Every Packers player to earn elite offense grade from PFF since 2006
Four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers produced five "elite" seasons and six other near elite seasons. Davante Adams, David Bakhtiari and Josh Sitton made up the majority of the rest, and the Packers have a running back coming off an elite season and a right tackle coming off a near elite season.
Here are the highest graded individual seasons by a Packers player on offense since 2006:
Elite seasons (all stats include playoffs)
2024: RB Josh Jacobs (92.3 grade): Jacobs forced 79 missed tackles and had the third-highest receiving grade among all running backs. A true creator as a runner, he gained over 1,110 rushing yards after first contact.
2021: WR Davante Adams (92.1 grade): Adams caught 132 passes and averaged 2.81 yards per route run. He made 14 contested catches and forced 15 missed tackles after the catch.
2020: QB Aaron Rodgers (95.1 grade): One of the best individual seasons of the PFF era by any player. Rodgers threw 53 touchdown passes and only six interceptions while finishing with a passer rating of almost 120.0 and a completion percentage over 70.0.
2020: WR Davante Adams (92.0 grade): Adams caught an NFL-high 20 touchdown passes and led all NFL receivers at 2.75 yards per route run.
2020: LT David Bakhtiari (91.8 grade): Bakhtiari gave up only one sack and nine total pressures over 446 pass-blocking snaps and led all offensive linemen in pass-blocking grade.
2016: QB Aaron Rodgers (91.4 grade): Rodgers threw 49 touchdown passes and only nine interceptions, and his final stretch -- "Run the Table" -- was legendary.
2014: QB Aaron Rodgers (93.3 grade): Rodgers' second-highest graded season and his second MVP season. He threw 42 touchdown passes and only seven interceptions while earning a near elite rushing (or scrambling) grade.
2013: G Josh Sitton (90.7 grade): Sitton allowed only nine total pressures across 719 pass-blocking snaps (including playoffs) and finished as the second-highest graded guard in the NFL in 2013.
2011: QB Aaron Rodgers (92.7 grade): A year after winning the Super Bowl, Rodgers threw an incredible 53 "big time throws" and had only seven "turnover worthy plays" during a sublime MVP season.
2010: QB Aaron Rodgers (91.3 grade): Eventually the Super Bowl MVP, Rodgers produced a career-high 55 "big time throws" during the 2010 season.
2010: G Josh Sitton (90.1 grade): Sitton didn't allow a single sack over 811 pass-blocking snaps and finished as a fifth-highest graded offensive lineman overall in the NFL in 2010.
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