Greg Jennings: NFC Offensive Player Of The Week

by Brandon on Nov 24, 2010 12:39 PM CST in Green Bay Packers News

WR Greg Jennings was named NFC offensive player of the week for his three touchdown game against the Vikings. For some perspective, Jennings had four touchdown receptions total in 2009. He's had more passes thrown his way in recent weeks, and obviously it's been working out very well for him and the team.

It's easy for teams to say they'll take away Jennings with different coverage schemes. But the Packers are very aggressive at moving Jennings around in the formation. They even dusted off the five receiver package they used a lot back in 2007, though I really don't feel the need to see much of WR Brett Swain.

Also, QB Aaron Rodgers is very good at throwing to a spot where a covered receiver can catch it. One example is this touchdown pass to TE Jermichael Finley where the coverage is perfect and they completed the pass anyway. I expect to see big games from Jennings for the rest of the season.

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Jennings 4 TDs in 2009!?

This stat really caught me off guard. I’m going to have to look back and see who was catching all the TDs in 2009. I know AR spreads the ball around, particularly in the red zone, but I would have guessed Jennings had at least twice as many TDs last year.

by Ben T on Nov 24, 2010 1:39 PM CST reply actions

Looked it up

Wow, we got a lot more rushing TDs last year than I remembered. Ryan Grant had 11 TDs, all rushing. AR ran it in 5 times. Total of 20 rushing TDs.

We passed for TDs 30 times, but no receiver had more than 6 (DD). Hell, Spencer Havner had 4 and James Jones had 5!

by Ben T on Nov 24, 2010 1:48 PM CST up reply actions

The leading TD catcher last year was Driver with 6. Finely had like 5 along with Jones, and Jennings had 4 along with Havner, but other than that they were all spread.

by Katsuya89 on Nov 24, 2010 1:49 PM CST up reply actions