To say we did not see this one coming would be an understatement. That’s right. The guy considered the worst receiver in the entire NFL by many, Davante Adams, has won NFC offensive player of the week honors for his performance against the Chicago Bears.
Adams had 13 catches for 132 yards and two scores last Thursday.
That catch total was the second-highest single game total in Green Bay Packers’ history. Dropvante trails only the great Don Hutson and his 14 catches during a game in 1942 in that category.
Those totals also represented a huge jump in production for Dropvante. His previous season high in catches was five and over his career he’s averaged just three catches per game. His previous season high in yardage was 85 and his career average is just 36.5 yards per game.
The question now is what to expect from Dropvante moving forward? Will this be the norm or will the historical averages win out?
We would bet on the latter.
If you recall last year, you’ll remember when tight end Richard Rodgers turned in that huge game at Detroit. Many assumed that was his coming-out party, but Rodgers just went right back to being a completely mediocre player immediately thereafter and has remained so since.
Congrats to Adams. There were several receivers open in that game contrary to what Sims indicated. A. Rodgers took the best options Adams, Ty and Cobb. It was also consistent with lets get the rhythm passing game going. Get the ball out on rhythm and for last week Adams was open early and often. This week we will see, but I don’t think Adams will be open early and as often as last week. It will be good if another Packer receiver or QB is offensive player of the week and I don’t care who it is. Adams included.
Simms and Nants are 2 of the most boring vanilla commentators i have ever listened to. They’ll tell you if a pass is completed, not completed, how long a run play is, if the team gained a 1st down. Then they might tell you no one is open, then repeat it about 20 times. But that’s it.
No explaining how a play developed, how it didn’t, why it did or didn’t. Just surface info we can see for ourselves. Not sure how they keep their jobs.
Adams is good for one game a year.
Hands of stone are hands of stone.
Rodgers has always said, and i believe him. That he’ll always look for the guy with the hot hand. That has proven to be true over the years, whether it was Jennings, Driver, Nelson, Cobb, Jones, Finley, Adams, whoever.
I’m with Howard, i don’t care who it is, just as long as it’s someone. Personally, i would like to see that someone being Nelson. I’m more than a little concerned about him, plus i’m hoping that Cook can come back soon. Maybe fat Mike can even work him into the game plan for a change.
Against the Falcons pass defense, there should be plenty of opportunities.
Some of the writers and many of the commenters of this site amaze me. in that they are such 6th &7th wide receiver fanboys (Jared Abbrederis/Jeff Janis), and at the same time Davante Adams haters. He had an injury filled year in 2015. When he was forced into a more prominent role, because of Jordy Nelson’s injury. Many of the haters point to his lack of production in 2015 but neglect to consider his injury that season as a major cause of it. I think he is the most talented receiver the Packers have. Abbrederis is gone and Janis will probably never be more than he is now. Maybe I’m wrong. Let’s see moving forward who’s right and who’s wrong.