Super Bowl XLV Betting: Analyzing the Green Bay Packers Offense

Remarkable Rodgers: Without a shadow of a doubt, Rodgers has proven that he is one of the top quarterbacks in the game, and it was a joke that there were 23 teams that passed on him in the first round of the NFL Draft. The most impressive thing that we must remember is that this was a man that probably had his worst statistical season since he has taken over for the legendary QB Brett Favre. He threw for over 4,000 yards in his first two seasons as a starter, and he failed to reach that mark this year. Rodgers only threw for 3,922 yards and 28 scores against 11 picks in the regular season, though he did prove his mobility by posting a career high 356 yards on the ground with four more TDs.

Receivers Have Field Day in Playoffs: Rodgers guided an offense that ranked No. 9 in the league with 358.1 yards per game, of which he was responsible for 257.8 of those yards as a passer. He also had a tremendous crop of receivers to work with as well on the campaign. Even though TE Jermichael Finley, whom many thought was going to be one of the best tight ends in the league this year, has been out of the fold since Week 5, the rest of the receivers really stepped up and shined brightly. WR Greg Jennings is a Pro Bowler for the first time in his career, as he accounted for 1,265 yards on 76 receptions with 12 TDs. He only had one catch in the opening round game in the playoffs against the Philadelphia Eagles, but he has since had back to back eight catch games and has exceeded the 100+ yard mark in both outings. WR James Jones and WR Jordy Nelson both really emerged as go to receivers as well, as the two combined for 91 catches and over 1,250 yards as well this season. WR Donald Driver is clearly at the tail end of his career, and he only ended up putting up 51 catches for 565 yards and four scores.

All four men have really shined brightly in the postseason, especially in that game against the Atlanta Falcons. Rodgers went 31-of-36 for 366 yards and three TDs through the air on that day, and all four of these receivers had at least 75 yards to show for their work.

Starks Stealing the Show: We can’t forget about the fact that RB Ryan Grant has essentially been out for the entire season after suffering an ankle injury in Week 1. RB Brandon Jackson and RB John Kuhn really didn’t cut it trying to replace the 1,000 yard back, but all of a sudden, this rookie out of Buffalo, RB James Starks, has been tremendous. We know that Starks is only averaging a shade over 3.7 yards per carry in these playoffs and that he only has one score, but he is leading all rushers in the postseason with 263 yards, and he has really put some fear in opponents about this ground game, something that really didn’t exist all season long.