if we had 70 games in a game, just hypothetically – I do not know who the opponent is or exactly who we're lined up – but hypothetically, you'd like to run the ball 30 times and throw it 40 times as a starting point, "McCarthy said.

"Look inside that too, how many of them are takeover bids? How many of them are where will the bullet go out? That's why I think it's is important to stay in sync with your own statistics because it's something you do every week do we give our guys the opportunity to get out of the ball while the game action and the race to Are foot resemble each other? I thought we had definitely accomplished this clearly. [Monday] night more than we have all year. I had the impression of going through the list of calls throughout the game. The ability to move Aaron freely – we called more underpants [rollout plays] last night we called all year. I think it's more the vision of how we would like to play. "

Rodgers says every year that it takes the first part of the season to establish an attacking identity. So far, this year's identity seems to be the subject of premature struggles, followed by success in the no huddle / two-minute style offensive.

If this is the case, why not use it more often?

Rodgers and receiver Davante Adams was particularly productive in this niche against the 49ers. Adams captured four of his 10 passes for 81 of his 132 yards and one of his two touchdowns in the last two rounds of the game. Adams is third in the NFL in number of catches (47) and first in touchdowns (six). Rodgers also had a tough 21-yard drive on the winning record that showed how mobile he was now than when he was first injured against the Bears in the opening game.

Rodgers and McCarthy also have a very different playing structure in these situations. McCarthy offers Rodgers a menu of games to choose from.

"Since 2009, we have spent an exorbitant time every two minutes," McCarthy said. "And I think Aaron and the function of it, I think he's doing an outstanding job with that, and it certainly was the case last night.

"We've already gone through this.There are many more moving parts in it.The identity of your game being run and so on, the action game, so some of the things that we focus on, but there are still components of that No group versus two minutes is not as cluttered as you think, but hopefully we can go further down that path. How's it going. "