"I'm pleased with Ryan Grant's production," Head Coach Mike McCarthy said. "I think he has been very steady. We had some growing pains really as an offense. We were not in sync earlier in the year, and really I felt the No. 1 issue was we didn't really give the run game enough attempts. If you look at the times where his carries were 18, 19, 20-plus carries, he has been very productive.

"To me, I say it all the time, the most important statistic for running the football is the attempts, and I think when Ryan has been given those opportunities, he has gotten into a groove and has been very productive. I think he is a very steady, solid player."

That's another one of those bs stats.

When you pass a lot, it's often because the other team has the lead. When you run a lot, it's often because you have the lead and you're wearing them down and/or running out the clock.

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OK. Stats, stats. You can find stats for just about anything.

Of course if Grant gets more carries, we're more likely to win. If he's getting 30 carries a game, that usually means we're in the position to do that = big lead.

I bet when Donald Driver gets 100+ yards receiving, we generally win. So maybe that should be our motivational goal for our O -> making sure Donald Driver gets 100+ receiving yards a game. Hell, I'll look it up...

(5 minutes later)

What da ya know? Every game since '07 Donald Driver got 100+ yards receiving, we won except for 1.

'07:
San Diego - 6 126 21.00 1. We win 31-24
Detroit - 10 147 14.70 0. We win 37-26

'08:
Tennessee - 7 136 19.43 1. We lose 16-19. WTF?
Detroit - 6 111 18.50 1. We win 31-21

'09:
Detroit - 7 107 15.29 0. We win 26-0.
Detroit - 7 142 20.29 1. We win 34-12.

Just goes to show, you can find stats for just about anything. That's where logic comes in. If an opposing D looks like they can't stop Grant, give Grant more carries. So more carries = better game for Grant. Common sense.

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