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Message: <blockquote data-quote="12theTruth" data-source="post: 516836">What belies the success the Packers are having in the running game this year?   A combination of factors have converged to produce an almost 180 from the past two seasons in regards to the success of the run game vs the passing game.While EDS is average on a good day in pass protection he is more adept in the run blocking element and seems to be a massive upgrade from Jeff Saturday.  I was a big critic of the flipping of the offensive line but what has transpired is almost an energy influxion and the players have really took to their new roles and the results on the field have been most productive.  James Starks brief return to health and the emergence of a REAL RB who will almost always grind for extra yardage, Eddie Lacy.I  do not have the statistics but to all the stat geeks out there, what are the percentages as to how defenses have been playing Aaron Rodgers.  If they've been gearing their defenses to shut down the pass and Aaron Rodgers and taking their chances against our running game with 6 or 7 men in the box then this could  go quite a ways towards helping to explain this suddenly  prolific running attack.</blockquote>

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