Unveiling the Packers 2025 Callsheet: What Secrets Lie Ahead?

That idea of “how much offense” is one that I kept in mind while creating this. It was the guiding principle, I guess. So, before we get out of here, I’ll give a quick rundown of what we’re looking at in terms of the number of plays by Down & Distance:

That’s our base. We’re taking 50 plays by down & distance and 11 for the Red Zone. We’ll add in some special plays into different sections (like Explosives and Play Action), but this is what we’re shooting for. So, in the next article, we’ll be building out the 22 plays needed in our 1st & 10 section.

One final note: This is, of course, the bare minimum. We have no overage built in. Billick mentions the need for an overage, as you’re not going to carry 61 plays into a game and assume that’s all you need, or that all of them will work exactly as planned. Billick recommends an overage of 25%-30%; too much more than that means you’re spreading your practice time too thin. If we keep that overage in mind, that would give us roughly 80 plays. The main reason I’m not doing that in this exercise is that I’m not actually giving the full playcalls. We’re talking about this through the lens of concepts, not in-depth playcalls. If we were building out the full playcall – Snug RT 3 Jet Y Flag Bow and all that – we could pretty easily get to 80 plays.

So there you have it. The idea behind this, the guiding principals and the numbers we’re tracking to. This is gonna be fun.

Albums listened to: Charli xcx – Wuthering Heights; Skullcrusher – And Your Song is Like a Circle; Hotline TNT – Raspberry Moon; Lizzy McAlpine – Older (and Wiser); U2 – Days of Ash; The Joy Formidable – The Big Roar