What You Might've Missed: Different tandems with tight ends

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GREEN BAY – Head Coach Matt LaFleur uses tight ends liberally in his offense, and they regularly work in tandem with the players lined up next to them.


Sometimes the neighbor is another tight end, or it's often an offensive tackle. The tight ends working in concert with whoever that partner may be is a key element to the offensive scheme as a whole, and particularly the running game.


San Francisco may have been missing some of its top pass rushers, but its defense came into this game ranked 10th in the league against the run, yet the Packers were plenty productive. The different tandems employed at San Francisco and their high level of execution got the offense rolling early, and kept it going, throughout the Thursday night victory over the 49ers.


Here's an extensive sampling.


Play No. 1: Second-and-5 from the Green Bay 30, first quarter, 14:30 left


Result: 11-yard run by RB Aaron Jones