Despite the Green Bay Packers finishing the regular season at 13-3, winners of the NFC North, while also clinching a first-round bye, many are still wondering how good this team truly is. In the analytics driven world that we live in, there is plenty of data out there to measure what an NFL team is good at and also what they struggle with. But with so much information, it can be difficult to know what stats to look at and what stats to disregard. So what I did was I took six stats that I believe give an accurate representation of this Green Bay Packers team, and their performance in these key areas during the playoffs will be big factors in determining how much success they have.  

Red Zone Efficiency on Offense and Defense

This season the defense has given up quite a few big plays and at times a lot of yards, while the offense has struggled to find consistency in the passing game. However, they are still 13-3 and a big reason for their overall success is due to their play in the red zone, both on offense and on defense.

Offensively, the Green Bay Packers have scored a red zone touchdown on 64 percent of their visits. This ranks as the eighth best percentage in the NFL and for a much of the year they were in the top five, but in recent weeks they've been less efficient which has dropped them slightly in the rankings. Their 64 percent success rate is also 3 percent higher than it was in 2018.

Meanwhile on the defensive side of the ball, despite the chunk yardage plays that they've allowed, the Packers have been able to lock it down in the red zone. This year Green Bay is allowing a red zone touchdown just 50 percent of the time, which is the eighth lowest percentage in football and a much better performance than we saw from them in 2018 when opponents were scoring a touchdown nearly 61 percent of the time. 

Sacks Allowed

In 2018 both Bryan Bulaga and David Bakhtiari missed some time due to injuries, and between a beat-up Lane Taylor and the revolving door that was Byron Bell, the guard play was sub-par, to say the least. And while not every sack was the offensive line's fault since Aaron Rodgers does have a tendency to hold on to the ball too long, they did still allow 53 sacks, the third most in football for 2018. However, this season has been a different story. The offensive line unit has been relatively healthy, while Elgton Jenkins and Billy Turner have helped solidify the guard positions. 

In total, Rodgers was sacked just 36 times this season compared to the 53 from 2018 and his average time to throw of 2.88 seconds, is the sixth longest out of all quarterbacks. Also worth pointing out is that Green Bay's adjusted sack rate has dropped over 2 percent from last season as well. Even with all the changes that have taken place this offseason and the fact that some of the burden is now off of Rodgers' shoulders, this Packers team will only go as far as he takes them. And that all starts with keeping him upright. 

Run/Pass Percentage

One of the major issues from last season's Packers team was their predictability and reliance on Rodgers to carry this offense. In 2018 Green Bay led the NFL in passing percentage, throwing the ball 67.5 percent of the time. But under Matt LaFleur, that number has dropped to 59.7 percent and ranks 17th overall. For one, the more balanced attack has eliminated some of that predictability and has helped keep defenses off-balance, but also it's allowed them to involve Aaron Jones more often which was a must after how underutilized he was in 2018. Not to mention that life is a little easier for Rodgers.

Points per Game Allowed

This stat ties into the defense's red zone performance, but they've been very good this season at not giving up a ton of points. To be exact, the Packers are allowing just 19.6 points per game, the ninth fewest this season. In fact, they've been even better over their last five games as they've given up an average of only 14.2 points per game during that span. As I mentioned previously, while they can give up the big plays and yards, in the end they are keeping points off the board, which is all that really matters. 

Third Down Efficiency

A concern this season has been the offense's inability to consistently move the ball and put points on the board which stems from their lack of efficiency on third downs. Through the regular season, the Packers rank 23rd and have converted on only 35.9 percent of their third down attempts and if they hope to make a run at the Super Bowl, that is going to have to improve. The good news is that Allen Lazard is turning into a reliable target for Rodgers on third downs and one way that they can make life easier on themselves is by putting themselves in more manageable situations by having success on first and second downs. 

Turnover Differential

The Green Bay Packers rank fourth in the NFL this season with a turnover differential of +11. Now a big reason for that is due to Rodgers being so careful with the football but this has also been a very opportunistic defense. In addition to coming away with a turnover at what always seems to be just the right time, they've also totaled 25 this season which ranks as the eighth most in football. It's a no brainer that for the Packers to have postseason success they'll need to win the turnover battle but it is something that they've been doing all season long.