The Green Bay Packers have just completed one of the most impressive regular seasons in the franchise’s long history.
Matt LaFleur’s team finished 13-3 and secured the No. 1 seed in the conference, the offense scored an NFL-high 509 points and 66 touchdowns, both the second-most in franchise history, and quarterback Aaron Rodgers will likely win his third MVP. price.
Here are all the unforgettable stats from the Packers’ historic 2020 season:
1 More touchdown passes than stairs
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More drives from the Packers ended in Aaron Rodgers touchdown passes (48) than JK Scott kicks (47, including one blocked kick). The Packers became only the fourth team in NFL history to have more touchdown passes than punts in one season. The 47 kicks were the least in one season in team history.
2 More Davante Adams touchdowns than Mason Crosby field goals
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More drives from the Packers ended in Davante Adams touchdown catches (18) than Mason Crosby field goals (16). Amazingly, Adams scored more points overall (108) than Crosby (107), a real rarity for a team with a healthy and capable 16-game kicker. Adams ’18 touchdown catches balanced the team record and are in third place of all time, while Crosby made all 16 of his field goal attempts.
3 Dominance in the red zone
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) celebrates scoring a touchdown with wide receiver Equanimeous St. Brown (19) in the second quarter on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
The Packers scored touchdowns on 48 of the 60 trips to the red zone, or what the team calls the ‘golden zone’. The offense had an 80 percent conversion rate within the 20-yard line, five percentage points better than the second-best team in the NFL (Tennessee Titans, 75.0 percent). According to the team, the Packers’ touchdown percentage in the red zone was the highest in the NFL for the past 40 seasons.
4 All touchdowns
Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay Packers tosses during the second half of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, September 20, 2020 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (AP Photo / Morry Gash)
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers set new team records with 48 touchdown passes and 51 touchdowns in total. His 48 touchdown passes held Dan Marino for fifth place of all time. Rodgers never threw more than four touchdown passes in one game, but he had four touchdown passes in seven different games, the third most in NFL history.
5 Consistent excellence
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According to the team, Aaron Rodgers set new NFL records for games with a passer-by rating of at least 100.0 (14), games with at least three touchdown passes and a passer-by rating of at least 100.0 (12), and games with at least three touchdown passes and zero interceptions (10). The great thing about Rodgers’ season was the consistency of playing at the elite level.
6 30 or more
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The Packers scored 30 or more points in 12 different games. Matt LaFleur’s team actually had as many games with 40 or more points (four) as games with less than 30 (four). Only once were the Packers kept below 20 points.
7 11 different touchdown catchers
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Eleven different players received touchdown passes from Aaron Rodgers in 2020: Davante Adams (18), Robert Tonyan (11), Marquez Valdes-Scantling (6), Allen Lazard (3), Marcedes Lewis (3), Aaron Jones (2), Jamaal Williams (1), Equanimeous St. Brown (1), Malik Taylor (1), Jace Sternberger (1) and Dominique Dafney (1).
8 Leader Completion Percentage
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Quarterback Aaron Rodgers finished as the NFL’s leader in completion rate. He completed 70.7 percent of his passes, just ahead of Drew Brees (70.5) and Deshaun Watson (70.2). Rodgers completed just 62.0 percent of his passes in 2019, and his previous career was 68.3. He finished 10 games with a completion percentage of 70.0 or higher.
9 Tonyan touchdowns
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Robert Tonyan caught just 10 passes in the 2019 season. He caught 11 touchdown passes in 2020, taking most of the NFL’s tight ends and tying the team record.
10 Deep threat
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Marquez Valdes-Scantling had a few early drops, but he also led all qualified NFL players in yards per catch at 20.9. His 33 catches gained 620 meters. He tied for the NFL high with six catches of 40 or more yards, and his six touchdowns averaged 43.7 yards per catch.
11 One and two
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, 12, gives signals on the sidelines during an NFL football game on Sunday, November 22, 2020 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo / Zach Bolinger)
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers now has the two best passer ratings in one season in NFL history. He finished at 121.5 in 2020, just one point below his NFL record of 122.5 in 2011.
12 Jaire Island
Jaire Alexander of Green Bay Packers at an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020 in Green Bay, Wisconsin (Photo AP / Jeffrey Phelps)
A first-time Pro Bowler, cornerback Jaire Alexander allowed only 4.8 yards per attempt to throw in his cover, per Pro Football Focus. He gave up only two touchdown passes, hitting 13 other passes and only one penalty.