First and foremost I live in Packer country so I'm very familiar with their team, Green Bay's offense should be better in 2016, but the Jags defense matches up well with this offense.  Green Bay won't be able to run the ball against our front 7, the Packers offense should be one dimensional which bodes well for our pass rush, that's big considering their o- line (especially the LT position) is average/below average. I don't see Jordy Nelson having a big day against our secondary for a couple of reasons, he's a 31 year old receiver coming off an ACL tear, and a guy like Davon House(s) skill-set matches up perfectly with a receiver like Jordy Nelson. Davon excels against bigger "less twitchy" receivers, it wouldn't surprise me if Jordy put up a mediocre 4 catch 40-50 yard stat line. 

 

The key to this game on the Packers offensive side of the ball is Randall Cobb/Jeff Janis/and newly acquired Jared Cook, Cobb runs the majority of his routes out of the slot, but because the Jags feature 3 solid CB's, I expect Cobb to run some of his routes out of the backfield. Green Bay does this quite a bit against defenses that feature strong secondaries, it's a creative way to get him matched up with a linebacker. That's where Myles Jack comes into play, he has the coverage skills and speed to erase Cobb from this game if they decide to put him in backfield.

 

The Jaguars offense should have plenty success against the Packers defense, especially if the Jags go with a run heavy approach. The Packers had a hard time stopping the run last year, and I expect that to continue this year as they did little in the offseason to address it. The Packers (like most teams) struggle to contain athletic TE's, Julius Thomas should have a field day against their linebackers and safeties. The Packers do have a trio of solid CB's in Sam Shields/Quinten Rollins/Damarious Randall, but they have no one that can match up with the size and athleticism of Allen Robinson.

 

If the Jags can neutralize Clay Matthews and Julius Peppers (these are the only guys on this defense to "worry about"), there's no reason why the Jags can't put up 30-40 points on this Packers defense. The Packers play a ton of man coverage but simply don't have the horses (on the back end) to contain the Jags offensive skill players, I expect big games from Blake Bortles, Allen Robinson, Julius Thomas, and both TJ Yeldon/Chris Ivory. This a bad matchup for Green Bay, I think too many of you are overrating their offense while underrating the "problems" our offense can present to an average defense like Green Bay. 

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