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The Packers http://www.greenbaypackersteamonline.com/blake-martinez-jersey , coming off their most complete game of the season, venture to the historically unfriendly confines of CenturyLink Field hoping to remain in the playoff hunt before a pivotal divisional matchup at Minnesota.One thing going for Green Bay is that Thursday football has been friendly to them.Under Mike McCarthy since 2006, the Packers have been fairly dominant in Thursday games. Heading into this week’s game against Seattle, the first and only Thursday night game of the Packers’ 2018 season, Green Bay owns a 10-4 record in all Thursday games with McCarthy in charge. Green Bay has won its past three contests, including a 35-14 home victory over the Chicago Bears last season in which Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns. On a Thursday outing coming off a short week, the Packers have been even better, posting an 8-2 mark since 2006. But their opponent hasn’t been a slouch either. With Pete Carroll as head coach since 2010, the Seahawks are 7-1 in Thursday football. In fact, they have won their last six games, last losing all the way back in 2012. While Seattle’s superiority in the NFC has waned since the middle years of Carroll’s leadership, the Seahawks (4-5) still represent a tall task this week with a much stronger showing as of late since beginning the season 0-2.Still, the Packers have been excellently prepared on an abbreviated weekly schedule overall with a 19-8 mark in McCarthy’s tenure. That not only includes those weeks in which the Packers have had Thursday night games after a Sunday contest, but those in which the Packers have competed Monday night before rolling into a regularly-scheduled Sunday game. Shortened weeks due to holidays also apply in this tally. Green Bay’s 5-1 record in these games over the past three seasons is favorable (they lost a Sunday game after a Monday game this season against the Los Angeles Rams, but had their bye week in between).Fresh off a thrashing of the Miami Dolphins Womens Tramon Williams Jersey , the Packers enter Thursday night action with some momentum and will look to put behind recent struggles in Seattle. Green Bay has lost its last three road games against the Seahawks, including the demoralizing postseason loss of 2015. Its last evening game in Seattle in 2012 will always be remembered for the controversy surrounding it, but the Packers have an opportunity to remember this one as a launching pad in the 2018 season. After all, they have won the last three games at home in the series.Thursday night has carried favorable results for both Green Bay and Seattle in their current coaching regimes. And this year’s clash will be one with playoff implications for both squads.Packers WR Geronimo Allison should break out in 2018, but not as a red zone target One of the quiet keys to the Green Bay Packers’ offense in 2018 will be the play of wide receiver Geronimo Allison. Tabbed as the de facto third wide receiver behind Davante Adams and Randall Cobb, Allison will take Jordy Nelson’s place in three-wide sets and, barring injury, he should set career highs in receiving stats.Indeed, former NFL defensive end Stephen White sees this year, Allison’s third in the NFL, as a potential breakout season for the former Illinois wideout. However, White points to red zone usage as a primary reason why, something that does not particularly jibe with either his athletic skill set or his usage in the Packers’ offense in the past. Here are a few of White’s comments:This is an interesting idea regarding back-shoulder throws. For Aaron Rodgers, these throws are hardly 50-50, particularly when he is throwing to receivers with whom he has good chemistry. Indeed Womens Jimmy Graham Jersey , back-shoulder sideline throws to Adams or Nelson over the past few years have been practically indefensible due to Rodgers’ pinpoint accuracy and those two receivers’ route-running and body control.While Allison does appear to be due for an uptick in target share on these types of plays, they do not rely heavily on size and leaping ability to out-jump or box out a defender. Instead, those qualities come into play much more on deep vertical throws or goal-line fades — the latter of which might as well be taken out of the playbook with Rodgers under center due to his athleticism and ability to create throwing lanes with his legs.However, White projects Allison to improve on his touchdown numbers due to his size:Indeed, Allison should be in for a bigger year, but improvement from him would likely come from more targets overall, particularly more vertical targets, and hopefully an improvement on his sub-60% catch rate (his hands were one quality that White accurately notes provide an area for improvement). But it will not and should not happen as a result of throwing more goal-line fades in his direction.So far, we have a small sample size, and it is true that both of Allison’s two career touchdowns (both from 2016) came on shorter throws (four and ten yards, respectively). However, both are perfect examples of Rodgers’ athleticism providing an open throwing lane rather than Allison using his size.On the four-yard score against the Falcons, Rodgers steps up into the pocket and scrambles to the right as Allison comes open. On the ten-yarder, Rodgers retreats in the pocket under pressure and evades multiple pass rushers, buying time for his receivers to work their way open before slinging the ball to a diving Allison for the score.Was his size a factor on either of these plays? Not really. Instead Authentic Randall Cobb Jersey , his awareness of spacing in the end zone and ability to separate from coverage when the play breaks down led to the scores.Furthermore, the Packers have three targets who would be better targets for jump-ball throws than Allison anyhow. Davante Adams forfeits two inches in height to Allison, but he makes up for it with elite leaping ability (39.5-inch vertical at the Combine compared to Allison’s 33). Then there are new Packers tight ends Jimmy Graham and Marcedes Lewis (who each stand 6-foot-6 and recorded Combine verticals of 37 inches or more). Oh, and the Packers’ three rookie wide receivers are all comparable or better jump-ball targets as well. J’Mon Moore has a 38-inch vertical and gives up only a half-inch in height, Marquez Valdes-Scantling is 6-foot-4 with a nearly 80-inch wingspan, and Equanimeous St. Brown is just under 6-foot-5 and would likely have tested better in the vertical.Don’t misunderstand — Allison is going to be the team’s WR3 this year, and he should see a big uptick in all of his counting stats. He will almost certainly catch a handful of touchdowns and probably will post more receptions, yards, and touchdowns in 2018 than in his first two years combined. And White does compliment Allison’s route-running as one of his better qualities. However, the reason he should do so will be based on the intangibles — route-running, improved hands, and his chemistry with Rodgers — rather than because his size theoretically distinguishes him as a jump-ball target.
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