Jordan Love and company put on an air show.
One worthy of being shown at the EAA air venture show.
Love threw for 372 yards and 3 touchdowns along with a rushing touchdown of his own.
An MVP performance for a QB, who is heating up.
But this performance wouldn’t be possible without some help.
Let’s give credit where credit is due, the offensive line gave Love time to make these plays.
Granted Love did take 3 sacks, but the offensive line is really starting to gel.
Through the injuries they’ve had, the object right now is for the offensive line to do enough.
They don’t need to be perfect.
But the most credit goes to the two receivers who have set the NFL on fire.
The Watson-Golden Duo
Coming into the season, we wern’t quite sure how much this duo was going to perform.
We knew both Christian Watson and Matthew Golden had all the potential in the world.
But we didn’t know that this was going to be the end result.
Watson and Golden were the stars of the Packers offense air show against the Patriots.
Both had touchdowns in the game.
But furthermore, both had over 150 yards receiving.
Watson had 7 catches for 171 yards.
Not to be outdone Golden had 10 catches for 164 yards.
To put this in perspective, this is the first time since 1942 the Packers had two receivers record 150 + yards and a touchdown.
The last duo to do this?
Don Hudson and Andy Uram.
A huge achievement for both Watson and Golden.
This is a nightmare for defense, not only you have to take away one weapon, you have another one to worry about.
It has been a long time since the Packers have had more than 1 deep threat.
In Golden and Watson , they have a duo who can stretch the field and make the secondary respect the deep routes.
Conclusion
The Packers offense is for real, if you haven’t figured it out yet.
Jordan Love is having an MVP type season, and Sundays game against the Patriots showed that.
Love leads the league in passing yards with 2,246 yards and has 16 touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Watson and Golden are having the best seasons of their careers so far.
Watson is 121 yards away from his first 1,000 yard season.
Meanwhile Golden is right behind Watson in receiving yards with 783 yards this season.
The last time the Packers had 2 1,000 yard receivers was 2014, when wide receivers Jordy Nelson (1,519 yards) and Randall Cobb (1,287 yards).
While the Packers running game is trying to get back on track, the Packers offense seemingly has an identity.
They are a big chunk, passing offense that puts on an air show whenever they please.
Scary for defenses, but if the Packers keep this up, defensive coordinators will have late nights thinking about the Packers offense.
