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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pokerbrat2000" data-source="post: 692447" data-attributes="member: 7261"><p>The hard part about being too critical on Stark's or the Packers running game in general is that ultimately neither can be depended on or is expected to be depended on.  The Packers live and die by AR's arm.  No back, not even Zeke Elliott has awesome runs on every carry.  But Elliot runs behind a line built to run block as well as in an offensive system designed to run first and pass second.  So every 5-15 runs, the great backs break one and the dividends of sticking with the run pay off for teams like Dallas.  Minnesota did this for years with AP.  We started to see shades of a more balanced run/pass offense with Lacy, but to expect that out of Starks, Monty or even Michaels is really expecting to much IMO.   So keep using all the backs, including Ripkowski, in a way that helps our pass oriented offense.  But to try and "establish a running game" or expect too much out of it, really isn't going to happen with our current RB's.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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