The NFC North, man.
Over the last month, things were looking awfully rosy for the Green Bay Packers. They were collecting some impressive wins as their offense quietly improved. While the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings were getting all (fine, most) of the division's attention, the Packers were methodically putting together a run that made people start believing in them as legit NFC contenders.
Then the Packers ran into a division opponent. After their Week 17 loss in Minnesota, all the doubt and confusion about how good the Packers really are has returned, just in time for the playoffs. Terrific!
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And obviously if the Packers are going to, you know, eventually beat either the Lions or the Vikings, their offense is going to need to figure out something new. Fortunately, Dan Orlovsky has the answer.
Dan Orlovsky has a plan to make the Packers' offense way more dynamic
In a segment about the Packers-Vikings game from NFL Live this week, Orlovsky gave some insightful suggestions on how Green Bay's offense can throw a curveball or two at Minnesota or Detroit (or both) this postseason.
"I think there was another moment where Jordan Love's lack of willingness to be a scrambler showed up," Orlovsky said. "Minnesota played two-man, two-deep safety, man underneath, so consistently. One of the things you want to do as a quarterback that you want to do against that stuff is take off, because no one accounts for you. Pay attention to that on the backend of obviously Week 18, but in the playoffs, more teams in those pass-down situations, playing that two-man coverage. And if Jordan Love really wants to hurt it, he's going to have to say, 'I'll take off and run.'"
It's a good piece of analysis, even if Packers fans have kinda been banging this drum for a while now. Love hasn't scrambled nearly as much as Green Bay fans want him to this year, and it's been a part of his game that can really unlock a speed in the Packers offense that we haven't seen much this season.
Maybe this is just Love and Matt LaFleur waiting until the playoffs to throw something new at teams that have already seen them more than once this season. That's the optimistic angle, at least. But if you're reading this, Jordan Love, it's okay to scramble! Stretch those legs a little! Some cardio never hurt anyone.