The important stat here is yards per attempt. For every time each quarterback threw, Rodgers was getting 2.8 yards more than Collins, a huge difference in the NFL.

On the season, Rodgers is averaging 7.56 yards per attempt, good for 10th in the league. Of quarterbacks with as many attempts as Rodgers, only three average more yards per attempt: Drew Brees, Kurt Warner and Jay Cutler.

In layman's terms, McCarthy isn't treating Rodgers like a guy who has only started eight games in his career. The offense is being run as though it were Favre, Bart Starr or the incomparable Lynn Dickey back there.

This isn't "dink and dunk until you drop." McCarthy is letting the kid play.

Of course, coaches generally don't let their quarterbacks go winging it all over the field without some plan of attack. You can't go rogue. Instead, McCarthy sprinkled the vertical section of the playbook amidst several Grant runs.

The offense gained solid yards against a stout Titan defense on a variety of runs, including some "stretch" plays that involve zone blocking where lineman block gaps and not specific players. The offensive line flowed in one direction with Grant following laterally, until he picked a hole to hit — fast.

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