That’s what Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy decreed in regards to the running game during a press conference on Tuesday. Whether the offense is successful in carrying out this objective is yet to be seen. Nevertheless, the commitment is being made, and it’s clear the Packers offense will have a different identity than it did in 2012.
Offense
Reminder: Don’t sleep on Johnathan Franklin
Much has been made over the Packers’ running game in recent years, and this year’s draft class proves that upgrading the ground game is a top priority headed into 2013. No, the Packers may not have landed the No. 1 running back in the draft — last Giovani Bernard mention — but they may have […]
Packers 2013 NFL Draft: Day 3 Grade and Analysis
Entering the final day of the 2013 NFL Draft, the Green Bay Packers were slated to make ten selections. But when it was all said and done, the Packers added only nine players to the team. Their first two selections of the day were offensive linemen David Bakhtiari and J.C. Tretter. Bakhtiari was a three-year […]
Packers 2013 NFL Draft: Day 2 Grade and Analysis
On the deepest second day of the NFL Draft in recent memory, the Packers only made one selection, but it landed a player that many expected to be the team’s first-round pick. Alabama’s Eddie Lacy was the Packers’ lone second-round pick at No. 61 overall. He was regarded as the No. 1 running back in the […]
Green Bay Packers Draft Targets: Offense
How many mock drafts have you checked out? How many positional ranking lists have you pondered? Maybe a scouting report or two? The draft is less then a week away. The NFL Draft might be one of the greatest marketing wonders of the world. Three days of TV coverage, on two Networks, with Parties at […]