Next Gen Stats Slow WRs behind Packers woes

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With 's presence glaringly absent downfield and outside the numbers, the ' speed-challenged wide receiver corps has come under fire this season.The scrutiny has increased during Green Bay's three-game losing streak in which the offense has disappeared for quarters at a time.The Derek Holland Jersey  among 32 teams in average 40-yard dash time for the top three receivers and No. 1 tight end, per ESPN.com's Rob Demovsky.Next Gen Stats bear that out as well. Green Bay didn't have a single wide receiver record a top-50 speed as a ball carrier in Week 10. ' top speed of 14.54 mph was 46th among tight ends.That's especially telling considering (1,634 yards) and (1,599 yards) finished first and second in total distance covered from scrimmage last week.As coach Mike McCarthy recently a serted, however, this is not a one-position  Orlando Cepeda Jersey i sue. has gone from the only NFL back to exceed 100 yards from scrimmage in each of the final nine games a year ago to an this season.Armed with the uncanny ability to throw with accuracy from different angles and different bases, has lapsed into the bad habit of failing to set his feet even when he has plenty of time to do so. His ball placement has suffered in the proce s.Whether it's a distrust of his receivers, his pa s protection or a combination thereof, Rodgers' completion percentage and pa ser rating versus the blitz has plummeted from 63.0 and 106.1 in the first six games to 45.2 and 64.6, respectively, in the last three.Rodgers isn't without blame, but he's getting precious little help from his surrounding talent without contributions from ers Nelson and Lacy.Here's what else we learned from Next Gen Stats in Week 10:The contrast in weapons for Rodgers and is stark. Whereas the ' receivers struggle to separate from coverage, wideouts and finished first and second in maximum speed, hitting 22.30  Sam Selman Jersey and 21.76 mph, respectively, with the ball in their hands. E sentially an alien in football pads, the 6-foot-4 Bryant generated three of the eight fastest speeds by a ball carrier in Week 10. In addition to combining for 317 yards and three touchdowns, the dynamic duo drew an astounding 141 yards in pa s interference penalties versus an overmatched secondary.With due to reach free agency as a 30-year-old tailback, rookie is staking his claim to the 2016 starting job in Chicago with 324 yards from scrimmage over the past two weeks. Langford reached 20.66 mph on his 83-yard catch-and-run, the fastest speed recorded by a ball carrier this season.In response to a dreadful September, Chip Kelly has changed his offense  Enderson Franco Jersey in Philadelphia to suit the skill set of and emphasize his tight-end duo of and at the expense of his more pedestrian wide receiver corps. For the second straight week, the emphasized "12" personnel (two-tight end sets). Kelly was rewarded with 202 combined receiving yards from Ertz and Celek.The undefeated aren't about to veer from own run-dominant philosophy, but they are making a subtle change to their come-and-go aerial attack. Rookie ' role is steadily growing, providing with a bigger strike zone down the field. After hauling in three pa ses for a season-high 71 yards and a touchdown in Week 9, Funche s didn't rank fourth among receivers in playing time for the first time in Week 10. In fact, Funche s has taken over as the receiver of choice in jumbo packages, playing 12 of the 13 snaps with just one wideout on the field.The injuries to and have resulted in a material change to the ' offensive game plan. New England ran just 21 of 68 plays with three receivers, veering from its Brandon Crawford Jersey  spread attack of the season's first half. After Edelman's first quarter injury, the ran just four of 26 plays in "11" personnel (three wide receivers) during the second and third quarters. It wasn't until was forced into hurry-up, comeback mode that Bill Belichick finally turned to alongside and . While the sure-handed Amendola is a fine fill-in for Edelman, the drop-off from Amendola to Dobson or as the third receiver will limit Brady's options.