Packers Notes; Offense Not Passing Muster; Packers' Air Attack has Been Anemic

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Green Bay The Green Bay Packers are two weeks away from opening the season in Detroit, but their supposedly vaunted passing attack remains jammed in first gear.

Of all the negative statistics stemming from the team's 1-2 exhibition start, one jumps off the page: the Packers' net average in passing is 99 yards.

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Packers Notes; Offense Not Passing Muster; Packers' Air Attack has Been Anemic

Since the Packers adopted the West Coast style of passing game in 1992, their worst net passing average in an exhibition season was 160.8 yards per game in 1995 and their best was 258 in '97. Under coach Mike Sherman, the Packers averaged 235.8 passing yards in the 2000 exhibition season, 196.8 in '01, 210 in '02, 174.2 in ...

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