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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ivo610" data-source="post: 292987" data-attributes="member: 2128">Ryan Grant:Since Grant took over as the Packers' starter halfway through the 2007 season, he's carried the ball 782 times, with only a minor hamstring strain and some shoulder tendinitis to report.  Only Adrian Peterson and Thomas Jones have carried the ball more over that timeframe, and part of the credit for that should go to how the Packers have managed Grant's workload as their primary back.  Compare Grant's 282 carries a year ago to, say, Cedric Benson who had 301 carries.  Grant's high total in a single game was 27 carries; Benson matched or surpassed that total six different times. We can't link in-season injuries directly to that sort of short term workload, but it seems wiser to err on the side of caution, as the Packers have with Grant.  Grant wants to get more involved in the passing game in 2010, but it's not like Green BAy is suffering from a surfeit of targets, and running backs dont tend to suddenly pick up receiving skills after five years in the league.  Grant only had 26 career catches in college, too, so he wasnt exactly Reggie Bush.</blockquote>

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