Green Bay Packers Held Back by 3rd-Down Woes

December 25, 2015   ·   Michelle Bruton   ·   Jump to comments

Take away all the variables an NFL team can have and offensive success boils down to essentially one thing: converting on third downs.
And given the Green Bay Packers' lack of success in that very area this season, it's not hard to understand why the offense has been sluggish and lacked productiveness.
The Packers have a third-down conversion percentage of 35.8 in 2015, per TeamRankings.com, the 24th-worst record in the league.
That's down from a healthy 46.67 percent in 2014, which was good for No. 3 in the league. 
Sure, a great quarterback, top receivers, a hard-nosed running back and a tight end who can create mismatches are all factors that separate great teams from poor ones.
But if you have some or all of those things and still can't maintain possession of the ball long enough to get into the red zone, ultimately it's difficult to put up more points than your opponent. 
The Packers have a great quarterback, decent receivers, an incons...

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