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If you’re new to this series, we’re reviewing how the Green Bay Packers offense performed in 2025 by situation. We’re doing that by building out a call sheet, which I ran down in my initial post. This is the 12th (and final) article in the series, where we’re looking at the Goal Line. Generally, I look at the Low Red Zone as plays between the opponent’s 1-10 yard line, but I wanted to break it down 1 step further this year and bring in a goal line section. Based on some research, I’ve decided that the goal line package should start at the 3-yard line. So today, we’re building out the goal line section of our callsheet.
Once we get down to this area of the field, you probably won’t be shocked to find that there isn’t a very large sample size. And you would be correct. In 2025, the Packers averaged 1.5 goal line plays per game, tied for 12th in the league. The Rams were at the top of the league with 2.4 plays per game, and the Jets were at the bottom with 0.4 plays per game.
In terms of how they performed in this area, your Green Bay Packers were at the top of the league in both success rate (80%) and TD Rate (68%). On the season, the Packers scored 17 TDs in this area, tied for 3rd in the league. The Rams – with a TD rate of 55% – are at the top with 22 TDs. If the Packers had the same number of plays the Rams did, they would have ended the season with 27 TDs.
Part of that is due to the number of drives: per FTN, the Rams had 18 more drives than the Packers last year (the Rams ranked 19th in drive pace last year, while the Packers ranked 30th). But it’s also how the Packers & Rams performed in the non-goal line red zone. The Rams had a success rate of 58.7% in the low red zone last season (2nd in the league), while the Packers were at 46.8% (16th). If the Packers can pick up the pace a bit and perform a little better in the low red zone in 2026, they’ll be cooking with gas.
We’ve got 2 plays to look at today, but I’m going to throw in an extra for 2 point purposes. And also because I want to. In 2025, the Packers were better passing the ball then running the ball in goal line situations. When passing, they had a success rate of 88.9% and a TD rate of 88.9%. When running, they had a success rate of 65% and a TD rate of 50%. So we’re rolling with 2 passes and 1 run.
This is one of my favorite concepts in this part of the field. The Packers have had great success with it, typically as the pass tag on an RPO....
