Tag: Romeo Doubs

Each week, there seems to be a new Green Bay Packers wide receiver who steps up, and in their upset win over the Dallas Cowboys, it was Romeo Doubs’ turn to get in on the action.

Doubs put together a career day, catching six passes on six targets for 151 yards and a score. This included several explosive plays as well, with a long of 46 yards and another that went for 39 yards.

Good protection from the Packers’ offensive line allowed some of those longer developing routes to take place, with Doubs finding success over the middle and in the soft spots of the Cowboys’ zone coverage.

“It was awesome,” said Jordan Love of Doubs’ performance. “Just how locked in Rome was this whole week. Obviously, showing with the performance he put on. We needed him and he stepped up huge. He was able to put some really good routes on tape and made some huge explosive plays. The last catch he had was awesome.

“Proud of Romeo and the way he’s continued to battle. He probably hasn’t had as many balls come his way as he’s wanted to, but he continues to work and find ways to get better. He made some plays tonight.”

The Packers went 16 weeks without a pass catcher eclipsing the 100-yard mark but have now done so in three straight games by three different receivers. Bo Melton did it first against the Minnesota Vikings and Jayden Reed the week after against the Chicago Bears.

This goes to show one of the strengths of this Packers offense. While there may not be a true No. 1 target, there are six legitimate receivers that opposing defenses have to worry about on any given play, not to mention Tucker Kraft and Luke Musgrave at tight end.

Instead of being able to key in on one or even two players, defenses have to defend the entire field because the ball could literally go anywhere. Jordan Love has no biases–the ball goes where the read and defense dictate, and that’s it. Having this element then creates more spacing as well as opportunities in the passing game.

“Defenses have to pick and choose,” said Matt LaFleur post game. “If you cover one guy then it opens up the other guy. I just think the depth that we have, I don’t know if I’ve been around a team that can go with six, seven different guys.”

In addition to Doubs’ performance, Musgrave and Dontayvion Wicks both had touchdown catches and combined for 77 yards, along with eight different players having at least one target.

However, perhaps the best example of just how well-rounded the Packers are at their skill positions is that the offense put up 41 points and looked nearly unstoppable for much of the game and did so with Reed and Christian Watson combining for just one reception for nine yards.

With the emergence of Reed and Wicks over the second half of the season, Doubs’ contributions can fly under the radar. But throughout the entire season, he has provided stability at the receiver position for the Packers.

Doubs has started in all 18 games and has been a safety net, as offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich put it, for Love in crucial situations. Doubs finished the regular season catching 19-of-30 targets on third or fourth down, with 15 of those receptions moving the chains. He was also 6-of-9 with six touchdowns when targeted inside the 10-yard line.

“Rome, he goes about his business,” added LaFleur. “He does a great job, and it’s fun to coach a guy like that. He brings so much to our team.”

This was a Cowboys defense that entered the game ranked first in pressure rate, according to TruMedia, had allowed just 18.5 points per game, and was top 10 in takeaways with an aggressive, ball-hawking secondary. However, watching Doubs’ performance, along with the rest of the offense, you wouldn’t have known that watching Sunday’s game unfold.

“Rome, he was on one tonight,” said LaFleur. “You could see it. He’s got great hands. He’s got an unbelievable mindset. It was really cool to see that come to fruition.”

Green Bay Packers receiver Romeo Doubs produced four catches of 20 or more yards, a career-high 151 receiving yards and the final touchdown of Sunday’s 48-32 win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.

Jordan Love and Doubs connected on a 22-yard completion on the first touchdown drive, a 26-yard completion on 3rd-and-9, a 15-yard completion on the second touchdown drive, a 39-yard completion on the Packers third touchdown drive, a 46-yard completion on the first touchdown drive of the second half and a 3-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

“Rome, he was on one tonight,” coach Matt LaFleur said.

The Packers scored six offensive touchdowns. Doubs had a catch on five of the six scoring drives.

Doubs caught all six of his targets and averaged 25.2 yards per catch. His touchdown put the Packers up 48-16 in the fourth quarter.

Doubs’ 151 receiving yards rank third in team playoff history, behind only Davante Adams (160, 2019) and Jermichael Finley (159, 2009).

His previous season high and career high was 95 yards (Week 4, vs. DET). Dating back to college, Doubs’ 151 receiving yards on Sunday represent his most since producing 159 against Air Force while at Nevada in 2021.

According to Next Gen Stats, Doubs produced 58 yards after the catch, including five or more yards on three of his catches over 20 yards.

Romeo Doubs caught all 6 of his targets for 151 yards & a TD, generating a career-high +60 receiving yards over expected.

Doubs had most of his production come between the numbers, catching all 5 of targets for 112 yards & a TD.#GBvsDAL | #GoPackGo pic.twitter.com/9iPzwDnHgJ

— Next Gen Stats (@NextGenStats) January 15, 2024

Doubs became the third different Packers receiver to produce 100 or more receiving yards in the last three weeks. Bo Melton went over 100 in Week 17 vs. the Minnesota Vikings and Jayden Reed went over 100 in Week 18 vs. the Chicago Bears.

Doubs’ 151 receiving yards is the most by a Packers receiver since Adams produced 206 in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021.

