Sunshinepacker
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Let's look game-by-game at weeks 16 through SuperBowl (chose week 16 because that's when Rodgers came back)We ran much better late in the season and in the playoffs. We didn't do that in 2011 and the result wasn't the same.
Wk 16 against Giants - 119 rushing yards, 26 by Rodgers. RBs averaged 2.82 yards/carry
Wk 17 against Bears - 60 rushing yards, 21 by Rodgers. RBs averaged 2.44 yards/carry
Wildcard @ Eagles - 138 rushing yards, 4 by Rodgers. RBs average 4.6 yards/carry
Divisional @ Falcons - 96 rushing yards, 13 by Rodgers. RBs averaged 3.0 yards/carry
Conf Champ @ Bears - 120 yards rushing, 39 by Rodgers. RBs 3.24 yards/carry
Superbowl against Steelers - 50 yards rushing, -2 by Rodgers. RBs 4.7 yards/carry
I see two good rushing games in there and 4 poor rushing games. How did our running game improve? All I'm seeing is that our defense was good enough that we could stick with a low-efficiency running game.