The NFL landscape changes yearly. The variance spreads from free agent signings, NFL Draft picks, coaching hires and more. Understanding what a team’s offensive scheme could look like and meshing that with relevant nuggets from the previous year helps shape our view of teams and players for the upcoming season.

That’s where this series will come in handy. Discussing pace, red zone usage, deep passing and everything in-between, I’m venturing down the rabbit hole to provide context for all 32 NFL teams and the fantasy football players you’ll select this year.

• Philadelphia Eagles Stats to Know & Top Takeaways
• Dallas Cowboys Stats to Know & Top Takeaways
• New York Giants Stats to Know & Top Takeaways
• Washington Commander Stats to Know & Top Takeaways

*All data utilized in this article courtesy of FantasyPros, PFF, Football Outsiders, Rotoviz and Playerprofiler.com unless otherwise specified.*

Green Bay Packers Fantasy Football Stats to Know:

• Since 2018 with Davante Adams out of the lineup:
  • Allen Lazard (five games)
    • PPR ppg:  9.1 –> 12.2
    • Receiving yards per game: 36.9 → 60.4
• Over the last three seasons, Aaron Rodgers has ranked third, second and second in screen targets.
• Since 2019 Aaron Jones has finished 11th, fifth and third in screen targets and 14th, 23rd and 35th in yards after the catch per reception on screen targets.
• In his final collegiate season, Christian Watson ranked seventh in yards per route run and tenth in yards after the catch per reception on screen targets among all FBS and FCS wide receivers (minimum five screen targets).
• The Green Bay Packers have finished sixth and fifth in red-zone scoring attempts per game over the last two years. After ranking first in red zone touchdown scoring rate in 2020, they dropped to 18th last season.
• Since 2020 the Packers have run the ninth-most neutral script plays while ranking 32nd in neutral pace each season.
• Jones has logged the sixth, fourth and fifth-most snaps out wide among running backs over the last three years.

Green Bay Packers’ Top Fantasy Football Takeaways

The Packers’ offense won’t likely turn into a barn burner type of offense that will set the pace and play volume streets on fire, given Matt LaFleur’s history. That doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy some touchdown regression in 2022. If Rodgers can will this team to consistent red-zone opportunities as he has done over the last two years, there’ll be more touchdowns to go around.

While Jones’ splits without Adams are common knowledge by this point, there are other players on this depth chart that can step up to fill Adams’ void. Jones is the early favorite to do so with his screen game involvement and out-wide usage, which both could see upticks.

Lazard and Watson shouldn’t be slept on either. Lazard’s splits without Adams above are also favorable. The small sample of Lazard’s production over the last four seasons without Adams in the lineup would have equated to the WR34 in fantasy points per game last year (among wideouts with at least eight games played).

During his final collegiate season, Watson proved that he could be a hand-in-glove fit for what the Packers want to do in the screen game. Heavy integration into this part of the offensive game plan can also help ease his transition to the NFL level. Asking a physical freak to catch easy passes and create? Yes, please. Watson has ranked 12th, seventh and 17th in YAC per reception over the last three seasons among all FCS and FBS wide receivers with 50 or more targets.

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