Green Bay Packers: 3 Big takeaways from loss vs. Redskins in Week 3
Catch. The. Football.
It’s a fairly easy concept. Grab the brown, oblong-shaped ball that’s flying in the air with both hands and secure it to your body. The Green Bay Packers failed at this in Week 3 and it may have cost a potential comeback down the stretch.
First, it was Randall Cobb. He had two horrible drops that would have led to first downs. Instead, one ended in a punt, and the other was a turnover on downs. Cobb recorded his first (and eventually his second) one of the year against the Redskins, per ESPN’s Rob Demovsky.
That was Randall Cobb's first drop of the season, according to ESPN Stats 7 Information, which had Cobb with 20 career drops but only one in the past three seasons. https://t.co/pCG23lN5ls
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) September 23, 2018
Then, Cobb had a very costly fumble in the fourth quarter. That negated any chance the Packers had as the looked to mount another historic comeback. Lance Kendricks also had a drop that crushed any momentum that Packers might have had. It was a ball that he should have easily caught.
It was a sloppy day overall for the Packers offense. The drops have always been an issue for the receiving corps, but it was magnified on Sunday because of the timing of the dropped passes.
Aaron Rodgers did everything he could against the Skins. His knee looked a lot worse as the game wore on. Dropping passes hurts even more right now. Rodgers has to pass the ball more instead of scrambling. Keep the ball in your hands, it’s a simple concept.