Over the past couple of weeks, teams have really limited the Green Bay Packers’ ability to push the ball downfield. After games, Packers head coach Matt LaFleur repeatedly has stated that deep zone coverage schemes are the reason why quarterback Jordan Love consistently takes checkdowns on multi-level passing concepts and why the team calls so many quick-game passes. That’s why Love has a great 70.8 percent completion percentage right now, including a high of 78.4 percent against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

But here’s the problem: To make these shorter passes work, you have to get yards after the catch to avoid playing a bunch of third or fourth downs. The Packers failed at that on Sunday, when they faced 16 (!) third and fourth downs against the Carolina Panthers on just seven possessions.

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