The Green Bay Packers’ offense is sputtering. They have no idea how to handle split-safety looks that take the extra coverage defenders into the deeper portion of the field. So far, head coach Matt LaFleur’s answers this year have been to check down the ball in the passing game and to run the football. Unfortunately, they haven’t been efficient at doing either.

LaFleur believes that 3.5 yards per carry is “effective” enough on offense. That would be the worst season-long mark by any NFL team this season. If he truly believes that, then there literally isn’t an ineffective running game in football. The bar is the floor.

On checkdowns, the point is to get yards after the catch. Tucker Kraft, now out for the year, averaged 43 yards after the catch per game in 2025. The rest of the Packers’

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