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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 10th article in the series, where we’re looking at the High Red Zone (plays between the 11-20 yard line).
We finished up our down & distance sections in our previous post, so now we’re truly starting to wind down this series. We’re breaking up the Red Zone into two (maybe three) sections, and we’re focusing on the High Red Zone today.
The Packers averaged 5.4 plays per game in the High Red Zone in 2025, tied with the Chargers & Ravens for 4th-most in the league. From a Success Rate standpoint, they find themselves below average. Their 42.4% Success Rate was 19th in the league in 2025, and that was roughly the same no matter if they were passing (43.1%) or running (41.5%). Their pass rate in this area of the field, 55.4%, was 20th in the league, so they could have afforded to lean into the passing game a bit more (although it’s worth noting that the best team in Success Rate was the Commanders, who had a Success Rate of 50% and a pass rate of 48.4%).
While the Success Rate wasn’t great, the Packers did well in Explosive Rate and TD Rate. They had an Explosive Play Rate of 11.5% (4th) and a TD Rate of 15.4% (3rd). So they weren’t a hyper efficient offense in this area of the field, but they did well in terms of scoring and picking up some chunk plays.
We’ve got 6 plays in this section, so let’s dig in.
The Packers only ran this concept once this past season, but it was one of my favorite calls of the year. We had seen this concept generate explosives across the league over the past few years and it worked to perfection here. The outside receiver runs a post to run off the boundary defender, the #2 receiver runs a hitch that works as a natural rub, and the #3 jab-steps before looping under #2 and releasing vertically up the sideline. Beautiful concept and Love finishes this one off with a great throw to Jayden Reed.
This has been a high red zone staple around the league since it first came on the scene (it is said to find its origins with former Packers head coach Lindy Infante, though he never took credit for it himself). It’s a high-low read on the outside, with the #1 receiver running a quick hitch (or in-cutting route) and the #2 receiver running a corner route over the top. The idea is to put the boundary defender in a bind. If that defender stays with the hitch, there’s room to throw the corner. If the defender bails for the corner, throw the...
