For me.. it isn't really about being passing oriented or run oriented on offense.. it is providing enough balance to keep the defense balanced and prevent them from "cheating" prior to and at the snap.
We won in 2010 with a pass heavy approach, but Rodgers got the living snot beat out of him again.. tipping the defense by being imbalanced in either direction assists the defense.
Last season, being pass heavy we allowed the defense to focus on pass rush off the snap, putting additional pressure on the oline and getting Rodgers hit.. if you want our elite QB to last, you balance up the offense and assist the protection by keeping the defense paused by having to at the very least looking for the run.. split second or two.. but enough to reduce the number of hits the QB has to endure.
I concur that the rules of the game are tilted towards the pass.. and you can win with a strong passing game.
But, in my mind, there is more to the game and the residual effects of being imbalanced.
I will guarantee that the Packers will do everything they can to establish a run game to provide what is described above and for the reason stated above. And if we can, we become the dominate team over the course of the season that we can be.. not the somewhat inconsistent one of last season. Albeit, injuries didn't help in the consistency department.
Can they win without it.. absolutely.. but can they continue to risk the health of their superstar QB is the question one needs to ask?
BTW.. I don't hate McNabb. But I have watched enough of him and his play in the crunch to form an opinion that he is "soft" and plays down when the pressure is on him mentally.
I think he is a good QB overall.. I think he has more talent that he has never tapped and that what I have seen is a guy that is working less and less as the years past.
I also think that he plays the camera very well, comes off as more of a team player than his actual ego allows.
That said, I think he is an outstanding person and diplomat for the game.
"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"