Rodgers completed 35 of 61 passes for 333 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's loss to Detroit. He added eight yards on the ground on two carries.
If one were to glance briefly at the box score, they would likely assume that Rodgers had a solid day, topping 300 yards and not turning the ball over. A deeper look, however, shows that the mediocre Lions defense stymied Rodgers for much of the game, keeping the Packers out of the end zone until the fourth quater. It took Rodgers a season-high 61 attempts to reach 333 yards and he was held under 5.5 yards per attempt for the second time in three games. One would have to go back to 2010 to find two games in a single season in which Rodgers was held under 5.5 yards per attempt. Though Rodgers remains an elite fantasy quarterback in large part due to his tremendous 21-to-3 TD/INT ratio, he has not been his usual self thus far this year. He's been held under 300 yards passing in six contest this season and with two or fewer touchdown passes in six games. He had just eight such games of each in 2014.