The offense didn’t stay completely static, either. It just didn’t change as much compared to a year ago.
“There’s not a whole lot we wanted to change,” Rodgers said of what produced the league’s No. 1 scoring offense last season. “I think we might want to refine some things that we did last year and kick some plays out that really didn’t fit what we were doing. Added a few things, some wrinkles. Matt does a great job of communicating those things.”
He added there are ideas he’ll suggest, and others he’d prefer to veto, in those meetings with LaFleur, Hackett and Getsy, and there’s plenty of disagreement. But everybody hashes it out to reach a decision on whether to include something, or not.
“We kind of throw our ego and sensitivity out the window when we get in that room,” Rodgers said. “Whatever comes out is in the best interest of the team. I enjoy those conversations.
“I enjoy being proven wrong. I really do. I’m headstrong, but when I come in there and he goes, ‘This is this and I’ll show you why, and look at this clip here.’ I go, ‘Yeah, … that’s good. Let’s do that.'”
Whatever the process, confidence is high the Packers’ offense has another strong season in store. It won’t be easy to rank as the top-scoring offense with the best red-zone and second-best third-down efficiencies in the league again, but the challenge of facing a new defense in practice every day just might help the unit get there.
“It’s a great defense to go against every single day. It’s going to make us only better on offense,” Lazard said.
“I think we are setting a pretty high standard for what we can achieve this year.”
