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The Importance of Tight Ends to the Packers

by on Oct.15, 2009, under Commentary

Whoa Nellie! Keith Jackson

Whoa Nellie! Keith Jackson

How important has the tight end position been to the success for the Green Bay Packers?

This article takes a look back a on the role of the tight end has been to Packer offenses over the last twenty years.

My perception going into this is the Packers have always been at their best when the tight ends play a major role. The results changed my opinion, but is it in a good way?

We are going to look at three different sets of numbers.

The first is “% of the offense”, this takes the total reception yards by the TEs and is divided by total yards (rushing and receiving) by the Offense for that year.

The second set of numbers is “% of receptions” which is how many catches by the TEs divided by total receptions by the team.

The third set of numbers is “% of TDs” which takes the total number TEs touchdowns divided by total offense touchdowns.

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