Packers’ third-down execution highlighted Joe Philbin’s first game of playcalling

Dec 12 2018 by Acme Packing Company

 

For just the second time all season, the Packers converted third downs above a 50% clip without drastic changes to the offense.

Prior to Sunday’s game against Atlanta, the Green Bay Packers had tallied just a single game with a third-down conversion rate above 50% during the 2018 campaign. With Joe Philbin leading the team out of the tunnel for the first time as interim head coach, the Packers quickly doubled that total.

Green Bay’s last game with such a feat was week four against...

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