After re-watching the Packers game, here are three plays that made me go hmmm, for various reasons. In general, I try to focus on a theme, the less obvious, or things I didn't notice watching live. 

C'mon Man! - Someone, anyone, please explain to me how legislating and penalizing a barely visible twitch from a wide receiver makes the game of football better, safer or "more just?" There's a plethora of things the league could do to make the game better, but this isn't one of them. Let them play the game! Also, the defensive back makes the call for the ref here, who obliges. 

Way Too Safe - I'm not highlighting this play to emphasize the horrendous attempted tackle by Jonathan Owens. You've seen it with your own eyes and you don't need me to point it out. I do want to look at what happens before the tackle attempt and the reasons it plays out that way. First of all, Owens lines up 15 yards off the LOS at the snap - not unusual for a safety. But as the ball is snapped, he drops another 10 yards. Now, if Owens had a couple of receivers bearing down on him, that would be understandable. But he doesn't. He has but one receiver way in front of him to worry about, yet still maintains a 12 yard cushion. Note, this is on a THIRD and 3!!!. Why not close the gap a bit - if it makes you happy, you can still maintain a five yard cushion in case the receiver turns it upfield. If Owens had done that, he could have arrived at the receiver before said receiver had the opportunity to turn and face him straight on in the open field. Owens is a good tackler in the box, but agility in the open field is not a tool in his toolbox. Yes, of course, he got his hands on the receiver so he should be able to make the tackle, but it was a lot more difficult than it had to be. Personally, going low for his legs would have been a better choice, but that could just be hindsight.The dropping so deep when not threatened - that could be what Barry wants, or it could be Owens not being confident in coverage, but whatever it is, it's the main reason the Chargers end up with a touchdown on third and 3.

Faked Out -  In a previous "Three Plays..." I highlighted how poor the Packers were at executing fake handoffs, with the result being opposing players pretty much ignoring the fake and swarming to where they know the ball was actually headed. Well here you have the perfect example of what a good fake handoff does. In fact, I'd call it the primary reason this play works. Sure, they got some great blocking downfield to turn it into a touchdown, but even without that, this would have at least been a big gain because of how the Chargers bought the fake. Look at the Chargers players all with eyes on Aaron Jones as he runs into the line. The fake hold six Chargers looking towards Jones as Reed sprints around them all. The critical one was the OLB #45, who if not totally buying the fake, likely would have had Reed cold in the backfield. Just perfect execution.