11 rushes in our SB victory. I love how everyone loves to use selective stats.

Now, back to the original topic.

Did we get the wrong RB with Cedric Benson? I've heard a lot of football fans say that he needs a certain amount of carries to get going. As a primarily passing team, Benson may have been the wrong guy to get.

I still haven't heard the true reason we haven't signed Grant. Did he ask for too much $$$? Or is Grant too injured to be any good? I'm guessing it's the latter.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

...the Packers might have finally figured out their problems at running back. Their solution: second year man Randall Cobb.

You guys do know that we played agains the 49ers, right?

This is comparable to saying that we should play against the run on defense when we're playing the Patriots. There's not a single team that can run effectively, or at least for a somewhat decent YPG, against the 49ers. You only get one flukey run from time to time. That's it. They're ridiculous in their fundamentals on defense.

Originally Posted by: Rockmolder 

Rock... I tried.. after we move the ball on the Bears with relative ease it will all be fine again.

My only concern with the tomorrow night.. how many points will we have to score to beat them.

Tice has changed the drop for Cutler to mostly 3 step drops.. meaning we better tighten up our coverage off the LOS.. if we can, I think we will be able to move Cutler in the pocket and we will have a good night. If not.. going to be a ping pong game.

We will run the ball on the Bears.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

Rockmolder wrote:

Rock... I tried.. after we move the ball on the Bears with relative ease it will all be fine again.

My only concern with the tomorrow night.. how many points will we have to score to beat them.

Tice has changed the drop for Cutler to mostly 3 step drops.. meaning we better tighten up our coverage off the LOS.. if we can, I think we will be able to move Cutler in the pocket and we will have a good night. If not.. going to be a ping pong game.

We will run the ball on the Bears.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

I find the situation on defense a whole lot more concerning than fixing the running attack.

What does fixing it mean anyway? Benson's a battering ram. In the last five years he's gone over the 4.0 ypc mark just once. And that included four years of running behind, what looked like to me, a very underrated Bengals o-line. That works when you keep running him up the gut and tiring defenses out... Something I certainly don't want to see from this Packers team.

If I got McCarthy figured out a bit, he just wants someone who can keep the defense honest a bit. Someone who doesn't get negative yards and keeps the threat of the run alive... Even if it's at a 3.8 yards per carry as Benson has managed to get over his career. I don't think the running game will be "fixed" at any point this year. We'll just roll with what we got right now.

Originally Posted by: Rockmolder 

I agree with rock, we've proven we can win the superbowl without a consistent running game, we haven't proven we can win one without a consistent defense and running game. I'd love to see us with a good running game but we don't HAVE to have it we can make up for it with short quick passes and screens but we need a reliable defense, one that we can bring on at the end of a close game a rely on to hold them down.

My solution to the rushing attack is pretty maddenesque/raideresque but I think we need some legitimate speed at the half back position. I'm tired of these slow bruising backs who try to run straight up the guts and fall over our o-linemen, the game has changed from the days where you have the big bruisers crashing through the lines, its all about speed at the running back position these days. e.g adrian peterson, jamaal charles, darren mcfadden, chris johnson.

Originally Posted by: stevegb