The Green Bay Packers already have one of the league's best offenses, when Aaron Rodgers is healthy, anyway. But Mike McCarthy wants to go one step further, and run a lot more plays than his offense has in the past.
Last year the Packers ran 67 plays per game, which ranked 11th in the league. McCarthy wants to push that number up to 75, which would work out to 1,200 plays on the season. That would be more than any other team has run in the last 10 years.
We posted a table on this just last week, showing which offenses have run the most plays over the past 10 years. Denver and New England ranked 1-2 in offensive plays a year ago, while New England and Detroit were tops in 2012. Although they came close, none of those offenses reached 1,200 plays.
Those hoping to select Aaron Rodgers, Eddie Lacy, or Randall Cobb and Jordy Nelson probably don't need any extra encouragement. But the idea of those players being involved in more than 125 additional plays per season, if McCarthy achieves his hurry-up goal, is appealing.
"We play pretty fast, but you always want to play faster," McCarthy says. "With a guy like Aaron, he plays faster than anybody I've ever been around."
Just another reason to be excited about Green Bay's offensive prospects with a healthy Rodgers in 2014.
--Andy Richardson