The performance didn’t come as a surprise to the quarterback.

“It was awesome, just how locked in Rome was this whole week,” Love said post-game.

Doubs and the Packers will go to San Francisco to play the 49ers in the NFC Divisional Round next weekend.

Green Bay Packers receiver Romeo Doubs was evaluated at a local hospital after suffering a chest injury during Sunday’s 17-9 win over the Chicago Bears and is now considered day to day as Matt LaFleur’s team enters prep for the wildcard round of the playoffs.

“It seems to be he’s doing better, but he’ll be day to day, I’d say,” LaFleur said Monday.

LaFleur said Doubs was back from the hospital and in the locker room for the post-game celebration.

Doubs was injured on a failed catch attempt on the Packers’ first drive of the game Sunday. He attempted to return to the game but eventually left for good and was later evaluated back in the locker room.

Doubs’ second NFL season finished with 59 catches for 674 yards and eight touchdowns.

Even without Doubs and Christian Watson for most of the contest Sunday, quarterback Jordan Love still completed 27 of 32 passes for 316 yards and two touchdown passes. The Packers gained 432 yards on offense and didn’t punt over seven possessions.

The Packers will go into their playoff showdown with the Dallas Cowboys not knowing the playing status of Doubs or Watson, who are both injured. The team will put out their first injury report on Wednesday.

As the Green Bay Packers deal with injuries at the receiver position and have different players in and out of the lineup, second year wide receiver Romeo Doubs has provided Jordan Love with stability at the position and been a go-to target in key situations.

Over the last month in particular, the Packers have been without Christian Watson for all four games. At various points, they’ve also not had Dontayvion Wicks and Jayden Reed.

However, Doubs has been available in all 16 games up to this point in the season and has played 80 percent of Green Bay’s offensive snaps. Out of all receivers, Doubs ranks 18th in total snaps played this season.

“I think Rome’s been very consistent,” said Matt LaFleur. “Obviously, he’s made a lot of big time plays for us, and in particular, it’s happen to come out this way down in the red area. You can always count on him to go out there and when given the opportunity he’s made some big plays for us this year.

“I think he’s really grown, I would say over the course of the last two seasons, just in terms of being so consistent and so reliable. That’s a great comfort for our offense, for our football team, for Jordan. Knowing that he can always count on Rome to go out there and get the job done.”

Doubs leads this Packers team in targets with 92, and up until Reed’s Sunday night performance in Minnesota, he also led the Packers’ offense in receptions and receiving yards. He’s also tied with Reed for the team lead with eight touchdowns, and that figure is good for the seventh-most at the receiver position in football.

In addition to being available every week, Doubs has provided Love with a safety net in key situations. In recent weeks, Doubs caught the go-ahead touchdown against the Los Angeles Chargers in the final minutes.

On a fourth-and-one in the second half against Kansas City with the Chiefs down just two, Love connected with Doubs for 33 yards, putting Green Bay at the 11 yard line and setting up a touchdown. Then versus Carolina, Doubs 36 yard pass on third down, which several plays later resulted in the go-ahead field goal.

On third and fourth downs this season, Doubs has caught 19-of-30 passes with 15 of those receptions going for a first down. He’s also had five touchdowns as well. Inside the opponent’s 10 yard line, Doubs has caught 6-of-9 passes with all 6 catches going for scores. Overall, in the red zone, Doubs has nine receptions, eight first downs, and seven touchdowns.

“Romeo is a guy that has come up clutch for us in so many situations this year,” said offensive coordinator Adam Stenavich. “Not only down in the red zone, but third downs—some big catches, some contested catches. He’s such a safety net for Jordan in those situations when you can go to a guy like that.

“His consistency of being out there and playing hard. He’s developing into one of those guys where he can develop into an every down wideout. It’s fun to watch him develop.”

Watson brings a presence to this offense with his size and speed that no one else does. Wicks and Reed have emerged as playmaking threats, Wicks with his route running ability and Reed with his shiftiness. Not to mention we’ve seen Bo Melton and Malik Heath come up in big moments as well. Where Doubs stands in that pecking order week-to-week isn’t always clear, but on this version of the Green Bay Packers, it doesn’t matter a whole lot either.

One of several things that this offense has going for it right now is that one any given play, Love could go to four or five different players with the ball—and that’s dependent on how the defense is defending Green Bay and what Love’s reads are. The fact that Melton was the first Packers receiver this season to eclipse 100 yards in a game perfectly encapsulates this.

When a defense can’t key in on one or even two players, it’s an added stressor for them and forces the defense to defend the entire field, thus spacing the defenders out and creating opportunities in the passing game that Love has been very good at taking advantage of.

With the emergence of several different pass catchers all at various points throughout the season, Doubs, at times, can fly under the radar. But as Love has navigated his first season as a starting quarterback, throughout the ups and downs, Doubs has been there to lean on—both from an availability standpoint and also in key situations.

“It’s huge,” said Love of Doubs’ reliability. “Obviously with guys going down, not everybody being healthy this week, that’s when you need other guys to step up. Obviously, Rome knew that going into it and he did what he’s been doing all year, making plays. I think his confidence right now too, the way he’s playing is playing all into that, but it helps a lot to have him out there making those plays.”